Islamic State behind Riyadh police deaths, say Saudi authorities
RIYADH (Reuters) – The Saudi Arabian man arrested on suspicion of shooting dead two policemen and injuring two others in separate attacks in Riyadh was acting on instructions from the Islamic State group in Syria, the Interior Ministry said on Friday.
Afghan president orders inquiry into unreleased U.N. police report
KABUL (Reuters) – Afghanistan’s president has ordered the interior ministry to investigate why a United Nations-funded report on corruption in the Afghan police force was ignored and take appropriate action, a copy of a directive seen by Reuters shows….
Countdown appears to start for execution of foreigners in Indonesia
JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesia has asked foreign embassies to send representatives to a maximum security prison ahead of the expected execution of 10 drug convicts, although an official 72-hour notice of execution has not been given yet, diplomats said …
UK’s Cameron shifts tack as election campaign fails to shift dial
LONDON (Reuters) – British Prime Minister David Cameron’s advisers thought his economic record would have delivered a solid poll lead by now. Instead, as the May 7 election approaches, the polls are largely static and a new strategy is being tested.
Fourteen migrants killed in Macedonia, hit by train in gorge
NEAR VELES, Macedonia (Reuters) – Fourteen migrants were killed when they were struck by a train in a narrow gorge in Macedonia late on Thursday, part of a growing tide of people trying to get to western Europe via the Balkans instead of crossing the t…
Taliban launch spring offensive with rocket attack on U.S. base
KABUL (Reuters) – Taliban insurgents shot rockets onto a U.S. base outside Kabul and targeted Afghan government buildings in a provincial capital on Friday, as they officially launched their spring offensive in a year that has already seen fierce fight…
U.N. invites Syrian parties to peace talks in Geneva in May
GENEVA (Reuters) – United Nations Syria envoy Staffan de Mistura has invited Syria’s government and opposition groups for separate talks in Geneva next month in the latest bid to end the four-year-old civil war, a U.N. spokesman said on Friday.
Russia should face more sanctions if it stokes Ukraine further: UK Labour’s Miliband
LONDON (Reuters) – The West should step up sanctions on Russia if the Kremlin shows further aggression in Ukraine, British opposition Labour leader Ed Miliband said on Friday.
al Qaeda suspects may have been targeting Vatican: Italy prosecutor
ROME (Reuters) – Terrorism suspects under investigation in Italy may have been planning an attack against the Vatican, one of the prosecutors leading the probe said on Friday.
As Yemen bombing subsides, Saudi may struggle with peacemaker role
DUBAI (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia has bombed Yemen for four weeks but may be little closer to imposing influence in its war-torn neighbor.
