U.S. says reports of American militant death in Somalia ‘credible’
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Reports that a U.S.-born Islamist militant was killed in Somalia are “credible,” a State Department spokeswoman said on Friday.
Egypt pursues crackdown on Sinai militants as protests held
CAIRO (Reuters) – Egyptian troops and helicopter gunships attacked Islamist militants in the Sinai Peninsula on Friday in a drive to crush a security threat now spilling over into the rest of the country.
Russia and U.S. push for deal on chemical weapons: Lavrov aide
GENEVA (Reuters) – Negotiations between U.S. and Russian officials seeking an agreement to put Syria’s chemical weapons under international control will continue on Friday night in search of a deal, the spokeswoman for Russian Foreign Minister Sergei L…
Obama says Syria deal must be ‘verifiable and enforceable’
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama said on Friday he hopes talks on a plan to destroy Syria’s chemical weapons are successful, but said he will insist any deal is “verifiable and enforceable.”
Central African Republic president dissolves rebel alliance
BANGUI (Reuters) – Central African Republic’s new president said on Friday he was dissolving the rebel alliance that swept him to power, a group that has since been blamed for a wave of violence.
Russian-U.S. talks on Syria will continue on Saturday: report
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry will continue their Geneva talks on Syria on Saturday, Russian state news agency RIA quoted an unnamed source within the Russian delegation as saying late …
Across enemy lines, wounded Syrians seek Israeli care
NAHARIYA, Israel (Reuters) – Not a hundred miles from Damascus, a Syrian rebel lies in a hospital bed, an Israeli sentry at the door. Nearby a Syrian mother sits next to her daughter, shot in the back by a sniper.
Grenade blast in Rwandan capital kills one: police
KIGALI (Reuters) – One person was killed and 14 wounded in a grenade blast in a market in the Rwandan capital on Friday, police said, the latest in string of such attacks over the past few years.
Syrian opposition to choose PM in push for credibility
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – The Syrian opposition coalition will appoint a provisional prime minister on Saturday to raise its international credibility as high-stakes diplomacy plays out between Washington and Moscow to resolve Syria’s two and a half year ci…
Lithuania summons Russian ambassador over new border checks
VILNIUS (Reuters) – Lithuania made a formal protest to Russia on Friday over supplementary border checks imposed over the last month that are hampering trade as the countries spar over trade relations with Ukraine.
