Donations scandal another headache for Australian PM Turnbull
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull’s ruling Liberal Party is embroiled in a financial scandal, an unwanted additional challenge for the Australian leader as he takes the major political gamble of calling an early federal election.
On Good Friday, Pope says Islamist militants profane God’s name
ROME (Reuters) – Pope Francis condemned “unprecedented violence” by Islamist militants, saying at a Good Friday service that followers of religions who carried out acts of fundamentalism or terrorism were profaning God’s name.
NATO’s chief to meet with Obama in Washington in April: White House
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama will meet with NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg at the White House on April 4 and discuss the fight against Islamic State and the migrant crisis originating in the Middle East, the White House said o…
Yemen bombings claimed by Islamic State kill at least 26
ADEN (Reuters) – Three suicide bombers struck security checkpoints in the southern Yemeni city of Aden on Friday, killing at least 26 people, residents and security sources said.
Brussels attacker had been on U.S. watch list before Paris attacks: source
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Brahim El Bakraoui, one of the Brussels suicide bombers, was on a U.S. counter terrorism watch list before the November attacks in Paris and his brother Khalid was put on the list shortly afterward, sources familiar with the matt…
Iran air ambulance helicopter crashes, killing all on board: media
ANKARA (Reuters) – An air ambulance helicopter crashed on Friday in Iran’s central province of Fars, killing everyone on board, Iranian media reported.
Yemen Houthi chief says hopes for peace but will confront aggression
DUBAI (Reuters) – The leader of Yemen’s Houthi rebel movement said on Friday he wanted efforts to end a year-long war to succeed but his group was ready to confront its enemies if violence persisted.
Italy rejects Egypt’s claim to have found student’s killers
ROME (Reuters) – Italy rejected on Friday Egypt’s claim that it had identified the killers of an Italian graduate student whose tortured body was recovered last month, and Rome vowed to press on with its own murder investigation.
Ukraine extends Russia sanctions over Savchenko case
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukraine has extended a sanctions list against Russia to include people and institutions involved in the detention of pilot Nadezhda Savchenko and other Ukrainian citizens, its Security and Defence Council said on Friday.
Turkish court takes journalists’ espionage trial behind closed doors
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – A Turkish court took the trial of two prominent journalists charged with espionage behind closed doors on Friday and accepted President Tayyip Erdogan as a complainant, in a case which has drawn international condemnation.
