Turkey needs to stop or significantly cut migrant flow: EU envoy
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkey needs to stop or significantly reduce the number of illegal migrants crossing into Europe and a readmission agreement between Ankara and Brussels must go into full effect by June 1, an EU envoy said on Friday.
EU extends sanctions against North Korea
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Union said on Friday that it had added 16 people and 12 companies to its sanctions list following North Korea’s latest nuclear test and rocket launch.
Sahrawi refugee camps in Algeria’s arid south
TINDOUF, Algeria (Reuters) – In refugee camps near the town of Tindouf in the arid south-west Algeria conditions are hard for indigenous Sahrawi residents.
Romania approves extradition of convicted hacker ‘Guccifer’ to U.S.
BUCHAREST (Reuters) – Romania’s top court has approved a request by U.S. authorities to extradite a convicted hacker known as Guccifer, a source within Romania’s DIICOT anti-organized crime and terrorism unit told Reuters on Friday.
Fetus of Venezuelan woman who likely had Zika dies; had microcephaly: doctors
CARACAS (Reuters) – A fetus whose mother likely had the Zika virus suffered the rare congenital defect known as microcephaly and ultimately died, doctors said on Friday, in the first Venezuelan case linking the infection to damage in babies.
Turkish court jails two Syrians over drowning of toddler Aylan: media
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – A Turkish court on Friday sentenced two Syrians to four years in jail over the drowning of five people including toddler Aylan Kurdi, the image of whose dead body sparked global sympathy last September over the fate of migrants, Do…
Turkish authorities seize newspaper close to cleric Gulen: state media
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkish authorities seized control of the country’s largest newspaper on Friday, state-run media said, in a widening crackdown against supporters of U.S.-based Muslim cleric Fethullah Gulen, an influential foe of President Tayyip E…
Powerful Iraqi Shi’ite cleric calls for ‘government of corruption’ to be toppled
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Powerful Iraqi Shi’ite Muslim cleric Moqtada al-Sadr called for the “government of corruption” to be overthrown on Friday in the biggest show of opposition yet to Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi’s authority.
Zimbabwe court orders return of firm to diamond fields, defying Mugabe
HARARE (Reuters) – Zimbabwe’s High Court told the government on Friday to let the largest diamond-mining firm in its Marange fields return to its mines and take control of its assets there, defying President Robert Mugabe who said all operations had be…
Zambian opposition leader arrested for inciting violence: police
LUSAKA (Reuters) – A leader of the main opposition party in Zambia was arrested on Friday on suspicion of proposing violence against President Edgar Lungu, police said, the latest sign of tension ahead of August elections.
