Ethiopia’s PM offers resignation to help reforms after mass unrest
ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) – Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn said on Thursday he had submitted his resignation as both premier and the chairman of the ruling coalition in an effort to facilitate reforms following years of widespread unrest.
Russia says five of its civilians may have been killed in Syria by U.S.-led forces
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Five Russian citizens may have been killed in Syria in clashes with U.S.-led coalition forces this month, but they were not Russian military personnel, a Russian foreign ministry spokeswoman told a news briefing on Thursday.
Venezuela’s Maduro orders reopening of Miami consulate before election
CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro has ordered the reopening of the country’s consulate in Miami, home to a sizeable anti-government community, before presidential elections on April 22, reversing a move by his predecessor Hugo Ch…
At U.S. urging, NATO agrees training mission in Iraq
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – NATO defense ministers agreed on Thursday a bigger ‘train-and-advise’ mission in Iraq after a U.S. call for the alliance to help stabilize the country after three years of war against Islamic State.
Ex-pope Benedict suffering from debilitating disease, says brother
BERLIN (Reuters) – Former Pope Benedict is suffering from a disease of his nervous system which means he often needs to use a wheelchair, his brother Georg Ratzinger told a German weekly, adding that he feared the paralysis could spread to his heart.
Lebanese presidency denies U.S. Secretary of State kept waiting at palace
BEIRUT (Reuters) – The Lebanese presidency denied that U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson had been kept waiting ahead of a meeting with President Michel Aoun on Thursday at the presidential palace, where he sat for several minutes before his Lebanes…
U.S. defense chief says talks with Turkey on Syria ‘open and honest’
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said on Thursday that the United States and Turkey, NATO allies, would press on with their collaboration over Syria despite their areas of difference.
Greece says won’t tolerate challenge to its rights after Turkish collision
ATHENS (Reuters) – Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said on Thursday Greece would not tolerate any challenge to its territorial integrity, days after Turkish and Greek coastguard vessels collided close to disputed islets in the Aegean Sea.
Shunned by family, Oxfam ex-director bemoans ‘lies’: paper
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The former Oxfam director at the heart of a sex abuse scandal has told a newspaper in his native Belgium that he did not deny all the allegations made against him but complained of “many lies and exaggerations”.
Russian opposition leader Navalny says access to his website being blocked
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Opposition leader Alexei Navalny said on Thursday that Internet providers in Russia had started blocking access to his website on the orders of the country’s communications watchdog.
