Lebanon indicts Syrian officers for twin 2013 mosque bombings: state media
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Lebanon indicted two Syrian intelligence officers on Friday in connection with twin bombings at mosques in Tripoli in 2013, state media said, the deadliest attack in the city since the end of Lebanon’s civil war in 1990.
Russia, Japan hold ‘in-depth’ talks on islands dispute
VLADIVOSTOK, Russia (Reuters) – Russia’s President Vladimir Putin and Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe agreed on Friday to draw up proposals this year to end a row over a group of disputed islands that has bedevilled relations between their countries …
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.
