Mother Teresa borne to sainthood by complex, mysterious process
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – The canonization of Mother Teresa of Calcutta on Sunday will be the culmination of a process – sometimes called “the saint-making machine” – that is long, complex, expensive, opaque and often contentious.
Turkey pushes west in offensive against Islamic State in Syria
ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkey renewed air strikes on Islamic State sites in Syria on Friday, extending operations along a 90-km (56-mile) corridor near the Turkish border which Ankara says it is clearing of jihadists and protecting from Kurdish militia exp…
Uzbek President Karimov has died: diplomatic sources
ALMATY (Reuters) – Uzbek President Islam Karimov has died aged 78 after suffering a stroke, three diplomatic sources told Reuters on Friday, leaving no obvious successor to take over the Central Asian nation.
Tensions rise in Germany’s Turkish diaspora, mirroring splits in Turkey
BERLIN/COLOGNE, Germany (Reuters) – Ercan Karakoyun has long played a prominent role in Berlin’s Turkish community, promoting education and dialogue among Muslims and Germans of other faiths.
Bombs kill at least 12, wound dozens at Pakistan court
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) – Two bombs killed at least 12 people and wounded dozens outside a court complex in northwest Pakistan on Friday, a rescue official said, hours after militants killed two people in a Christian neighborhood in the same regio…
Britain committed to European foreign policy, security: Johnson
BRATISLAVA (Reuters) – Britain is committed to European foreign and security cooperation even though it is preparing to leave the European Union, its foreign secretary, Boris Johnson, said on Friday as he arrived for talks with other EU ministers.
Weapons storage blaze fires off rockets in Baghdad, killing four
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – A blast caused by a fire at a weapons storage depot in eastern Baghdad on Friday set off rockets that hit neighboring districts, killing at least four residents and injuring 14 others, police and hospital sources said.
Yemen’s Houthi leader says U.S. provides political cover for Saudi strikes
SANAA (Reuters) – The leader of Yemen’s Iran-allied Houthi faction accused the United States of providing logistical support and political cover for Saudi-led air strikes in the 18-month Yemeni conflict.
Fewer migrants entered Germany illegally in August: police
BERLIN (Reuters) – Fewer migrants entered Germany illegally in August than during any other month this year, a police spokeswoman said on Friday, a consequence of border closures and an EU-Turkey deal to stop sea arrivals in Greece.
EU ministers seek to ease tensions with Turkey
BRATISLAVA (Reuters) – The European Union must mend ties with Turkey, Slovakia’s Foreign Minister Miroslav Lajcak said on Friday, as the bloc’s 28 ministers met to discuss a fraught relationship that has soured further following a failed coup in Ankara…
