Americans split on prisoner swap of Taliban for U.S. soldier
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Americans are deeply divided over whether the Obama administration did the right thing by swapping five Taliban leaders to win the freedom of Afghanistan prisoner of war Bowe Bergdahl, according to Reuters/Ipsos survey released o…
Ukraine’s Poroshenko to be sworn in as east seethes with separatist conflict
KIEV (Reuters) – Petro Poroshenko will be sworn in on Saturday as Ukraine’s president, buoyed by messages of support from the West but still seeking a strategy to deal with Russia’s Vladimir Putin, who opposes Kiev’s military drive against pro-Russian …
U.S. to finance anti-militant TV channel in northern Nigeria
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States is financing a new 24-hour satellite TV channel in northern Nigeria meant to counter insurgencies by the militant Islamist Boko Haram and other groups in the region, the New York Times reported on Friday.
Putin, Ukraine leader break crisis ice at D-Day event
COLLEVILLE-SUR-MER France (Reuters) – The leaders of Russia and Ukraine held their first talks on Friday since Moscow annexed Crimea, airing ways to end their four-month conflict in a brief encounter during commemorations in France of the World War Two…
U.N. worried about health of hunger-striking Palestinian detainees
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon voiced concerns on Friday about the worsening health of Palestinian hunger strikers in Israeli detention and demanded that they either be formally charged or released immediately.
Brazil’s Rousseff loses voter support on economic woes
BRASILIA (Reuters) – President Dilma Rousseff has lost ground among voters on worries about Brazil’s faltering economy ahead of the Oct. 5 election, which will likely go to a tighter second-round vote, according to a poll published on Friday.
Insurgents fight Iraqi forces in city of Mosul
MOSUL Iraq (Reuters) – Dozens of people including civilians were killed on Friday in fighting between Sunni Islamist insurgents and Iraqi government troops in the northern city of Mosul, a day after a curfew was imposed there.
Suspect charged in shooting spree that claimed three Canadian Mounties
MONCTON New Brunswick (Reuters) – A 24-year-old man was charged with murder on Friday in the slayings of three Royal Canadian Mounted Police officers during a shooting spree in the eastern Canadian city of Moncton.
Rebels down Ukraine army plane on eve of Poroshenko’s swearing-in
DONETSK/LUHANSK Ukraine (Reuters) – Pro-Russian separatists shot down a Ukrainian army plane as fighting raged in the eastern town of Slaviansk on Friday, a day before the inauguration of pro-European billionaire businessman Petro Poroshenko as Ukraine…
More than 60 migrants drown in boat sinking off Yemen: U.N.
GENEVA (Reuters) – At least 60 African migrants and two Yemeni crew perished in the treacherous waters off Yemen’s coast last weekend, in a boat sinking that has just come to light and is believed to be the deadliest there this year, the United Nations…
