Italy’s Berlusconi takes credit for ending the Cold War
ROME (Reuters) – Former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi has made many claims in the course of Italy’s rough-and-tumble election campaign, and on Thursday he added another: he was the key architect behind the end of the Cold War.
U.S. Secretary of State kept waiting at Lebanese palace
BEIRUT (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson was kept waiting at Lebanon’s presidential palace for several minutes before his Lebanese counterpart greeted him ahead of talks with President Michel Aoun on Thursday.
South Africa starts walk back to post-Zuma rehabilitation
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – South Africans awoke to a nation without Jacob Zuma as president for the first time in nine years on Thursday, after the scandal-plagued head of state reluctantly resigned on orders from the ruling African National Congress (AN…
Moon’s chief of staff takes center stage in inter-Korean detente
SEOUL (Reuters) – In 1989, a 22-year-old South Korean student caused an uproar when she sneaked into North Korea and was filmed advocating for unification and meeting then leader Kim Il Sung.
Ireland, Britain to seek to re-establish Northern Ireland talks
DUBLIN (Reuters) – The Irish and British governments will seek a way to get talks on restoring Northern Ireland’s power-sharing government back on track and neither is contemplating a return of direct rule from London, Ireland’s foreign minister said o…
China angered as Indian PM visits disputed border region
BEIJING (Reuters) – China on Thursday expressed anger over a visit by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to the remote Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh, which China also claims, and said India should stop any action that might complicate the dispute….
Kenyan court revokes deportation of opposition-linked lawyer
NAIROBI (Reuters) – A Kenyan court on Thursday revoked the deportation of a lawyer who “swore in” opposition leader Raila Odinga as the country’s “president” in a direct challenge to the government of President Uhuru Kenyatta, local television station …
UK blames Russia for cyber attack, says won’t tolerate disruption
LONDON/MOSCOW (Reuters) – Britain blamed Russia on Thursday for a cyber-attack last year, publicly pointing the finger at Moscow for spreading a virus which disrupted companies across Europe including UK-based Reckitt Benckiser .
Pentagon chief urges Turkey to stay focused on fighting Islamic State
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis urged Turkey to remain focused on fighting Islamic State militants in Syria, a Pentagon statement on Thursday said.
Moderate Nepali communist Oli to ‘balance China, India’ as new PM
KATHMANDU (Reuters) – Nepal President Bidhya Devi Bhandari on Thursday appointed moderate communist K.P. Sharma Oli, who led an alliance with former Maoist rebels to a sweeping victory in recent elections, as prime minister.
