Thirty people killed in Zimbabwe bus crash, several injured
HARARE (Reuters) – Thirty people were killed in Zimbabwe when a bus collided with a commuter minibus near a town to the west of the capital, the police said on Friday.
Turkish justice ministry calls for lifting immunity of pro-Kurdish MPs
ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkey’s justice ministry has submitted a request for parliament to lift the immunity from prosecution of the leaders of the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), state-run Anadolu Agency said on Friday.
Syrian rebel group says government mobilizing to take more areas
BEIRUT (Reuters) – The Syrian rebel group Jaish al-Islam said on Friday government forces were mobilizing in an attempt to seize more opposition-held territory having already taken areas since a cessation of hostilities agreement came into effect on Sa…
Zimbabwe’s Mugabe will not pick successor, wants to live to 100
HARARE (Reuters) – Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe says his successor must be chosen democratically and that his wife will not automatically inherit the role, a warning to feuding members of his ZANU-PF party that he is still in charge after 36 year…
Turkey’s AKP forms plans for stronger presidency
ANKARA (Reuters) – Changes to Turkey’s constitution envisaged by the ruling AK Party could hand President Tayyip Erdogan new powers to draft legislation directly and pick ministers, senior officials said, moves opponents fear could entrench authoritari…
Palestinian woman rams car into Israeli soldier, shot dead: army
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – A Palestinian woman rammed her car into an Israeli soldier in the occupied West Bank on Friday and was then shot dead by troops at the scene, the Israeli military said.
Hungarian vote will cover future EU-mandated migrant quotas, Orban says
BUDAPEST (Reuters) – Hungary’s planned referendum on European Union quotas for resettling migrants will cover a future EU proposal to establish a permanent mechanism, Prime Minister Viktor Orban said on Friday.
Five years on, closure has yet to come to Fukushima parents
OKUMA, Japan (Reuters) – Takayuki Ueno did not hesitate one moment to expose himself to high radiation five years ago while searching for family members swept away by the tsunami that triggered meltdowns at the Fukushima nuclear plant.
Syria truce offers glimpses of normality
AMMAN (Reuters) – In the devastated Syrian city of Aleppo, children are outside playing and many people are going to the shops safely for the first time in months thanks to a partial halt to the war that is providing relief even if most doubt that peac…
French Airbus plane narrowly avoids collision with drone
PARIS (Reuters) – An Air France Airbus A320 jet narrowly avoided colliding with a drone while descending for an approach to Paris Charles de Gaulle airport last month, the French aviation investigation agency BEA said.
