Russia grants Ukraine’s request to delay Eurobond case defense
KIEV/MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia has agreed to allow Ukraine extra time to file its defence with a British court over a $3 billion debt to Russia, Moscow and Kiev officials said on Friday.
U.N. torture watchdog urges Saudi to halt flogging, amputations
GENEVA (Reuters) – United Nations torture experts called on Saudi Arabia on Friday to stop corporal punishment, including flogging and amputations, practices that the Gulf kingdom considers an integral part of its interpretation of Islamic law.
Twenty civilians killed in air strikes in Iraq, Syria: U.S. military
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Twenty civilians were likely killed and 11 others injured in nine U.S. air strikes against Islamic State targets in Iraq and Syria between Sept. 10, 2015, and Feb. 2, 2016, the U.S. military said on Friday.
U.N. says Yemen peace talks atmosphere shows progress
KUWAIT (Reuters) – Yemen’s warring factions held their first direct talks in a U.N.-backed peace process on Friday and will meet again despite failing to agree on an agenda, participants said.
Prominent Sikh figure killed in Pakistan
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) – Pakistani Taliban gunmen shot dead a prominent Sikh figure and opposition party worker on Friday, authorities and the militants said, in the latest attack on a religious minority in the majority-Muslim nation.
Turkey releases Polly Peck fraudster Nadir after repatriation from Britain
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkish Cypriot businessman Asil Nadir, who had been jailed in Britain in 2012 for stealing millions from his business empire, was released in Turkey on Friday shortly after he was returned there to complete his sentence, local med…
Roads to refuge are few as Aleppo fighting escalates
AMMAN/BEIRUT (Reuters) – After a brief respite, bombs are falling heavily on Aleppo, forcing people there to think again about whether it is time to get out of a city at the epicenter of the Syrian war.
Turkish Cypriot businessman released in Turkey after extradition from UK: Dogan
ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkish Cypriot businessman Asil Nadir, who was jailed in Britain in 2012 for stealing millions from his business empire, was released in Turkey on Friday, Dogan news agency and other local media reported.
Mexico explores regulating opium to fight drug violence
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexico’s government has explored regulating poppy production to make pharmaceutical opiates like morphine in an effort to weaken heroin-smuggling gangs, according to two sources with knowledge of the government’s thinking.
Four Turkish academics released pending trial on terror propaganda: Dogan
ANKARA (Reuters) – Four Turkish academics jailed on charges of spreading terrorist propaganda were released pending trial by an Istanbul court on Friday, the Dogan news agency reported.
