Niger forces kill 109 Boko Haram militants in battle: state TV
NIAMEY (Reuters) – Niger’s forces killed 109 fighters from the Islamist militant group Boko Haram on Friday as they repulsed attacks on the southeastern town of Bosso, near the Nigerian border, Niger state television said.
Yemen’s Houthis dissolve parliament, assume power: televised statement
SANAA (Reuters) – Yemen’s dominant Houthi movement dissolved parliament on Friday and said a new interim assembly and government would be formed, a move denounced by a main political faction as a coup.
Yemen’s Houthis dissolve parliament, assume power: televised statement
SANAA (Reuters) – Yemen’s dominant Houthi movement dissolved parliament on Friday and said a new interim assembly and government would be formed, a move denounced by a main political faction as a coup.
Kremlin talks on Ukraine yield little but agreement to keep talking
DEBALTSEVE, Ukraine/MOSCOW (Reuters) – The leaders of France and Germany flew out of Moscow in the dead of night after five hours of talks with Vladimir Putin on Friday, with little to announce to end fighting in Ukraine beyond a promise to keep talkin…
Merkel, Hollande end Moscow talks without word of peace deal
MOSCOW (Reuters) – The leaders of Germany and France ended more than five hours of talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday without announcing any agreement to end fighting in east Ukraine.
U.S.-led strikes kill 30 Islamic State fighters in Syria: monitors
BEIRUT (Reuters) – At least 30 Islamic State fighters were killed on Friday in U.S.-led coalition air strikes around the eastern Syrian city of Raqqa, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitoring group said.
U.N. sets sights on Syria antiquities, Islamic State oil, ransoms
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The United Nations Security Council appears set to ban all trade in antiquities from war-torn Syria, threaten sanctions on anyone buying oil from Islamic State and al Qaeda-linked Nusra Front militants and condemn paying kidn…
Kerry meets Iran minister in Munich on nuclear talks
MUNICH (Reuters) – Secretary of State John Kerry met with Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif for more than an hour on Friday to discuss developments in nuclear negotiations between Tehran and major world powers, which have been at an impasse…
UK concerned over ‘threatening’ Russian nuclear strategy
MUNICH (Reuters) – Britain’s defense minister voiced concern on Friday that Russia may have “lowered the threshold” for using nuclear weapons and said Britain must update its own deterrent in response to Russian modernization of its nuclear forces.
Four killed in Bangladesh fire bomb attack on bus
DHAKA (Reuters) – At least four people, including a child, were burned alive in northern Bangladesh when opposition activists hurled petrol bombs at a packed bus on Friday night in the latest spasm of worsening political violence.
