Kenyan businessman shot dead, opposition sees political motive
NAIROBI (Reuters) – Kenyan businessman and government critic Jacob Juma was shot dead in his car late on Thursday in Nairobi, the police said on Friday, a killing the opposition said appeared to be politically motivated.
Tajik court says Islamic State plot targeted president
DUSHANBE (Reuters) – Two Tajiks recruited by the militant group Islamic State planned to assassinate President Imomali Rakhmon last year, a court in the capital Dushanbe said on Friday.
Hamas says does not want war but will not allow Israeli incursions
GAZA (Reuters) – The leader of Hamas in Gaza said on Friday the Islamist group was “not calling for war” with Israel, and that Egypt and other parties were working behind the scenes to defuse the worst flare-up in violence since a 2014 conflict.
U.S., allies conduct 24 strikes against Islamic State: statement
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States and its allies conducted 24 strikes against Islamic State in Iraq and Syria on Thursday in its latest round of daily strikes against the militant group, according to the coalition leading the operations.
Pope rebukes ‘weary’ Europe, says migrants not criminals
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – Pope Francis on Friday lamented a Europe he said had grown “weary” and “entrenched”, and urged the continent not to see migrants as criminals.
Britain’s Labour take hit in regional elections, leads in London mayor race
LONDON/EDINBURGH (Reuters) – Britain’s main opposition Labour Party lost less ground than expected in local elections on Friday and was leading the race for London’s mayor, giving new leader Jeremy Corbyn enough ammunition to brush off his critics.
Germany expects Turkey to stick to EU migrant deal after PM quits
BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany expects Turkey to uphold an agreement with the European Union on curbing migration to the bloc following the departure of the minister who struck it, a German government spokesman said on Friday.
Italy rescues nearly 1,800 migrants in Mediterranean
ROME (Reuters) – Italian vessels have helped rescue nearly 1,800 migrants from boats trying to reach Italy from north Africa in the last 24 hours, the navy said on Friday, indicating that numbers are rising as the weather warms up.
Suicide bomb kills seven in Yemeni city of Marib: police sources
CAIRO (Reuters) – Seven people were killed and more than 15 wounded in a suicide bomb attack on Friday that struck a market in the Yemeni city of Marib, east of the capital Sanaa, police sources told Reuters.
Philippine presidential candidate Poe not withdrawing from election
MANILA (Reuters) – Philippine presidential candidate Grace Poe said on Friday she will not withdraw from the election race but she was open to holding dialogue with one of her rivals, former interior minister Manuel Roxas.
