MERS spreads to Thailand
BANGKOK (Reuters) – One of Thailand’s leading hospitals, known for treating medical tourists, said on Friday it had received the country’s first case of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS), as authorities
France’s Fabius heads to Mideast to sell peace initiative
PARIS (Reuters) – France’s foreign minister heads to the Middle East this weekend with an initiative aimed at bringing Israel and the Palestinians back to peace talks under an international framework amid growing regional instability.
France, central European states oppose quotas in EU migrant debate
BRATISLAVA (Reuters) – French President Francois Hollande said on Friday he thought commitments by individual EU member states offered a better way of resettling African and Middle Eastern migrants rather than the imposition of national quotas by Bruss…
Afghan leader extends parliament’s term, promises election date
KABUL (Reuters) – With elections delayed by political squabbling, Afghanistan’s president issued a decree on Friday extending parliament’s mandate until a vote could be held.
Center-right Argentine candidate names loyalist as running mate
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – Argentine Senator Gabriela Michetti will be the running mate of presidential candidate Mauricio Macri, he said on Friday, defining the battle lines ahead of an October election that will pit the business-friendly duo against th…
Israeli killed, another wounded in West Bank shooting
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – An Israeli civilian was killed and another wounded in the occupied West Bank on Friday in an attack apparently carried out by a Palestinian gunman, a hospital spokeswoman and security forces said.
Danes ride euroskeptic wave as kingmaker party sticks to referendum line
COPENHAGEN (Reuters) – A wave of euroskepticism spreading across Europe reached Denmark on Friday, with the party cast as kingmaker after elections standing by demands for a referendum on EU membership as its price for joining a coalition government.
Syrian rebels set eyes on divided Aleppo
AMMAN/BEIRUT (Reuters) – Syrian insurgents say they have begun a campaign to capture full control of the divided city of Aleppo, Syria’s most populous city before it become a main battleground in its four-year-old civil war.
Nigerian military says to investigate Amnesty killing allegations
ABUJA (Reuters) – Nigeria’s military said on Friday it was investigating allegations by Amnesty International that more than 8,000 people had died in detention during a crackdown on Islamist militant group Boko Haram, weeks after dismissing the report….
English city stunned by family’s flight to join Islamic State
BRADFORD, England (Reuters) – Zahoor Ahmed shakes his head in disbelief as he surveys the back of a terraced house belonging to the family of the three Dawood sisters, believed to have traveled to Syria to join Islamic State militants and brought their…
