Ukraine puts Russian tycoon Deripaska on updated sanctions list
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukraine has placed Russian businessman Oleg Deripaska, whose company Rusal owns a large alumina plant in Ukraine, and other prominent Russians on a recently expanded sanctions list, a document on the president’s website showed on Thur…
China says finds no clues to explain U.S. sonic incident
BEIJING (Reuters) – China has found no clues to explain what happened to an American citizen working at a U.S. consulate who reported suffering from “abnormal” sounds and pressure leading to a mild brain injury, a foreign ministry spokesman said on Thu…
Trump versus Rwanda in trade battle over used clothes
KIGALI/ABIDJAN (Reuters) – Early last year, weeks after Donald Trump was sworn in as president, a little known American trade association filed a petition with the U.S. Trade Representative.
Two die, 18 injured in train accident in Italy
MILAN (Reuters) – Two people died and 18 were injured when a regional train crashed into a truck in the northern Italian region of Piedmont, emergency services said on Thursday.
Syrian state media says U.S. hit army posts, U.S. denies
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Syrian state media reported that the U.S.-led coalition fighting Islamic State struck Syrian army positions in eastern Syria early on Thursday, but the U.S. military denied knowledge of it.
Investigators in MH17 crash to make public appeal
BUNNIK, Netherlands (Reuters) – Investigators will appeal to the public on Thursday to assist in their inquiries into the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 nearly four years ago over eastern Ukraine.
Israel plans 2,500 new settler homes in West Bank: defense minister
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel’s defense minister said on Thursday he plans to seek approval next week for the construction of some 2,500 new homes in Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank.
Germany’s Merkel says China and Germany standing by Iran nuclear deal
BEIJING (Reuters) – German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Thursday China and Germany are standing by the existing nuclear deal with Iran after the United States left the 2015 accord earlier this month.
Exclusive: Former Malaysia government used money raised from Khazanah to pay 1MDB dues – sources
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – The government of former Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak used money raised from a deal with sovereign wealth fund Khazanah Nasional Berhad to pay for some of the liabilities of state fund 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB…
Syrian state media says U.S. struck army base, U.S. denies
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Syrian state media and a military media unit run by Lebanon’s Hezbollah group said early on Thursday that the U.S.-led coalition targeted Syrian army positions in Syria’s desert, but U.S. military officials denied any knowledge of th…
