Kurdish militant attack kills three Turkish security force members: army
DIYARBAKIR, Turkey (Reuters) – Two Turkish soldiers and one police officer were killed in an attack by Kurdish militants in the southeastern city of Diyarbakir on Friday, the armed forces said in a statement.
Fighting at U.N. compound in South Sudan kills 18: MSF
JUBA (Reuters) – Fighting at a United Nations compound sheltering people fleeing conflict in South Sudan has killed 18 people, including two Medicins Sans Frontieres workers, the international medical aid group said.
Merkel says EU-Turkey plan is our priority on migration
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – European Union member states threw their weight behind a joint EU-Turkey plan to limit the flow of refugees to Europe, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said early on Friday after several hours of talks with EU leaders.
This is not a pipe: the surrealist Brexit summit
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Call it the surrealist summit. How very Brussels.
Austria sticks to migration cap despite EU legal warning
By Gabriela Baczynska, Robert-Jan Bartunek and Alastair Macdonald
Colombia stops visits by FARC leaders aimed at briefing fighters on peace talks
BOGOTA (Reuters) – Colombia’s government on Thursday suspended further visits to the country by Marxist FARC negotiators, saying they violated the terms under which they were allowed to return from Havana to explain agreements reached at peace talks to…
Russia warns Assad not to snub Syria ceasefire plan
MOSCOW (Reuters) – President Bashar al-Assad was out of step with the views of his main ally, Russia, when he said he planned to fight on until he re-established control over all of Syria, Russia’s envoy to the United Nations was quoted as saying on Th…
Canada drops bid to return ex-Guantanamo inmate Khadr to jail
OTTAWA (Reuters) – The new Canadian Liberal government on Thursday dropped a bid to return former Guantanamo Bay inmate Omar Khadr to jail, and said the Canadian citizen should remain free while he appealed his murder conviction by a U.S. military trib…
Obama to meet Raul Castro, dissidents on historic trip to Cuba
WASHINGTON/HAVANA (Reuters) – President Barack Obama will meet dissidents and President Raul Castro in Cuba next month, the White House said on Thursday, announcing a historic trip that will be another major step toward ending decades of animosity betw…
Dissidents hope for public recognition from Obama on Cuba visit
HAVANA (Reuters) – Ostracized by the government and mistrusted by much of the public, Cuba’s dissidents are hoping to receive a clear message of support from U.S. President Barack Obama when he visits the island next month.
