Islamic State extremism on show at ‘miserable’ Syria camp
Foreign women with Islamic State have tried to assault others they deem “infidels” at a camp where they are being held in northeast Syria, trying to impose their views even as the jihadists are facing territorial defeat, Reuters journalists visiting th…
Car bomb blast kills two in Iraq’s Mosul: medics
A car bomb blast in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul on Friday killed at least two people – a child and a member of the security forces – and wounded 10 others, a local medical official said.
Israeli troops kill Palestinian during Gaza protests: health ministry
(This March 8 story corrects to clarify paragraph 11 to show that around 70 percent of Gaza residents are refugees from the 1948 Middle East war or their descendants, instead of “nearly all”)
UK Brexit minister: no time to ‘rerun old arguments’ on Irish backstop
Britain’s Brexit minister Stephen Barclay said now was not the time to rerun old arguments, in response to proposals put forward by the chief EU negotiator Michel Barnier on the contentious Irish backstop.
Portuguese nurses’ ‘white march’ protest takes over Lisbon streets
Dressed in white and holding white flowers, thousands of nurses marched through Lisbon on Friday in a show of unity to demand better pay and working conditions and protest the Portuguese government’s poor handling of the long-running dispute.
EU’s Barnier makes last ditch Brexit offer, Britain ‘not impressed’
The European Union can give Britain the unilateral right to leave their customs union after Brexit, chief negotiator Michel Barnier said on Friday in a bid to push their divorce deal over the line in the divided British parliament.
Maradona to legally recognize three children he has in Cuba: Argentine lawyer
Argentina’s 1986 World Cup soccer winning captain Diego Maradona has three children in Cuba and will travel to the country to legally recognize them, his lawyer told Argentine media.
DUP sources describe Barnier offer as ‘non-starter’: Sky News
Proposals from the European Union’s chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier that would give Britain the unilateral right to leave the customs union are a “non-starter”, a Sky News reporter cited sources in the Democratic Unionist party as saying on Frid…
Italy PM says is working to try to end sanctions against Russia
Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte said on Friday he was working to try to end international sanctions against Russia, which the ruling parties in Rome say are ineffective and hurt the Italian economy.
Trump’s Venezuela envoy says U.S. won’t use force to deliver aid
The United States will not use force to deliver humanitarian aid to Venezuela, President Donald Trump’s special representative for Venezuela said on Friday, after Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro’s forces blocked aid convoys at the border last month…
