Illegal mining, drug violence fuel Colombia displacement: U.N.
BOGOTA (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Illegal mining and drug-fueled gang violence will still force thousands of Colombians from their homes each year, even if a peace deal emerges from current talks with Marxist rebels, the United Nations refugee agen…
Bangladesh border guards clash with Muslim migrants from Myanmar
DHAKA (Reuters) – Bangladeshi border guards clashed with a group of illegal migrants who had crossed from neighboring Myanmar on Friday, before deporting 136 of them, including women and children.
Train-bus crash in Egypt kills at least seven: health ministry
CAIRO (Reuters) – A crash between a train and a bus carrying school children northeast of Cairo killed at least seven people and injured 24 on Friday, the health ministry said.
Future of Syria’s Nusra Front in question after commander killed
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Al Qaeda’s Syrian branch was left reeling on Friday after its military chief was killed in an apparent army air strike, adding to confusion over the future path of the most powerful group opposing both President Bashar al-Assad and I…
Palestinian vehicle attack injures five in Jerusalem: police
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – A Palestinian motorist rammed his vehicle into a group of people standing near a Jerusalem tram stop on Friday, injuring at least five, including four security officials, Israeli police said.
Advancing Iraq troops enter strategic town on edge of Tikrit
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Iraqi government forces and Iran-backed militiamen entered a town on the southern outskirts of Saddam Hussein’s home city Tikrit on Friday, pressing on with the biggest offensive yet against Islamic State militants that seized the n…
Pressure to arm Kiev could increase despite risks: top U.S. diplomat
BERLIN (Reuters) – The second-highest ranking U.S. diplomat warned on Friday that pressure to arm Ukraine would increase if aggression from pro-Russian separatists persisted, even though Moscow would easily be able to send more weapons into the country…
South Korea police investigate U.S. ambassador attacker’s visits to North
SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korean police said on Friday they were investigating possible links between a knife attack on the U.S. ambassador to Seoul and the assailant’s multiple visits to North Korea, as they also sought to charge him with attempted murd…
Snowden says he’d like to return to Geneva
GENEVA (Reuters) – Edward Snowden has made a public appeal for Switzerland to grant him asylum, saying he would like to return to live in Geneva, where he once worked undercover for the Central Intelligence Agency.
Bangladesh seizes $1.4 million in gold from North Korean diplomat
DHAKA (Reuters) – Bangladeshi customs officers caught a North Korean diplomat trying to smuggle an estimated $1.4 million worth of gold into the country, a senior official said on Friday.
