Pakistan asks Iran to investigate suspected Indian spy’s Iran links
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Pakistan has asked Iran to investigate the case of a suspected Indian spy who Pakistani authorities say has confessed to spying against Pakistan from Iran, according to a copy of an Interior Ministry letter to Iran obtained by Reu…
Austria says neighbors back plan for new EU border force
VIENNA (Reuters) – Austria and its neighbors in central Europe and the Balkans will press the European Union to create a new auxiliary force to help countries deal with any influx of migrants, Austria’s defense minister said on Friday.
Geologist tipped as Iraq’s oil minister may facilitate deal with Kurds
ERBIL, Iraq (Reuters) – The man nominated to be Iraq’s new oil minister is a Kurdish petroleum geologist who could end a bitter dispute with the northern self-rule region and free up more oil exports through a pipeline to Turkey.
Death toll from east Damascus air strikes rises to more than 30
BEIRUT (Reuters) – The death toll from air strikes in the Deir al-Asafir district southeast of Damascus has risen to more than 30, mostly women and children, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights and the White Helmet civil defense group….
U.S. leads 17 strikes in Syria, Iraq against Islamic State -statement
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States and its allies staged 17 strikes against Islamic State on Thursday in their latest round of daily attacks in Iraq and Syria against the militant group, the coalition leading the operations said.
Amnesty says Turkey illegally sending Syrians back to war zone
ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkey has illegally returned thousands of Syrians to their war-torn homeland in recent months, highlighting dangers for migrants sent back from Europe under a deal due to take effect next week, Amnesty International said on Friday.
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.
