Author: Reuters
Norway to send 60 troops to train Syrian fighters
Norway will send some 60 troops, including special forces soldiers, to train, advise and give operational support to Syrian fighters battling Islamic State militants, the country's prime minister said on May 2.
Kerry aims to extend truce to Syria's Aleppo as ceasefire unravels
Washington and Moscow said on May 2 they were working hard to extend a truce in Syria to Aleppo, the divided northern city where a sharp escalation of violence in recent weeks has left a ceasefire in tatters and torpedoed peace talks.
Bombs in Baghdad kill 14, including some Shi'ite pilgrims
Three bombs went off in and around Baghdad on May 2, killing at least 14 people, including Shi'ite Muslim worshippers conducting an annual pilgrimage inside the capital, police and medical sources said.
Kerry says hopes for progress on Syria ceasefire in Geneva talks
US Secretary of State John Kerry said on May 1 he hoped to make progress in talks in Geneva over the next two days toward renewing a cessation of hostilities agreement throughout Syria and resuming peace talks to end the fighting.
Islamic State boosts attacks in response to territorial losses: IHS
Islamic State attacks have increased this year, particularly in Iraq and Syria as the group responds to substantial territorial losses, a US-based analysis firm IHS said on May 1.
UK's 'Remain' camp gains ground in EU poll: Opinium
The number of British people who want to stay in the European Union has risen over the past four weeks, an online poll by market research company Opinium Research for the Observer newspaper showed on April 30.
Putin reshuffles Russia's law enforcement structures
Russia's President Vladimir Putin fired several high-ranking law enforcement officials on April 30 in one of the biggest overhauls of the country's power structures in recent years.
Aleppo bombed as Syrian army begins 'calm' plan elsewhere
Nearly 30 air strikes hit rebel-held areas of Aleppo on April 30 as a temporary "calm" declared by Syria’s military took effect around Damascus and in the northwest.
Oil rig helicopter crashes off Norway coast, 13 presumed
A helicopter ferrying passengers from a Norwegian oil platform crashed in the North Sea on April 29, apparently killing all 13 people on board, rescue officials said.
DPRK sentences Korean American to 10 years hard labor
The Democratic People's Republic of Korea's (DPRK) Supreme Court on April 29 sentenced a Korean American man to 10 years of hard labor for subversion, North Korean media reported, in the latest conviction of a foreigner for crimes against the isolated state.
