EU unlikely to agree next week to prolong Russia sanctions
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – European Union leaders are unlikely to reach agreement at their summit next week to prolong economic sanctions on Russia that expire in July, a senior EU official said on Friday.
Turkey says spy suspected of helping British school girls is Syrian
ANKARA (Reuters) – An alleged spy detained in Turkey for helping three British girls cross into Syria is a Syrian national working for a country in the U.S.-led coalition against Islamic State, the Turkish foreign minister said on Friday.
India seeks edge over China as Modi visits Sri Lanka
COLOMBO (Reuters) – When Sri Lanka’s President Maithripala Sirisena received India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi at an ocean-front colonial building on Friday, the two looked out over a $1.4 billion Chinese real estate project halted days ago after cr…
Governments should talk to Islamic State to get aid access: UNICEF
GENEVA (Reuters) – Countries should negotiate with Islamic State to persuade it to let U.N. children’s agency UNICEF into areas the militants control, the aid organization’s representative in Syria said on Friday.
U.S.-led coalition targets Islamic State in 11 air strikes: statement
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Unites States and its coalition partners staged 11 air strikes against Islamic State militants in Syria and Iraq since Thursday, the Combined Joint Task Force leading the operations said in a statement.
Gunmen attack Kenyan governor’s convoy near Somali border: media
MOGADISHU (Reuters) – Gunmen attacked a convoy carrying a Kenyan state governor near the Somali border on Friday, leaving him unharmed but wounding several people close to the spot where Islamists launched a string of deadly attacks last year, the army…
EU energy chief: still no confirmed date for Ukraine-Russia gas talks
STRBSKE PLESO, Slovakia (Reuters) – The European Union does not yet have confirmation for a March 20 meeting between Ukraine and Russia for talks on gas supplies, the bloc’s Energy Commissioner Maros Sefcovic said on Friday.
Russian TV shows Putin meeting Supreme Court head
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian state television broadcast footage which it said was of Russian President Vladimir Putin meeting Supreme Court chairman Vyacheslav Lebedev on Friday at Putin’s residence near Moscow.
Russia’s Putin met with head of Supreme Court: Kremlin
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin met with the head of the country’s Supreme Court Vyacheslav Lebedev, the Kremlin press service said on Friday.
Russia’s Baltic fleet starts live fire, paratroop exercises: RIA news agency
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia’s fleet in the Baltic Sea has begun live fire and paratroop exercises, RIA news agency reported, citing the Western District of the Russian Military.
