Police clear Paris migrant camp that swelled after Calais closure
PARIS (Reuters) – French police removed thousands of migrants on Friday from a squalid camp in northeast Paris that had doubled in size after the closure last week of the “Jungle” camp in Calais.
Aleppo evacuations to fall flat, rebels prevent any exit: Syria official
BEIRUT (Reuters) – A Syrian government official said he did not expect civilians or rebels to leave besieged eastern Aleppo on Friday during an evacuation window announced by Russia and accused insurgents of blocking any exit.
India’s Hindu Army celebrates Trump ‘victory’ a few days early
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – An Indian fringe group on Friday celebrated the “victory” of U.S. presidential contender Donald Trump, hailing his friendship with diaspora Indians and backing his call to ban immigration by Muslims from countries hit by Islamic m…
Tens of thousands of Indonesian Muslims protest against capital’s governor
JAKARTA (Reuters) – Tens of thousands of hardline Muslim protesters in Indonesia rallied outside the presidential palace on Friday to demand the resignation of the governor of the capital, Jakarta, who they said had insulted the Koran.
Somali militants intensify attacks, death count doubles: experts
NAIROBI (Reuters) – Islamist rebels have intensified their attacks in Somalia, detonating larger, more sophisticated devices, bringing in more foreign expertise and doubling the death toll from last year, experts said.
U.N. says can’t use Russian Aleppo pause to send aid
GENEVA (Reuters) – The United Nations cannot use Russia’s announcement of a unilateral pause in the fighting in Aleppo to send aid into the besieged eastern zone of the city because it does not have the necessary security guarantees, U.N. spokesman Jen…
Indonesia boat disaster death toll up to 54, with six missing: police
JAKARTA (Reuters) – The death toll from a boat accident off an Indonesian island rose to 54 on the third day of a search for survivors, police said, with hopes fading on Friday for six people still missing.
Germany summons Turkish diplomat over latest arrests
BERLIN (Reuters) – German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier on Friday requested that the charge d’affaires in the Turkish embassy be summoned to the ministry for discussions about Turkey’s arrests of Kurdish opposition lawmakers, the ministry s…
South Africa prosecutor says probe on Gordhan’s role in ‘spy unit’ advanced
CAPE TOWN (Reuters) – South Africa’s main prosecutor said on Friday investigations into Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan’s role in setting up a surveillance unit at the tax department that allegedly spied on politicians were at an advanced stage.
Turkey detained pro-Kurdish MPs for ‘encouraging terrorism’: prime minister
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – A dozen lawmakers from Turkey’s opposition Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), which has Kurdish roots, were detained on Friday because they refused to give testimony in criminal proceedings, Prime Minister Binali Yildirim said.
