Russia says U.S. planes bombed Syria’s Aleppo on Wednesday
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia’s Defence Ministry said on Thursday that two U.S. aircraft had bombed the Syrian city of Aleppo on Feb. 10, and that Russian planes had not been operating in the area.
Kurdish forces said to take air base near Turkish border
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Kurdish fighters backed by Russian bombing raids have driven Syrian rebels from a former military air base near the border with Turkey, a group that monitors the war said on Thursday.
Pro-government forces seize camp outside Yemen capital
CAIRO (Reuters) – Yemeni pro-government forces backed by Saudi-led air strikes seized control of a military camp 60km (40 miles) from Sanaa on Thursday, local officials and residents said, as troops advance toward the capital held by Iran-allied fighte…
Attacker shoots six dead at offices in Saudi Arabia
RIYADH (Reuters) – An attacker opened fire at local education department offices in southern Saudi Arabia on Thursday, killing six employees in what authorities are treating as a criminal attack, a senior Saudi official said,
Greeks at frontline of migrant crisis angry at Europe’s criticism
ABOARD THE AGIOS EFSTRATIOS, Aegean Sea (Reuters) – Greek Captain Argyris Frangoulis lifts his binoculars and with eyes fixed on the Aegean Sea horizon, steers his patrol boat out near the Turkish border to a dinghy full of stranded refugees.
China warns on South China Sea as U.S., India consider patrols
BEIJING (Reuters) – China on Thursday responded to a Reuters report that the U.S. and India are discussing joint naval patrols in the disputed South China Sea, warning that interference from countries outside the region threatens peace and stability.
Auschwitz guard, 94, goes on trial in Germany
DETMOLD, Germany (Reuters) – A 94-year-old former guard at Auschwitz lowered his eyes as he arrived at a German court on Thursday to be tried as an accessory to the murder of at least 170,000 people in what is likely to be one of the last few Nazi war …
Turkey-Israel talks to restore ties going well, no deal yet: AKP spokesman
ANKARA (Reuters) – Talks between Turkey and Israel to mend fences are going well but a deal has not yet been reached in efforts to improve relations and increase energy cooperation in the eastern Mediterranean, Turkey’s ruling AK Party spokesman said.
North Korea says South’s pulling out of industrial zone ‘declaration of war’
PAJU, South Korea (Reuters) – North Korea said it was kicking out all South Koreans from the jointly run Kaesong industrial zone on Thursday, calling the South’s move to suspend operations, in retaliation for Sunday’s rocket launch by the North, a “dec…
Iran’s Rouhani calls for political unity before crucial votes: TV
ANKARA (Reuters) – President Hassan Rouhani urged Iran’s faction-ridden elite on Thursday to seek consensus after a hardline watchdog body disqualified thousands of moderate candidates from two elections this month, state television said.
