Ukrainian civilian helicopter crashes in Slovakia, six people dead
BRATISLAVA (Reuters) – A Ukrainian civilian helicopter has crashed in eastern Slovakia, killing six people, a Slovak interior ministry spokesman said on Friday.
Lebanon PM holds emergency meeting as nation mourns bomb victims
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Lebanese Prime Minister Tammam Salam held an emergency meeting with his security cabinet and military chiefs on Friday as the nation mourned 44 people killed in a double suicide bombing claimed by Islamic State.
U.S. sanctions North Korean ambassador to Myanmar, three others
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States has sanctioned North Korea’s ambassador to Myanmar as well as three other North Koreans it said had ties to a mining corporation.
Syrian army captures village in Aleppo province: monitor, state TV
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Syrian government forces captured the village of Tel Hadya in the northern province of Aleppo on Friday, a monitoring group and state media said, in the latest territorial gains reported against insurgents in the area.
French PM irks fellow Socialists with surprise election strategy
PARIS (Reuters) – French Prime Minister Manuel Valls has angered fellow Socialists by suggesting an alliance with mainstream conservatives in a bid to prevent far-right leader Marine Le Pen from winning a regional election next month.
Congolose warlord Katanga first ICC convict released
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – Judges at the International Criminal Court on Friday granted early release to convicted war criminal Germain Katanga, making the Congolese warlord, sentenced to 12 years prison in 2014, the first ICC convict to be freed.
Marion Le Pen, heiress to France’s far-right in quest for power
CARPENTRAS, France (Reuters) – A huge 1990s election poster of Marion Marechal-Le Pen as a blonde toddler with her grandfather, founder of France’s far-right National Front party, greets visitors at her campaign headquarters.
Three soldiers, 11 Kurdish militants killed in southeast Turkey
SILVAN, Turkey (Reuters) – Three Turkish soldiers were killed on Friday in the mainly Kurdish southeast of the country, the latest casualties in a tide of violence engulfing the region since the breakdown of a ceasefire between security forces and mili…
World leaders laud Myanmar election as Suu Kyi secures majority
YANGON (Reuters) – Myanmar democracy champion Aung San Suu Kyi’s opposition party on Friday clinched enough seats in parliament to elect a president and form a government when incoming lawmakers convene next year.
Worshippers killed as bomb hits Yemen mosque in Houthi-dominated region: residents
DUBAI (Reuters) – A bomb exploded on Friday during midday prayers at a mosque frequented by Houthi supporters in Yemen’s northwestern Mahwit region, killing several worshippers and wounding others, residents said.
