Trump’s Iran decision puts Iraq leaders to the test
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – President Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw from the Iranian nuclear deal has cast a shadow over an already fraught election in Iraq, where Tehran and Washington have vied for influence since the U.S.-led invasion toppled Saddam H…
Israel says it attacked targets in Syria after Iranian rocket fire
JERUSALEM/BEIRUT (Reuters) – Israel said it attacked nearly all of Iran’s military infrastructure in Syria on Thursday after Iranian forces fired rockets at Israeli-held territory for the first time.
Macron, receiving Charlemagne prize, calls for ambitious European budget
AACHEN, Germany (Reuters) – French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday reiterated his call for the euro zone to have its own budget, saying Europe needed more ambitious financing to help defend its interests and bring about economic and fiscal conver…
Turkey acts against French studies at universities amid Koran row
ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkey on Thursday suspended the opening of any new French studies departments at its universities, an education official said, amid a growing row with France over a call there for some passages to be removed from the Koran.
Italy’s League and 5-Star make ‘significant steps’ towards government deal
ROME (Reuters) – The anti-establishment 5-Star Movement and far-right League have made “significant steps” towards forming a government, the two parties said on Thursday as Italy looked to end nine weeks of political deadlock.
‘Sea of water’ from Kenya dam burst kills at least 32
SOLAI, Kenya (Reuters) – A dam burst on a flower farm in Kenya’s Rift Valley after weeks of torrential rain, unleashing a “sea of water” that smashed into two villages and killed at least 32 people, officials and survivors said.
At least 21 dead after flower-farm dam bursts in Kenya
SOLAI, Kenya (Reuters) – A dam burst in Kenya after weeks of torrential rain, unleashing a torrent of water that smashed into two villages, killing at least 21 people and causing “huge destruction”, rescue services and government officials said.
Italy govt talks between 5-Star and League going well -joint statement
ROME (Reuters) – Negotiations on forming a coalition government between the far-right League and the anti-establishment 5-Star Movement are going well and a deal could be wrapped up soon, the two parties said in a joint statement on Thursday.
Israel says it attacked targets in Syria after Iranian rocket fire
JERUSALEM/BEIRUT (Reuters) – Israel said it attacked nearly all of Iran’s military infrastructure in Syria on Thursday after Iranian forces fired rockets at Israeli-held territory for the first time.
Upbeat Trump welcomes U.S. prisoners released by North Korea
JOINT BASE ANDREWS, Md./WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump welcomed three Americans who had been held prisoner in North Korea back home on Thursday, thanking its leader Kim Jong Un for their release and sounding upbeat about a planned U.S.-N…
