Saudi-led air strikes kill 10 people in central Yemen: officials
SANAA (Reuters) – Warplanes from a Saudi-led coalition killed 10 people in air raids in central Yemen on Friday, local officials said.
Wellington boots from Glastonbury donated to Calais migrants
LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Several hundred pairs of wellington boots left behind at Britain’s Glastonbury festival in June have been donated to migrants in the French port of Calais, where thousands are living in makeshift camps.
Two British journalists detained in southeast Turkey
DIYARBAKIR (Reuters) – Turkish anti-terrorist police have detained two British journalists from Vice News for reporting from the predominantly Kurdish southeast without government accreditation, security sources said on Friday.
U.N. plans new Libya talks next week in Geneva
SKHIRAT, Morocco (Reuters) – The United Nations plans a new round of talks between Libya’s warring factions next week in Geneva in an effort to form a unity government and end the country’s crisis, a UN spokesman said on Friday.
Forget goals, get back to nature to save planet, says Indian conservationist
STOCKHOLM (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – The way to achieve sustainable development is to reconnect with nature, not by setting international targets that are difficult to understand, according to a renowned Indian conservationist.
President Obama to meet with German President Gauck in October
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama will host German President Joachim Gauck in the Oval Office on Oct. 7, the White House said on Friday.
U.S. says committed to transition away from Syria’s Assad
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. State Department on Friday repeated its commitment to a political transition “away from” Syrian President Bashar al-Assad after a U.S. special envoy held talks in Moscow on how to end Syria’s more than four-year civil wa…
Switzerland says regrets envoy’s display of Netanyahu cartoon
ZURICH (Reuters) – Switzerland expressed regret on Friday after its ambassador to Iran displayed a cartoon depicting two doves defecating on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s head, at an event promoting Iranian business opportunities.
China to parade high-tech weaponry in signal of strength, and shop window
BEIJING (Reuters) – From ballistic missiles to fighter jets, China has rolled out a host of high-tech weaponry ahead of a parade next week commemorating victory over Japan in World War Two, in a signal of Beijing’s growing confidence in its military mi…
Iranian ship and crew escape after 5 months in captivity off Somali coast
NAIROBI (Reuters) – An Iranian fishing vessel and its crew have escaped after being held captive for five months by Somali fishermen, maritime piracy experts said on Friday, but it was not clear how many crew members had escaped.
