Swiss media conference moved due to security risk: police
ZURICH (Reuters) – A conference featuring Egypt’s most famous satirist and the editor of a Danish paper which published cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed has been moved because of a “heightened risk”, Swiss police said on Friday.
Islamic State claims Saudi Arabia mosque bombing
CAIRO (Reuters) – Islamic State militants claimed responsibility for an attack on Friday on a Shi’ite mosque in Saudi Arabia’s Dammam in which four people were killed.
Belgium launches investigation into German and U.S. spying
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Belgium has begun an investigation into reports that German and U.S. intelligence agencies spied on Belgian targets, the Belgian Justice Ministry said on Friday.
Iranian aid plane bound for Yemen lands in Djibouti
ANKARA (Reuters) – An Iranian plane carrying aid for Yemen landed in Djibouti on Friday and the cargo will be inspected by the United Nations before it moves on, Iran’s Fars news agency reported.
Iranian aid plane bound for Yemen lands in Djibouti
ANKARA (Reuters) – An Iranian plane carrying aid for Yemen landed in Djibouti on Friday and the cargo will be inspected by the United Nations before it moves on, Iran’s Fars news agency reported.
Iran shares some information in nuclear probe, no breakthrough: IAEA
VIENNA (Reuters) – The U.N. nuclear watchdog said on Friday it had made incremental progress but no breakthrough in its inquiry into whether Iran may have researched an atom bomb, a sobering message that may dim chances for a deal between Tehran and bi…
Special Report: Russian fighters, caught in Ukraine, cast adrift by Moscow
KIEV (Reuters) – From his hospital bed in the Ukrainian capital, Russian fighter Alexander Alexandrov feels abandoned by his country, its leaders and even the local Russian consul.
U.S. says China agrees ‘pressure’ key on North Korea
BEIJING (Reuters) – China has agreed that “pressure” on North Korea is an important element in a push to rid the country of its nuclear weapons, a U.S. official overseeing policy on North Korea said on Friday.
One Ukrainian servicemen killed in east Ukraine
KIEV (Reuters) – One Ukrainian serviceman has been killed and six other have been wounded in attacks by Russian-backed separatists in eastern Ukraine, a Kiev military spokesman said on Friday.
Cyprus police probe Israel link in ammonium nitrate haul -media
NICOSIA (Reuters) – Cypriot police suspect a man they arrested this week of planning an attack on Israeli interests on the island after they found almost two tonnes of ammonium nitrate in his basement, local newspapers reported on Friday.
