Egypt’s Sisi heads for landslide election win with low turnout
CAIRO (Reuters) – President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi cruised toward a landslide election victory against no real opposition but early results showed a lower turnout than the vote that brought him to power in 2014, despite efforts to get more Egyptians to t…
Siberian village stunned by deaths of schoolgirls in shopping mall blaze
TRESHCHEVSKY, Russia (Reuters) – Stuffed toys, flowers and bowls of sweets: these were just some of the offerings brought to a Siberian school by village residents mourning the death of six schoolgirls killed in a fire that claimed 64 lives in the city of Kemerovo on Sunday.
France’s Sarkozy to face trial for influence peddling
PARIS (Reuters) – Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy was ordered on Thursday to stand trial for influence peddling over accusations he offered to help a prosecutor get promoted in return for leaked information about a separate criminal inquiry.
Yulia Skripal, poisoned with her Russian double-agent father, is getting better
LONDON (Reuters) – The daughter of former Russian double agent Sergei Skripal is getting better after spending three weeks in critical condition due to a nerve toxin attack at his home in England, the hospital where she is being treated said on Thursda…
France’s Sarkozy to face trial for corruption, influence peddling
PARIS (Reuters) – Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy will face trial over charges he misused his influence to secure leaked details of an inquiry into alleged irregularities in his 2007 election campaign, a source close to the investigation said o…
German general sees closer missile defense ties with Dutch
COLOGNE, Germany (Reuters) – Germany and the Netherlands could deepen missile defense ties in the coming years to strengthen NATO defenses, a German general told Reuters, at a time of growing tensions with Russia.
Operation in Syria’s Ghouta ‘nearly over’, Russia says
BEIRUT (Reuters) – The massive Russian-backed Syrian military offensive in suburbs east of Damascus is almost over, with rebels holed up in just a single town after abandoning the rest of the eastern Ghouta enclave, Moscow said on Thursday.
Secrecy, delays surrounded North Korea leader’s slow train to China
SHANGHAI/BEIJING (Reuters) – For a regime obsessed with secrecy, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s decision to travel to Beijing on a distinctive green armored train was an all-but-dead giveaway that he was making his first journey abroad since assumin…
Kenyan minister, police chief fined in mounting standoff with courts
NAIROBI (Reuters) – Kenya’s interior minister and police chief were both fined for contempt of court on Thursday for failing to obey a judge’s order to free a opposition politician, in a sharp escalation in a standoff between the government and the jud…
Vatican-China accord on naming bishops not imminent, dialogue continues: Vatican
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – The Vatican and China are not about to sign an accord on the appointment of bishops, but dialogue between the two sides continues, the Vatican said on Thursday.
