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MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia is sending two warships equipped with Kalibr cruise missiles to the Mediterranean Sea towards the Syrian coast, the Interfax news agency cited Russia’s Black Sea Fleet as saying on Friday. The deployment comes amid mounting tensions … Continue reading Russia sends two warships armed with cruise missiles to Syria’s coast – Ifax
ANKARA/ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkey will no longer stop Syrian refugees from reaching Europe, a senior Turkish official said, as Ankara responded on Friday to the killing of 33 Turkish soldiers in an air strike by Syrian government forces in Syria’s … Continue reading Turkey says will not stop Syrian refugees reaching Europe after troops killed
HONG KONG (Reuters) – Hong Kong police arrested publishing tycoon Jimmy Lai, an outspoken critic of Beijing, and two other pro-democracy activists on Friday on charges of illegal assembly, drawing condemnation from international rights groups. Media mogul and Apple Daily … Continue reading Hong Kong police arrest media tycoon Jimmy Lai on illegal assembly charges
LONDON (Reuters) – Police have issued a safety warning over a climate protest rally in the southwestern city of Bristol on Friday which will be addressed by teenage activist Greta Thunberg. FILE PHOTO: Swedish environmental activist Greta Thunberg speaks during … Continue reading British police issue safety warning over Greta Thunberg rally
AMMAN/ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Syrian rebels backed by Turkish forces said on Thursday they had recaptured the crossroads town of Saraqeb, marking a first big push-back of a Syrian government offensive. Syrian fighters prepare shell cases to an artillery near Idlib, … Continue reading Battle rages over strategic Syrian town of Saraqeb as humanitarian catastrophe unfolds
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – With nearly one million displaced Syrians massing near the Turkish border in the face of a Syrian government military offensive, President Tayyip Erdogan’s options are narrowing. He feels blindsided by Russia’s push into Syria’s Idlib region and … Continue reading President Erdogan’s options narrow as Russia presses Syrian crisis to Turkey’s doorstep
People walk outside the Ministry of Health, Population and Hospital Reform in Algiers, Algeria February 26, 2020. REUTERS/Ramzi Boudina ALGIERS (Reuters) – It is “not on the agenda” to ban public protests in Algeria over the coronavirus, a health ministry … Continue reading Algerian official: Protest ban ‘not on agenda’ over coronavirus
ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkey plans to push Syrian government forces away from its military observation posts in northwest Syria’s Idlib region this week, President Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday, despite advances by Damascus’s Russian-backed military. FILE PHOTO: Turkish President Tayyip … Continue reading Turkey will repel Syrian forces from Idlib posts this week: Erdogan
BERLIN (Reuters) – Away from Berlin’s clubs, far from the tourist hotspots, young drug dealers, many of them immigrants, eke out a marginal existence on the fringes of the city: theirs is the story of Afghan-German director Burhan Qurbani’s “Berlin … Continue reading Berlin stars in tale of a refugee’s hunger to belong
Demonstrators from Extinction Rebellion display a banner as a site security member looks on during a protest at Banks Group’s open-cast coal mine in Bradley, County Durham, Britain February 26, 2020. REUTERS/Scott Heppell LONDON (Reuters) – Climate protest group Extinction … Continue reading Climate protesters dress as canaries outside north England coal mine
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi appealed for calm on Wednesday after days of clashes between Hindus and minority Muslims over a controversial citizenship law in some of the worst sectarian violence in the capital in decades. … Continue reading India’s Modi appeals for calm as riot toll rises to 20
MOSCOW (Reuters) – A Moscow court has ruled that a former U.S. marine accused of drunkenly assaulting Russian police officers six months ago last summer must remain in custody. Trevor Reed, 28, from Texas, was arrested in Moscow in August. … Continue reading Russia extends detention of ex-U.S. marine over alleged assault
