Former foes honor Gallipoli’s fallen on 100th anniversary
GALLIPOLI PENINSULA (Reuters) – Britain’s Prince Charles and Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan led commemorations on the Gallipoli peninsula on Friday to mark the 100th anniversary of a World War One battle that helped shape the birth of new nations.
Israeli forces shoot and kill Palestinian armed with knives
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israeli troops shot and killed a young Palestinian man wielding two knives on Saturday as they gave chase after he tried to attack the troops near a checkpoint in the Jerusalem area, police said.
Former foes honor Gallipoli’s fallen on 100th anniversary
GALLIPOLI PENINSULA (Reuters) – Britain’s Prince Charles and Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan led commemorations on the Gallipoli peninsula on Friday to mark the 100th anniversary of a World War One battle that helped shape the birth of new nations.
More fighting, air strikes in Yemen, civilian death toll exceeds 550
ADEN (Reuters) – Fighting between Yemen’s warring factions raged in southern and central parts of the country and air strikes hit Houthi militia forces in Aden on Friday, but there were no fresh moves toward dialogue.
U.N. aid chief urges Syria sanctions, Jolie pleads for refugee help
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The United Nations aid chief on Friday urged the Security Council to impose an arms embargo and sanctions in Syria for violations of humanitarian law as special envoy Angelina Jolie pleaded with council members to visit milli…
Hostage locations difficult to track – and may be getting harder
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. drone strike that accidentally killed two hostages in Pakistan exposes intelligence shortfalls that former and current U.S. officials say appear to be growing more frequent as militants expand their safe havens and as Wa…
U.N. chief urges Myanmar to address Muslims’ status ahead of vote
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Friday urged Myanmar to address the citizenship status of Rohingya Muslims in the country’s western Rakhine state ahead of a general election scheduled to be held later this year.
Iran says nuclear talks making gradual headway
VIENNA (Reuters) – Nuclear talks between Iran and six world powers are making good but slow progress as they work toward a June 30 deadline for a final deal, Tehran’s senior negotiator said on Friday.
Euro zone warns Greece no cash till full reform deal
RIGA (Reuters) – Euro zone finance ministers warned Greece on Friday that its leftist government will get no more aid until it agrees a complete economic reform plan, as Athens lurches closer to bankruptcy.
Several U.S. probes likely of drone strikes that killed hostages
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Central Intelligence Agency’s Inspector General will conduct what could be the first of several investigations into the CIA drone strikes that killed American and Italian hostages and two U.S.-born al Qaeda militants, U.S. go…
