Iraqi forces clear Islamic State fighters from town near key base
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Iraqi forces have cleared Islamic State fighters from the town of al-Baghdadi near a key base where U.S. Marines are training Iraqi military troops, recapturing the police station and three bridges over the Euphrates, the U.S. mi…
Canada failed to protect aboriginal women: U.N. committee
WINNIPEG, Manitoba (Reuters) – Canada has committed a “grave violation” of aboriginal women’s rights by failing to adequately investigate their numerous disappearances and murders, a United Nations committee said in a report on Friday.
Nemtsov’s friends ask: where were the police when he was shot?
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Last week, when Boris Nemtsov was shot dead as he walked across a bridge next to the Kremlin, it took 11 minutes before a police car arrived at the scene, according to the time stamp on closed circuit television footage.
Kremlin critic Navalny, out of jail, vows to fight on
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny walked out of a Moscow detention center on Friday and said Russia’s opposition would continue to challenge President Vladimir Putin, uncowed by last week’s killing of prominent opposition figure Boris Ne…
Ukraine ceasefire holding, says OSCE head
RIGA (Reuters) – The ceasefire in eastern Ukraine is holding and overall hostilities have dropped, the head of the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) said on Friday.
U.N. council threatens action if chlorine used in attacks in Syria
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The United Nations Security Council condemned the use of chlorine as a weapon in Syria and threatened to take action if such arms are used again in the conflict, which is now in its fourth year, but didn’t lay blame for previ…
Portuguese PM under fire for failing to pay taxes on time
LISBON (Reuters) – Prime Minister Pedro Passos Coelho, who imposed the largest tax hikes in Portugal’s modern history and is vying for reelection this year, has come under fire for failing to pay his own taxes on time.
U.N. chief worried by planned Palestinian security cut with Israel
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon expressed concern on Friday at a decision by Palestinian leaders in the West Bank to halt security coordination with Israel and called for the international community to push for a…
Iran nuclear commitments do not go far enough: France
RIGA (Reuters) – Commitments offered by Iran in talks with six world powers on its nuclear program do not go far enough and more work needs to be done, French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said on Friday.
British Airways flight turns back to London after technical fault
LONDON (Reuters) – British Airways flight BA49 to Seattle returned to London’s Heathrow airport on Friday after a mid-air technical fault, a spokesman for the airline said.
