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Morocco police, protesters clash in northern town

Moroccan police firing water cannon clashed with demonstrators in a provincial town on Friday as protests against alleged corruption and abuses of power continued in the most serious unrest since the 2011 Arab Spring upheaval. A Reuters reporter saw protesters tossing rocks and trash towards...

5 countries win uncontested 2-year terms on Security Council

Five countries have won uncontested elections in the U.N. General Assembly to serve two-year terms on the Security Council - Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Kuwait, Peru and Poland. The 193-member assembly also voted overwhelmingly Friday for the Netherlands to join the council for one year...

Russian, French astronauts back on Earth from ISS

A Soyuz MS-03 spacecraft carrying French astronaut Thomas Pesquet and Russian cosmonaut Oleg Novitskiy landed on the Kazakh steppe Friday, ending their marathon 196-day mission to the International Space Station. "All is well. The landing has taken place. Now the cosmonauts will be evacuated...

Iran approaching heavy-water limit set by nuclear deal

Iran has stayed within key limits on its nuclear activities imposed by a deal with world powers but is close to once again breaching a ceiling on its stock of one chemical, a quarterly report by the U.N. atomic watchdog showed on Friday. The report was the second since the January...