French Defense Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian has ordered a probe into allegations of sex abuse by French soldiers in the Central African Republic, aides said Friday. The minister instructed French investigators to pursue the probe "as soon as he became aware of documents issued on January 19 by...
Iraq has signed a $328 million deal with U.S. company General Electric that will boost power output during peak summer months, officials said Friday, although it falls far short of the country's needs. The deal will make only a small dent in the country's major summer production shortfall,...
German authorities said Friday they had carried out raids at the homes of elderly former SS soldiers accused of war crimes, including involvement in a 1944 civilian massacre in France. The three suspects, all in their 90s, were members of the so-called "Hitler Youth" SS division blamed for...
A bomb and gun attack on a Shiite Muslim mosque in Saudi Arabia's Eastern Province killed two people and wounded at least 7 Friday, a witness and Saudi-owned media said. The witnesses said in an audio testimony sent to Reuters by a local activist that an explosion was followed by shooting in...
