Exclusive: Saddam’s superyacht winds up as sailors’ hotel
BASRA, Iraq (Reuters) – The king size bed in Saddam Hussein’s superyacht is made, the silk curtains around it have been drawn back and, in the gold-rimmed bathroom next door, a barber’s chair awaits its occupant.
Baby powder helping fund Islamic State in Afghanistan: report
KABUL (Reuters) – Islamic State fighters in Afghanistan are making hundreds of thousands of dollars a year from illegal mining of talc, much of which ends up in the United States and Europe, advocacy group Global Witness reported on Tuesday.
Saudi Arabia expands crackdown on women’s rights activists
RIYADH (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia has arrested at least three more women’s rights activists in a widening crackdown just weeks before a ban on women driving is set to end, international rights watchdogs said on Tuesday.
U.S. sanctions five Iranians it says assisted Yemen’s Houthis
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States on Tuesday imposed sanctions on five Iranians it said had provided Yemen’s Houthis with expertise and weaponry that were then used to launch missiles at cities and oil infrastructure in Saudi Arabia.
U.N. seeks help of oil traders to enforce North Korea sanctions
LONDON (Reuters) – A U.N. monitoring group wants to enlist the help of the world’s biggest oil trading companies to enforce sanctions that cap the amount of crude and related products North Korea can import, the coordinator said.
Anti-immigrant stance helps Slovenia’s SDS party to poll lead
LJUBLJANA (Reuters) – An anti-immigrant party looks set to win Slovenian elections on June 3, two years after nearly half a million migrants crossed the country on their way to Western Europe, although a lack of potential coalition partners may keep it…
Trump to press South Korea’s Moon before summit with North
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump will meet South Korean President Moon Jae-in on Tuesday as U.S. officials try to assess North Korea’s intentions after Pyongyang threatened to pull out of a planned June 12 summit to discuss denuclearizatio…
No change at top for Lebanon’s parliament, Hezbollah ally seeks deputy post
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Lebanon’s parliament is set to re-elect Nabih Berri as its speaker on Wednesday, extending the veteran politician’s tenure in a post he has held since 1992, after a general election that strengthened the hand of Iran-backed Hezbollah…
Burkina forces kill three suspected Islamist militants in early morning raid
OUAGADOUGOU (Reuters) – Burkina Faso security forces killed three suspected Islamist militants and arrested one more on Tuesday morning in an operation in the capital Ouagadougou, its gendarme force said.
Italy’s 5-Star defends academic record of prime minister candidate
ROME (Reuters) – A little-known law professor, put forward by the anti-establishment 5-Star Movement and far-right League as their prime ministerial candidate, was accused on Tuesday of inflating his international academic credentials.
