$1.6 billion Powerball jackpot to be split between three winning tickets
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – The winners of the record $1.6 billion U.S. Powerball jackpot had yet to emerge early on Thursday, with lottery officials saying the massive prize will be split between ticket holders in three states – Tennessee, California and …
Turkish PM says strongly condemns truck bomb attack in southeast
ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu strongly condemned an overnight truck bomb attack on a police station in the mostly Kurdish southeast Turkey on Thursday, and vowed Turkey would continue its fight against “every kind of terror”…
France plans coalition meeting on Islamic State, says group retreating
PARIS (Reuters) – Members of the U.S.-led coalition fighting Islamic State will meet in Paris next week to reinforce efforts against the group, France’s defense minister said on Thursday, adding that the militants were clearly retreating in Iraq.
Zimbabwe presidency dismisses Mugabe heart attack rumor
HARARE (Reuters) – A rumor than Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe has suffered a heart attack is a “grim lie”, his spokesman George Charamba said on Thursday.
Second aid convoy leaves Damascus for besieged Syrian town Madaya: witness
DAMASCUS (Reuters) – A convoy of dozens of aid trucks departed from Damascus on Thursday on their way to the besieged Syrian town of Madaya, the second delivery there this week, a humanitarian official and a Reuters witness said.
Former Israeli president Peres hospitalized over heart attack: TV
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israeli elder statesman Shimon Peres suffered a heart attack on Thursday and was undergoing surgery at a hospital near Tel Aviv, Israel’s Channel 10 television said.
Tajik parliament considers unlimited terms for president
ALMATY (Reuters) – Tajikistan’s parliament is considering a proposal to allow President Imomali Rakhmon to run for an unlimited number of terms, cementing his grip on power as others have done in the Central Asian region.
Iran frees U.S. sailors with start of nuclear deal in sight
DUBAI/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Iran freed 10 U.S. sailors on Wednesday, a day after detaining them aboard two U.S. Navy patrol boats in the Gulf, bringing a swift end to an incident that had rattled nerves just before the expected implementation of a lan…
Al Qaeda head calls for attacks over Saudi executions
RIYADH (Reuters) – Al Qaeda’s leader in an audio recording on Tuesday called for attacks against Saudi Arabia and its Western allies in retaliation for its execution of 43 convicted members of the organization, U.S.-based monitoring group SITE said on …
Australian police say operation at opera house concluded
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australian police said on Thursday that a police operation in Sydney has been concluded.
