Electricity supply gradually returns in Syria: state media
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Syria’s electricity supply was gradually returning after it was cut across the country on Thursday and Internet connections were briefly disrupted, state media said.
France, Britain agree to invest 2 billion euros in drone prototype project
AMIENS, France (Reuters) – France and Britain have agreed to invest 2 billion euros in a project to build a next-generation multi-role drone with a view to making it operational after 2030, the two countries said in a statement on Thursday.
Somalia sentences al Shabaab media officer to death for killing journalists
MOGADISHU (Reuters) – A former media officer for the Somali Islamist group al Shabaab who arranged news conferences in the years when the militants controlled the capital Mogadishu was sentenced to death on Thursday for the murder of six local journali…
U.S. leads 29 strikes against Islamic State in Iraq, Syria: U.S. military
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. and its allies in Iraq and Syria staged 29 strikes against Islamic State on Wednesday, the coalition leading the operations said.
German police arrest doctor suspected of recruiting suicide bomber for IS
BERLIN (Reuters) – German police on Thursday arrested a doctor in Berlin suspected of convincing a young man to join Islamic State in Iraq, where he carried out a suicide bombing on behalf of the insurgents, prosecutors said.
Russia’s Putin plans to hold international phone talks on Syria: Interfax
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin will hold phone talks with European leaders on Syria on Friday, Interfax quoted the Kremlin as saying on Thursday.
Iran says blacklisting Hezbollah may jeopardize Lebanon’s stability
ANKARA (Reuters) – Iran accused Gulf Arab neighbors on Thursday of jeopardizing Lebanon’s stability by blacklisting the Iranian-backed Hezbollah group, state television said, a move likely to stoke tensions in the regional power rivalry between Tehran …
Indonesia’s early tsunami warning buoys down when big quake hit
PADANG/JAKARTA, Indonesia (Reuters) – All 22 of the early-warning buoys Indonesia deployed after the 2004 tsunami disaster were inoperable when a massive undersea earthquake struck off the coast on Wednesday, a National Disaster Mitigation Agency offic…
Denmark extends controls on German border until April 3
COPENHAGEN (Reuters) – Denmark decided on Thursday to extend temporary controls at its border with Germany by 30 days to April 3, Immigration Minister Inger Stojberg said.
Australia to test debris found two years after Malaysian jet disappeared
SYDNEY (Reuters) – A piece of debris found off the southeast African coast that could be from a missing Malaysia Airlines flight is being sent to Australia for testing, officials said on Thursday, two years after the plane carrying 239 people disappear…
