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.
Suspect in Mali restaurant attack killed during arrest attempt
BAMAKO (Reuters) – Malian authorities killed a man suspected of being involved in a restaurant attack in the capital Bamako last week that killed five people, two sources familiar with the investigation said on Friday.
Centre-left opposition rides a solid lead into Israeli election
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel’s centre-left opposition is poised for an upset victory in national elections next week, with the last opinion polls before the March 17 vote giving it a solid lead over Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s party.
Russia’s Putin to meet Kyrgyzstan president on March 16: Kremlin
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin will meet Kyrgyzstan President Almazbek Atambayev in Saint-Petersburg on March 16, the Kremlin said in a statement on Friday.
