Harrowing video shows dazed, bloodied boy pulled from Aleppo rubble
(Reuters) – Video of a small boy, bloodied and covered in dust, who was rescued after an apparent air strike in the Syrian city of Aleppo, sparked outrage and concern on social media on Thursday.
Turkey’s Erdogan links coup suspects, PKK to bomb attacks
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan on Thursday accused followers of a U.S.-based Islamic cleric he blames for last month’s coup attempt of being complicit in attacks by Kurdish militants in Turkey’s southeast which killed 10 people.
U.N. welcomes Russian words on Aleppo truce, trucks ‘ready to move’
GENEVA (Reuters) – Russia said on Thursday it would support a 48-hour ceasefire in Aleppo, a move the U.N. Syria envoy said would allow aid to reach besieged areas soon, as long as all sides respect the temporary truce.
Five migrant bodies recovered in Mediterranean, 534 rescued: Italy coastguard
ROME (Reuters) – The bodies of five migrants were recovered and 534 others were saved on Thursday following an array of rescue operations in the Mediterranean sea, Italy’s coastguard said.
Abandoned in Saudi desert camps, migrant workers won’t leave without pay
QADISIYA LABOUR CAMP, Saudi Arabia (Reuters) – Migrant construction workers, abandoned in their thousands by Saudi employers in filthy desert camps during the kingdom’s economic slump, say they will not accept a government offer of free flights home un…
Kerry to travel to Kenya, Nigeria and Saudi Arabia
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry will travel to Kenya, Nigeria and Saudi Arabia next week for talks with senior government officials on regional issues, the State Department said on Thursday.
Zimbabwe women take to the streets to demand free education
BULAWAYO, Zimbabwe (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Thousands of women took to the streets of Bulawayo in Zimbabwe on Thursday to demand free education for their children as protests against the government mount across the country.
Turkey seizes assets as post-coup crackdown turns to business
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkish authorities ordered the detention of nearly 200 people, including leading businessmen, and seized their assets as an investigation into suspects in last month’s failed military rebellion shifted to the private sector.
Obama to head to China, Laos for last visit in his ‘rebalance’ push
EDGARTOWN, Mass. (Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama next month will make what is expected to be his final trip to Asia, a region at the center of his administration’s foreign policy, to meet Chinese President Xi Jinping and other world leaders, th…
Syrian planes said to bomb Kurdish-held area for first time
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Syrian government warplanes bombed Kurdish-held areas of the northeastern city of Hasaka on Thursday for the first time in the five-year-old civil war, the Syrian Kurdish YPG militia and a monitoring group said.
