NATO-Russia Council not yet possible, Stoltenberg says
MUNICH (Reuters) – NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg and Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov discussed on Friday how to renew dialogue in the NATO-Russia Council, which has not met since 2014, but are little closer to agreeing a date or an ag…
South Sudan rebel leader wants soldiers out in further hurdle to peace deal
NAIROBI (Reuters) – South Sudan rebel leader Riek Machar said on Friday he wanted soldiers cleared out of the capital before he returns to take up the post of vice president under a peace deal, in another hurdle to efforts to end more than a year of fi…
China rules out joining anti-terrorism coalitions, says helping Iraq
MUNICH (Reuters) – China won’t take part in any coalition fighting “terrorist groups” in the Middle East, but will do its fair share in its own way and is already helping Iraq, Foreign Minister Wang Yi said on Friday.
Student tortured and killed in Egypt given funeral at home in Italy
ROME (Reuters) – An Italian student who was tortured and found dead in Egypt last week was given a funeral in his hometown on Friday and Italy’s prime minister once again insisted that those responsible be caught and punished.
If ribs visible, you were candidate for crematorium, Auschwitz survivor tells Nazi trial
DETMOLD, Germany (Reuters) – Three survivors spoke on Friday of the smell of burnt bodies and piles of the dead at Nazi Germany’s Auschwitz death camp, one of whose former guards stands accused of helping in the murder of at least 170,000 people.
Three Iraqi presidential guards kidnapped near northern town: sources
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Three members of Iraq’s presidential guard were kidnapped on Friday near a checkpoint run by Shi’ite militiamen close to the northern district of Tuz Khurmatu, police and a local official said.
Rwanda to send Burundi refugees to other countries after U.S. warning
KIGALI (Reuters) – Rwanda will send Burundian refugees to other countries after the United States said that they were being recruited to fight for the Burundian opposition and threatened to destabilize the region.
Iraqi PM says has won back half of ISIS-held territories
MUNICH (Reuters) – Iraqi forces have won back half of the territory previously under the control of Islamic State militants, Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi told a security conference in Germany on Friday.
Moscow court rejects lawsuit against Putin from Kremlin critic Navalny: RIA
MOSCOW (Reuters) – A Moscow court has rejected a lawsuit filed against Russian President Vladimir Putin by opposition leader Alexei Navalny, the RIA news agency quoted a spokeswoman for the court as saying on Friday.
Colombia’s ELN rebels declare 72-hour lockdown
BOGOTA (Reuters) – The National Liberation Army, a leftist Colombian rebel group known as ELN, has declared a 72-hour armed lockdown in areas where they operate, restricting transport and commerce amid signs of further delays in their efforts to begin …
