Senate panel passes amendment to end restrictions on travel to Cuba
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Senate Appropriations Committee voted 18-12 on Thursday to end restrictions on Americans travel to Cuba, a committee spokesman said.
Iraqi Kurds head back to Europe, escaping war and seeking work
ERBIL, Iraq (Reuters) – The economy is in freefall, but business has never been better for one trade in Iraq’s Kurdistan region.
Turkish soldier killed in cross-border clash with Islamic State: official
ANKARA (Reuters) – A Turkish soldier was killed and another wounded in clashes with Islamic State across the Syrian border on Thursday, a senior Turkish official said, days after a suicide bombing blamed on the Islamist radical group killed 32 people.
Scam versus scam politics stalls India’s reform agenda
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India’s premier political parties have come up with a new strategy to get even with each other – scam versus scam.
U.S. to review Burundi aid in next two months over crisis: envoy
BUJUMBURA (Reuters) – The United States will review its relations and level of aid to Burundi over the next two months after the central African nation held elections that Washington says were not credible, the U.S. ambassador said on Thursday.
Ukraine separatists protest against OSCE mission in east
DONETSK, Ukraine (Reuters) – Around 300 people held a protest against the OSCE in eastern Ukraine on Thursday, picketing a hotel in rebel-held Donetsk in what the security watchdog said was an orchestrated move to restrict its work.
Protests show migrant crisis has reached Italian doorsteps
CASALE DI SAN NICOLA, Italy (Reuters) – Migrants arriving at a new shelter outside Rome needed riot police to protect them from far-right activists and furious residents. In the north, locals vandalized a home to keep asylum seekers from moving in.
Quake-hit Nepal reopens Annapurna circuit after experts give all clear
KATHMANDU (Reuters) – Nepal reopened its most popular trekking trail to tourists on Thursday after international experts said it was safe, three months after two devastating earthquakes led the government to close most hiking routes.Miyamoto Internatio…
Bomb kills four Egyptian soldiers near Rafah: army
CAIRO (Reuters) – An Egyptian army officer and three soldiers were killed on Thursday when a bomb planted by suspected Islamist militants exploded near Rafah, a town on the border with the Gaza Strip, the army said in a statement.
Two Swedes arrested on Syria terrorist crime suspicion
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – Two Swedes were arrested on Thursday on suspicion of terrorist crimes in committing murder in Syria in 2013, the Swedish Prosecution Authority said, adding a third person was arrested in absentia.
