Turkish warplanes hit targets in northern Iraq: military
ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkish warplanes carried out air strikes in northern Iraq on Friday, the military said in a statement, destroying ammunition depots and shelters in an areas where the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) has camps.
British judge says trial of Channel Tunnel refugee will go ahead
CANTERBURY, England (Reuters) – A judge refused on Friday to halt the criminal damage trial of a refugee from Darfur who walked through the Channel Tunnel in one of the most dramatic attempts to reach Britain since Europe’s migration crisis began.
Liberia records new Ebola death, months after end of its outbreak
MONROVIA (Reuters) – A woman has died of Ebola in Liberia, months after the West African nation was declared free of the deadly virus and weeks after neighboring Guinea also recorded a new flare-up, health officials said on Friday.
Rival of Libyan unity government says won’t cling to power in Tripoli
TRIPOLI (Reuters) – Tripoli’s self-declared government has said it will not cling to power but will peacefully oppose a U.N.-backed unity government that arrived in the capital this week from Tunisia.
France says Syrian government air strikes erode peace efforts
PARIS (Reuters) – Syrian government air strikes on the outskirts of Damascus that killed 33 were designed to “terrorize” the Syrian people and erode attempts to find a political solution to the conflict, French Foreign Ministry spokesman Romain Nadal s…
Protests as espionage trial of prominent Turkish journalists resumes
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Hundreds of people including opposition politicians protested outside the trial of two prominent Turkish journalists facing life in prison on espionage charges on Friday, hours after President Tayyip Erdogan denied curbing press fr…
Protests as espionage trial of prominent Turkish journalists resumes
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Hundreds of people including opposition politicians protested outside the trial of two prominent Turkish journalists facing life in prison on espionage charges on Friday, hours after President Tayyip Erdogan denied curbing press fr…
Kremlin hopes Syrian government delegation will show flexibility at peace talks
MOSCOW (Reuters) – The Kremlin said on Friday it hoped the Syrian government delegation would show flexibility at peace talks with the opposition.
Myanmar’s ruling party, military clash over Suu Kyi role
NAYPYITAW/YANGON (Reuters) – Myanmar’s upper house of parliament approved a bill on Friday that gives Aung San Suu Kyi a powerful government role, despite opposition from the military on the second day of her party’s new administration.
Police detain 15 in Islamic State raids in western Turkey: media
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkish police detained 15 people in raids early on Friday targeting the Islamic State militant group in the western coastal province of Izmir, the private Dogan news agency reported.
