WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States and its allies conducted 26 strikes against Islamic State in Iraq and Syria on Thursday, the coalition leading the operations said.
BERLIN (Reuters) - Asylum applications in Germany jumped in the first quarter as authorities processed some of last year's huge backlog of migrant arrivals that has strained local communities and Chancellor Angela Merkel's ruling coalition alike.
April 8 (Reuters) - Fairfax India Holdings Corp, part of Canadian billionaire Prem Watsa's Fairfax Holdings, said it would invest $300 million in privately held Indian petrochemical company Sanmar Chemicals Group through a combination of equity and fixed-income securities.
“Бөртеккәй" балалар бакчасында "Карга боткасы" бәйрәме үткәрделәр. Балалар бу көнне милли татар костюмнарыннан киенеп, ботка пешкәнче, Чума үрдәк, чума каз", "Түбәтәй", "Түгәрәк" уеннары уйнадылар, җырладылар, такмаклар әйтештеләр. Уеннардан сон әби ботка алып керде һәм балаларны сыйлады.
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry visited Iraq on Friday to show support for its prime minister, who is grappling with a political crisis, a collapsing economy and a fight to retake ground from Islamic State militants.
A model first: Katie Meade, a model with Down syndrome, says beauty belongs to everyone. Rough Cut (No reporter narration).
A model first: Katie Meade, a model with Down syndrome, says beauty belongs to everyone. Rough Cut (No reporter narration).
A model first: Katie Meade, a model with Down syndrome, says beauty belongs to everyone. Rough Cut (No reporter narration).
A model first: Katie Meade, a model with Down syndrome, says beauty belongs to everyone. Rough Cut (No reporter narration).
BRUSSELS/ATHENS (Reuters) - The EU and IMF met in Brussels on Friday to agree on how to coax Greece into more economic reforms linked to its bailout and unlock more funds, with one EU official saying they hoped for a deal by Sunday.
Pope Francis softened the Catholic Church’s approach to two classes of “sinners” Friday, saying cohabiting couples should be “welcomed and guided” while remarried divorced people should not be cast out into the cold. (MB File Photo/AFP) Couples who live together outside of marriage “need to be welcomed and guided, patiently and discreetly”, the pontiff said in new guidelines on the Church’s approach to the family, while those who have divorced and remarried “are not excommunicated and they should not be treated as such”.
LONDON, April 8 (Reuters) - Investors ramped up purchases of stocks and emerging market and inflation-linked bonds in the latest week, turning their most bullish on more risky assets since June last year, Bank of America Merrill Lynch (BAML) said on Friday.
FRANKFURT, April 8 (Reuters) - Insurers have criticised proposed EU rules requiring them to give simple price comparisons in their product information sheets to help consumers choose between investment products, saying buyers in the 10 trillion-euro ($11.4 trillion) market could be misled.
PARIS (Reuters) - France's foreign minister on Friday ruled out launching air strikes or sending troops on the ground to tackle Islamic State in Libya, but said it could help secure the U.N.-brokered national unity government in Tripoli.
* Italian banks surge on likely state support (ADVISORY- Reuters plans to replace intra-day European and UK stock market reports with a Live Markets blog on Eikon (see cpurl://apps.cp./cms/?pageId=livemarkets for site in development). Adds details, updates prices)
* Italian banks surge on likely state support (ADVISORY- Reuters plans to replace intra-day European and UK stock market reports with a Live Markets blog on Eikon (see cpurl://apps.cp./cms/?pageId=livemarkets for site in development). Adds details, updates prices)
CAIRO, April 8 (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia's financial support for strategic ally Egypt will no longer involve "free money" and Riyadh will focus on soft loans and a return on investment to help it grapple with low oil prices, a Saudi businessman familiar with the matter said.
CAIRO, April 8 (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia's financial support for strategic ally Egypt will no longer involve "free money" and Riyadh will focus on soft loans and a return on investment to help it grapple with low oil prices, a Saudi businessman familiar with the matter said.
CAIRO (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia's financial support for strategic ally Egypt will no longer involve "free money" and Riyadh will focus on soft loans and a return on investment as it diversifies sources of revenue, a Saudi businessman familiar with the matter said.
CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt's hard-currency crisis and competition from modern factories in Asia and at home threaten one of the last dyeing workshops in Egypt but one of its owners takes comfort in the trade's ancient resilience.
April 8 (Reuters) - Fairfax India Holdings Corp, part of Canadian billionaire Prem Watsa's Fairfax Holdings, said it would invest $300 million in privately held Indian petrochemical company Sanmar Chemicals Group through a combination of equity and fixed-income securities.
Ивановка авыл җирлегендә Бөек Ватан сугышында һәлак булганнар хөрмәтенә куелган һәйкәл яңартыла.
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