U.N. conference agrees on plan to finance development goals
ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) – More than 100 countries have agreed on a framework to bankroll an array of ambitious development goals, ranging from tackling poverty to dealing with climate change by 2030.
As Syrian Kurds advance against Islamic State, other ethnic groups flee
AKCAKALE, Turkey (Reuters) – Cemal Dede fled his home in a remote Turkmen village in Syria after warplanes from the U.S.-led coalition against Islamic State bombed the house next door. He had no idea he wouldn’t be coming back.
French cave engravings reveal last thoughts of WW1 soldiers
BOUZINCOURT, France (Reuters) – Neglected for decades, underground caves in a small village in France’s Somme valley contain a treasure trove of hundreds of engravings by World War One Canadian and British soldiers as they sought refuge from German ass…
Islamic State says it launched rocket attack on Egypt navy vessel
CAIRO (Reuters) – Egypt’s Islamic State affiliate said on Thursday it fired a rocket at an Egyptian naval vessel in the Mediterranean Sea near the coast of Israel and the Gaza Strip.
Security police kill four militants in operation in Kyrgyz capital
BISHKEK (Reuters) – Kyrgyzstan’s security police said they had killed four members of an “international terrorist organization” in a firefight near the center of the capital Bishkek on Thursday, underscoring continued volatility in the hard-up Central …
Rights experts call for U.N. to intervene in Burundi
GENEVA (Reuters) – The U.N. Security Council must intervene in Burundi to prevent mass atrocities and the risk of a regional conflict, seven independent U.N. human rights investigators said on Thursday.
Merkel mocked online over refugee girl’s tears
BERLIN (Reuters) – German Chancellor Angela Merkel drew mockery online on Thursday for stroking the back of a Palestinian girl facing possible deportation after she had reduced her to tears by explaining her policy on asylum and adding that “sometimes …
A year after MH17 downed, families want justice
AMSTERDAM/HRABOVE, Ukraine (Reuters) – One by one, the names of the 298 passengers and crew who died aboard Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 will be read aloud by relatives on Friday, a year after the passenger jet was shot out of the sky over rebel-held …
China warns Manila over repairs to ship on Spratly reef outpost
BEIJING (Reuters) – China on Wednesday condemned the Philippines for doing repairs to a rusting ship it ran aground on a South China Sea reef, demanding Manila remove the vessel while adding that Beijing “reserved the right to take further measures”.
Explosion destroys vehicle in militant stronghold in Somalia
NAIROBI (Reuters) – A drone strike in south-central Somalia, a strategic stronghold of the Islamist group al Shabaab, destroyed a vehicle belonging to the militants in the early hours of Thursday, residents and officials said.
