U.S., China set for high-stakes rivalry in skies above South China Sea
HONG KONG (Reuters) – When the U.S. navy sent a littoral combat ship on its first patrol of the disputed Spratly islands in the South China Sea during the past week, it was watching the skies as well.
Ivory Coast opposition forms coalition to take on Ouattara
ABIDJAN (Reuters) – Thirteen Ivory Coast political figures, including a former prime minister and an opposition leader, formed a coalition on Friday to challenge incumbent President Alassane Ouattara in elections later this year.
Morocco says may have found body of crashed jet pilot in Yemen
RABAT (Reuters) – The Moroccan military said on Friday it may have located the body of the pilot of an F-16 fighter jet that crashed during coalition air strikes in Yemen, and had sent genetics experts to carry out checks.
Migrants land in Indonesia, but hundreds pushed back to sea
BANGKOK/JAKARTA (Reuters) – Nearly 800 “boat people” were brought ashore in Indonesia on Friday, but other vessels crammed with migrants were sent back to sea despite a U.N. call to rescue thousands adrift in Southeast Asian waters with dwindling suppl…
Congo tells UN its offensive against Rwanda rebels going well
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The army of Democratic Republic of the Congo has been making progress in an offensive against Rwandan rebels in the country’s conflict-torn east, despite the withdrawal of United Nations support for the operation, Kinshasa to…
Boko Haram crisis pushes poor of western Chad to brink of hunger, says UNICEF
LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Under the shade of a wooden shack in the western Chadian town of Bagasola, heavily pregnant Zara Gayi sells mangoes and vegetables, hoping to earn enough money to feed her four children. On a good day she can make …
Burundi says it arrests leader of failed coup
BUJUMBURA (Reuters) – Burundian forces arrested the leader of a failed coup on Friday and President Pierre Nkurunziza returned to the capital, his spokesman said, but protesters pledged to go back to the streets, setting the stage for more clashes.
In Luxembourg, gay premier marries, in first for EU
LUXEMBOURG (Reuters) – Luxembourg’s prime minister married his civil partner on Friday, becoming the first serving leader in the European Union to wed someone of the same sex.
Fighting continues in Yemeni city despite truce, 10 killed
ADEN, Yemen (Reuters) – At least 10 people were killed in heavy clashes in Yemen on Friday despite a five-day humanitarian truce, while aid distribution to the millions deprived of food, fuel and medicine by weeks of fighting and air strikes continued….
Gunman kills four, wounds at least five in Naples shooting
NAPLES, Italy (Reuters) – A man shot dead four people, believed to include his wife and other members of his family, and wounded at least five more after opening fire from the balcony of his home in the southern Italian city of Naples on Friday, police…
