Romania’s president expresses support for anti-graft chief
BUCHAREST (Reuters) – Romania’s President Klaus Iohannis on Friday expressed support for the country’s chief anti-corruption prosecutor, saying he had seen no evidence to justify a request by the justice minister to sack her.
Global watchdog to put Pakistan back on terrorist financing watchlist: sources
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – A global money-laundering watchdog has decided to place Pakistan back on its terrorist financing watchlist, a government official and a diplomat said on Friday, in a likely blow to Pakistan’s economy and its strained relations wit…
Trump to announce new sanctions against North Korea as South prepares for talks
SEOUL/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States is due to announce its largest package of sanctions against North Korea to pressure the reclusive country into giving up its nuclear and missile programs, as South Korea readies itself for further talks wi…
Northern Ireland abortion laws violate women’s rights, U.N. body says
GENEVA (Reuters) – The United Kingdom violates women’s rights in Northern Ireland by unduly restricting their access to abortion, a report by the U.N. Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) said on Friday.
Turkish forces shell convoy headed to Syria’s Afrin region
BEIRUT/ISTANBUL (Reuters) – The Turkish army struck a convoy entering Syria’s Kurdish-held Afrin region, which Ankara said carried fighters and weapons but Kurdish forces said was made up of civilians entering with food and medicine.
Turkey summons Dutch diplomat over Armenian ‘genocide’ decision
ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkey summoned the Dutch charge d’affaires on Friday to complain about the Netherlands parliament recognizing the massacre of as many as 1.5 million Armenians in 1915 as genocide, the Turkish foreign ministry said.
Chance of halting Brexit now close to 50:50, says leading campaigner
LONDON (Reuters) – Opponents of Britain’s exit from the European Union are preparing a major campaign they say now has close to a 50:50 chance of stopping Brexit by blocking Prime Minister Theresa May’s divorce deal, a leading pro-EU campaigner said.
Philippine police say 10 killed in bloody night of drug busts
MANILA (Reuters) – Philippine police killed 10 suspected drug peddlers and arrested 63 people in dozens of operations during the single deadliest night of the country’s ferocious war on drugs since police resumed participation in early December.
Last residents hold on in Tunisia’s underground houses
MATMATA, Tunisia (Reuters) – In the arid valleys of southern Tunisia’s Djebel Dahar region, people have lived for centuries in underground houses whose earthen casing provides protection against searing summer heat and winter winds.
More bombs fall on Syria’s eastern Ghouta ahead of U.N. vote
BEIRUT (Reuters) – A new wave of bombs struck Syria’s eastern Ghouta district unabated on Friday, witnesses said, ahead of a U.N. Security Council vote to demand a 30-day ceasefire to end one of the deadliest bombing campaigns of the war.
