Venezuela drug trade rings alarm bells
CARACAS (Reuters) – Hidden in a large ochre-colored container, the 1.4 tonnes of cocaine got past two dozen army checkpoints during a 500-mile journey from the Colombian border to the Venezuelan capital.
Vatican denies Dalai Lama papal audience over China concern
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – Pope Francis has denied a private audience to the Dalai Lama because it could harm the Holy See’s already fraught relations with China, the Vatican said on Friday.
One policeman killed, two wounded in attack on Kenya coast camp
MOMBASA, Kenya (Reuters) – Suspected separatists killed a Kenyan policeman and critically wounded two more when they attacked a camp in the coastal county of Kilifi, a senior regional official said on Friday.
Turkey’s Erdogan signals fresh moves against Gulen supporters
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan signaled a fresh campaign against supporters of U.S.-based Muslim cleric Fethullah Gulen on Friday, vowing to pursue them “in their lairs”.
Baltic states to spend more on NATO air policing
CESIS, Latvia (Reuters) – Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia will step up military cooperation and increase funding to NATO’s air mission in the Baltic region in response to a surge in sorties along their borders by Russian planes, their defense ministers s…
Islamic State target of 27 strikes by U.S. allies
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States and its allies carried out 27 airstrikes on Islamic State targets in Syria and Iraq in the past three days, U.S. military officials said on Friday.
Palestinian wounds five Israelis in suspected acid attack
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – A Palestinian man threw a chemical substance believed to be acid at an Israeli family in the occupied West Bank on Friday, injuring a man and four children, Israeli police and the military said.
Police stations, prisons reopen in Libya’s second city
BENGHAZI, Libya (Reuters) – Police stations, prisons and the local security headquarters have reopened in Libya’s eastern city of Benghazi for the first time in over a year, officials said, after pro-government forces seized back part of the port city….
Rocket fire on Iraqi Shi’ite pilgrim city kills one
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – One person was killed by rocket fire on Friday in the Iraqi city of Kerbala where huge crowds of Shi’ite pilgrims have gathered for religious ceremonies, a local police commander said.
Shots fired at Israeli embassy in Athens
ATHENS (Reuters) – Unidentified assailants opened fire on the Israeli embassy in Athens with a Kalashnikov assault rifle in the early hours of Friday, police said, but no injuries or damage were reported.
