Syria attack triggered Western action, but on the ground Assad gained
AMMAN (Reuters) – After Syrian forces bombed the town of Douma earlier this month in an attack the United States says involved chlorine gas, Washington and its allies launched missile strikes as punishment.
Merkel’s tougher Russia stance meets resistance in Germany
BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany’s Europe minister called on Monday for a new policy of easing tensions with Russia, adding to a chorus of voices pressing Chancellor Angela Merkel to moderate her hardened stance towards the Kremlin.
Exorcism by cellphone: Beating the devil in the 21st century
ROME (Reuters) – About 200 aspiring exorcists gathered on Monday for a week-long course in casting out demons – including by cellphone if necessary – amid increased demand for the service among Roman Catholics.
Dutch arrest four men on suspicion of planning attack on Turkish consulate
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – Dutch prosecutors said on Monday they had arrested four men suspected of planning an attack on the Turkish consulate in Rotterdam.
Inspectors’ visit to suspected Syria gas attack site delayed
DAMASCUS (Reuters) – A visit by chemical weapons inspectors to the site of a suspected gas attack in Syria was delayed on Monday, British and Russian officials said, as Western powers and Russia traded accusations in the aftermath of retaliatory U.S.-l…
Trump says Russia, China playing ‘currency devaluation game’
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump accused Russia and China on Monday of devaluing their currencies while the United States raises interest rates.
Kremlin says U.S. sanctions amount to asset grab
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Moscow considers U.S. sanctions a form of unfair competition and any response will be in line with Russia’s interests, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Monday.
UK PM May faces backlash over treatment of ‘Windrush generation’ of migrants
LONDON (Reuters) – Prime Minister Theresa May is under pressure to resolve the status of thousands of British residents who arrived from the Caribbean decades ago and are now being denied basic rights after being incorrectly identified as illegal immig…
Bangladesh eyes settlement in U.S. cyber heist suit ahead of its own case
NEW YORK/DHAKA (Reuters) – An Ecuadorian bank and Wells Fargo have reached an out-of-court settlement over a 2015 cyber heist, providing a possible precedent for the Bangladesh central bank’s planned suit to recover $66 million still lost in one of the…
Philippines complains Facebook fact-checkers are biased
MANILA (Reuters) – The Philippines government criticized on Monday Facebook’s choice of two independent online news platforms to help fight the spread of fake news, saying they are biased against President Rodrigo Duterte.
