Obama to meet with Gulf Cooperation Council leaders May 13-14: White House
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama will meet with leaders from Gulf Cooperation Council countries at the White House on May 13 and at the presidential retreat at Camp David, Maryland the following day, the White House said on Friday.
New restrictions in Lebanon mean Syrian refugees live in fear
BEIRUT (Reuters) – New rules in Lebanon, which has the highest per capita concentration of refugees in the world, have left many thousands of them at risk of abuse from landlords and detention at any time, aid workers and a rights group say.
Ukraine wants global court to investigate crimes in Crimea and east
THE HAGUE (Reuters) – Ukraine wants the International Criminal Court to investigate all alleged recent war crimes in Crimea and eastern Ukraine, Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin said in an interview, broadening an existing probe.
Former Yemen president Saleh says will not leave country
CAIRO (Reuters) – Former Yemen president Ali Abdullah Saleh said he would not leave the country in a post on his official Facebook page on Friday, contradicting reports in the Gulf Arab media that he sought a safe exit.
U.S. military trainers in Ukraine may destabilize situation: Kremlin
MOSCOW/KIEV (Reuters) – The Kremlin said on Friday the arrival of about 300 U.S. paratroopers in Ukraine to train Kiev’s National Guard could destabilize the situation in the east of the country, where pro-Russian separatists are fighting Ukrainian gov…
Italy’s Benetton pays $1.1 million to Rana Plaza disaster fund
MILAN (Reuters) – Italian clothes group Benetton has paid $1.1 million into a fund for victims of the Rana Plaza factory collapse that killed 1,100 workers in Bangladesh two years ago, the company said on Friday, after pressure from activists to donate…
Assad says Turkish support ‘main factor’ in Idlib takeover
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has said Turkish support was the main factor that helped insurgents to seize the northwestern Syrian city of Idlib from his government’s control last month.
Boko Haram militants kill at least 10 in north Cameroon: army
YAOUNDE (Reuters) – Fighters from Nigerian Islamist group Boko Haram killed at least ten people in overnight attacks on two villages in neighboring northern Cameroon, two senior army sources told Reuters on Friday.
Images show rapid Chinese progress on new South China Sea airstrip
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Recent satellite images published on Thursday show China has made rapid progress in building an airstrip suitable for military use in contested territory in the South China Sea’s Spratly Islands and may be planning another, moves…
Turkish Airlines says plane lands safely in Istanbul after bomb threat
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – A Turkish Airlines plane landed safely in Istanbul after being recalled due to a bomb threat while bound for Basel, a spokeswoman said, the latest in a series of such incidents that have forced the carrier to divert or recall fligh…
