Obama, Castro will meet at summit amid US-Cuba detente
PANAMA CITY (Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama and Cuban President Raul Castro have talked by telephone about restoring diplomatic ties and are due to meet at a summit this weekend as they seek to set aside decades of hostility between two Cold Wa…
India orders 36 French-made Rafale fighter jets – PM Modi
PARIS (Reuters) – Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Friday he had ordered 36 “ready-to-fly” French-made Rafale fighter jets to modernise his country’s ageing warplane fleet as neighbouring states upgraded their military hardware.
Exclusive: U.S. expands intelligence sharing with Saudis in Yemen operation
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States is expanding its intelligence-sharing with Saudi Arabia to provide more information about potential targets in the kingdom’s air campaign against Houthi militias in Yemen, U.S. officials told Reuters.
U.S. judge rejects ex-Blackwater guards request to postpone Iraq deaths sentencing
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A U.S. federal judge on Friday denied a last-minute request by four U.S. former Blackwater guards convicted in the massacre of 14 unarmed Iraqis in 2007 to have their sentencing postponed, and said it will go ahead as planned on …
Mali rebels refuse to initial peace accord in current form
BAMAKO (Reuters) – Mali’s rebel coalition said on Friday it was not ready to give preliminary approval to a United Nations-backed peace proposal a day after the government announced that it would.
Iran deal could stumble on sensitive nuclear monitoring
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – Beefing up international monitoring of Iran’s nuclear work could become the biggest stumbling block to a final accord between Tehran and major powers, despite a preliminary deal reached last week.
Colombia FARC rebels say they cannot be judged as ‘common criminals’
HAVANA (Reuters) – Colombia’s FARC rebels cannot be submitted to the same judicial processes as “common criminals” under a possible peace deal, the Marxist group said on Friday.
U.N. wants ‘understanding’ of Western Sahara human rights situation
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is calling for an “independent and impartial understanding” of human rights in the disputed North African territory of Western Sahara, according to a report seen by Reuters on Friday.
U.S. to triple military aid to Tunisia
TUNIS (Reuters) – The United States will increase military aid to Tunisia threefold this year and help train its troops, a senior U.S official said on Friday, weeks after the country suffered its deadliest militant attack in more than a decade.
U.S., allies conduct nine air strikes in Iraq, seven in Syria
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S.-led forces targeted Islamic State militants with nine air strikes in Iraq and seven in Syria since early on Thursday, the U.S. military said on Friday.
