Kuwait arrests Filipina accused of pledging allegiance to Islamic State, planning attack
DUBAI (Reuters) – Kuwaiti authorities have arrested a Filipina accused of pledging allegiance to Islamic State and planning to launch an attack in the Gulf Arab state, the official news agency KUNA reported on Friday.
Colombian government and rebels agree on demobilization plan
HAVANA (Reuters) – Colombia’s government and leftist FARC rebels took another step toward ending more than a half century of conflict on Friday, agreeing on a U.N.-supervised security protocol, timetable and other details for disarming the estimated 9,…
U.S. says strike in Yemen kills three al Qaeda operatives
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. military killed three al Qaeda operatives in a strike on Thursday in Yemen, U.S. Central Command said on Friday.
Portugal’s Guterres leads U.N. chief race after second ballot
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – Former Portuguese Prime Minister Antonio Guterres is still the front-runner to become the next United Nations Secretary-General after a second U.N. Security Council secret ballot on Friday, said diplomats.
Eiffel Tower evacuated, police say false alarm
PARIS (Reuters) – Paris police cleared tourists out of the Eiffel Tower on Friday evening, then said it had been a false alarm.
More than 100 migrants break through barriers from Italy to France
ROME (Reuters) – More than 100 migrants broke through police barriers at the Italian border town of Ventimiglia and made their way into France on Friday, the local Italian police chief said.
South Sudan agrees to deployment of regional force, IGAD says
NAIROBI (Reuters) – South Sudan’s government on Friday agreed to allow the deployment of a regional protection force, the regional Africa group IGAD said, following ethnically charged fighting last month in the capital Juba.
Turkish foreign minister says Austria is ‘capital of radical racism’
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkish Foreign Minster Mevlut Cavusoglu called Austria the “capital of radical racism” on Friday after Chancellor Christian Kern suggested ending European Union accession talks with Ankara.
Radical leftists become kingmakers in South Africa’s new order
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – A party of South African radical leftists has emerged as electoral kingmaker in major cities Pretoria and Johannesburg, giving a first taste of power to an ANC renegade who was once an acolyte of President Jacob Zuma.
Two dead as land protest hits ancient Ethiopian city: activists
ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) – Two protesters died in clashes with police in Ethiopia’s ancient city of Gonder on Friday, campaigners said, as anger mounted over the status of a disputed territory – a highly-charged issue in a nation made up of a patchwork of…
