U.S. probe of Malaysia’s 1MDB picks up speed after Najib’s election loss
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. investigators have accelerated their probe into the 1MDB sovereign wealth fund set up by former Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak and are exchanging more evidence with Malaysian authorities since Najib lost last month’s e…
G7 allies confront Trump with trade numbers in tense G7 summit
LA MALBAIE, Quebec (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump countered a slew of trade numbers from U.S. allies with his own, different data, holding firm to his position that the United States was at a disadvantage, an official at a G7 summit said on Fr…
Iraqi cleric Sadr announces disarmament initiative
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Iraqi cleric Moqtada al-Sadr called on Friday for a nationwide disarmament campaign and announced his Baghdad stronghold would be first to disarm just two days after an ammunitions cache exploded there and killed 18 people.
Germany’s Merkel offers way to solve trade row at tense G7 summit
LA MALBAIE, Quebec (Reuters) – German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Friday floated an idea to set up a way to resolve trade disputes between the United States and its allies, a French official said as consensus appeared to elude G7 leaders at a summit in…
U.S. approves extradition of ex-Panama president: Panama
PANAMA CITY (Reuters) – Panamanian President Juan Carlos Varela said on Friday that the U.S. State Department had approved his request to extradite his predecessor, former president Ricardo Martinelli, who is jailed in Miami on spying charges.
Bomb kills one and wounds 14 in Iraq’s Kirkuk
KIRKUK, Iraq (Reuters) – At least one woman was killed and 14 people including women and children were wounded late on Friday when a bomb exploded in the ethnically-mixed Iraqi oil city of Kirkuk, the military said.
UK’s May orders ministerial ‘away-day’ to sort out squabbling ministers
LA MALBAIE, Canada (Reuters) – Prime Minister Theresa May will gather together squabbling British ministers at her country residence after this month’s European Union summit to hammer out the final details of a much-anticipated Brexit policy paper.
Exclusive: Nearly 1,800 families separated at U.S.-Mexico border in 17 months through February
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Nearly 1,800 immigrant families were separated at the U.S.-Mexico border from October 2016 through February of this year, according to a senior government official, as President Donald Trump implemented stricter border enforcement policies.
Explosion kills at least one in Iraq’s Kirkuk: sources
KIRKUK, Iraq (Reuters) – At least one person was killed and 14 people were wounded when an improvised explosive device went off in the ethnically-mixed Iraqi oil city of Kirkuk, security and medical sources said late on Friday.
One U.S. soldier killed in battle against militants in Somalia -U.S. official
(Reuters) – A U.S. special operations forces soldier was killed and four were wounded on Friday in a gun battle against likely al-Shabaab militants in Somalia, said a U.S. official, who spoke on condition of anonymity.
