Beirut airport seizes 230 kg of drugs bound for Qatar
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Lebanese customs officials discovered 230 kg of Captagon amphetamine pills hidden inside tables prepared for export to the Gulf state of Qatar from Beirut international airport, the finance ministry said in a statement on Friday.
Employees of raided Ukrainian library in Moscow say they were framed
MOSCOW (Reuters) – The shaken employees of a Moscow library specializing in Ukrainian literature accused Russian investigators on Friday of planting banned extremist books on their shelves to create a pretext to raid the library and detain their direct…
U.S. reports 12 air strikes against Islamic State in Iraq, Syria
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States and its allies conducted 11 air strikes against Islamic State militants in Iraq and one in Syria on Thursday, according to a U.S. military statement.
Most Catalans reject ruling separatists’ plan to split from Spain: poll
MADRID (Reuters) – Most Catalans reject the region’s ruling separatist parties’ plan to start a political process that would lead to full independence from Spain within 18 months, a survey by pollster Metroscopia showed on Friday.
Mauritania will not prosecute repatriated Guantanamo detainee
NOUAKCHOTT (Reuters) – A Guantanamo Bay detainee from Mauritania released this week by U.S. military authorities has rejoined his family and will not face prosecution in the West African nation, the Mauritanian government said.
Yemen child prodigy badly burned in wedding bombing
DUBAI (Reuters) – A child prodigy who once dreamed of leading a Yemeni space program, 15-year old Abdullah al-Sanabani may now lose his leg and fingers after a suspected Saudi-led air strike on a family wedding killed his relatives and left him badly b…
German foreign minister says Syria meeting a ‘hopeful sign’
VIENNA (Reuters) – German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier said on Friday an international meeting on the Syrian conflict was a hopeful sign for Syria and the region as arch-rivals Iran and Saudi Arabia would sit at the table with the others fo…
Ukraine calls deadly depot blast a terrorist act
KIEV (Reuters) – Explosions in a Ukrainian ammunition depot that killed two civilians overnight is being investigated as a terrorist act, the Defence Ministry said on Friday.
China vice president to visit India in November as ties warm
BEIJING (Reuters) – Chinese Vice President Li Yuanchao will visit India next month, China’s Foreign Ministry said on Friday, the second top Chinese official set to visit as ties warm between the Asian powers.
U.N. warns of dire food situation in Yemen’s Taiz
GENEVA (Reuters) – The U.N. World Food Programme on Friday appealed for safe access to the Yemeni city of Taiz, saying that fighting between warring factions had blocked food supplies and left thousands of people in extreme hunger.
