At least 17 dead in car bomb at checkpoint near embassies in Afghan capital

KABUL (Reuters) - A bomb hidden in an ambulance killed at least 17 people and wounded about 110 at a police checkpoint in the Afghan capital Kabul on Saturday, in an area near foreign embassies and government buildings, officials said.

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U.S. to end weapons support for Syrian Kurdish YPG, Turkey says

ANKARA (Reuters) - The United States has told Turkey it will not provide any more weapons to the Syrian Kurdish YPG militia, the Turkish presidency said on Saturday, as Turkey's offensive against the U.S.-backed YPG in Syria entered its eighth day.

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Turkey to U.S.: End support for Syrian Kurd YPG or risk confrontation

By Tuvan Gumrukcu and Dahlia Nehme ANKARA/BEIRUT (Reuters) - Turkey urged the United States on Thursday to halt its support for Kurdish YPG fighters or risk confronting Turkish forces on the ground in Syria, some of Ankara's strongest comments yet about a potential clash with its NATO ally. The remarks, from the spokesman for President Tayyip Erdogan's government, underscored the growing bilateral tensions, six days after Turkey launched its air and ground operation, "Olive Branch", in Syria's northwestern Afrin region. In Washington, the Pentagon said that it carefully tracked weapons provided to the YPG and would continue discussions with Turkey.

Dozens Feared Dead as Massive Explosion Rocks Kabul

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Heavy casualties in car bomb at checkpoint near embassies in Afghan capital

KABUL (Reuters) - A bomb hidden in an ambulance killed and wounded scores of people at a police checkpoint in the Afghan capital Kabul on Saturday, in an area near foreign embassies and government buildings, officials said.

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North Korea condemns latest U.S. sanctions

SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea on Saturday condemned the latest U.S. sanctions announced this week aimed at curbing the isolated nation's development nuclear weapons.

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Zimbabwe university releases Grace Mugabe's PhD thesis

By MacDonald Dzirutwe HARARE (Reuters) - The University of Zimbabwe has published former First Lady Grace Mugabe's PhD thesis after an anti-corruption watchdog said it was investigating whether the wife of ousted President Robert Mugabe was wrongly awarded a doctorate three years ago. Grace graduated in 2014, the same year she launched her career in the ruling ZANU-PF party, a power push that led ultimately to November's de facto coup by political rivals worried she was set to take over from her husband. In contravention of its normal practice, the university did not publish her 226-page thesis, entitled "The changing social structure and functions of the family: The case of children's homes in Zimbabwe", until this week, when it was released on its website (http://ift.tt/2ncUwEK).