Tillerson says ‘we’ll see what happens’ on potential North Korea meeting
LIMA (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said on Monday “we’ll have to see what happens” when asked whether U.S. Vice President Mike Pence or other officials would meet North Koreans at the Winter Olympic Games next week.
South Africa’s ANC says to hold meeting of key decision-making body on Wednesday
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – South Africa’s ruling African National Congress (ANC) said on Monday it would convene a special meeting of its National Executive Committee, a key decision-making body which has the power to remove President Jacob Zuma from off…
Maldives declares state of emergency as Yameen tightens grip on power
MALE/COLOMBO (Reuters) – Maldives President Abdulla Yameen on Monday declared a state of emergency, ordered security forces into the supreme court and arrested a former president, in moves the opposition called a “purge” in the Indian Ocean island nati…
U.S. blacklists four for rights abuses, attacks in Congo
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States sanctioned a top general and three rebel leaders from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) on Monday, accusing them of human rights abuses and brutal attacks against civilians in the east of the Central Africa…
German parties add another day in last-ditch push for coalition
BERLIN (Reuters) – German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservatives and the center-left Social Democrats (SPD) plan to continue negotiations on Tuesday as they struggle to reach agreement on healthcare and labor reforms – the final hurdles to another “g…
U.S. sanctions three involved in Democratic Congo violence: Treasury
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States issued sanctions on Monday targeting four military and militia leaders in the Democratic Republic of Congo for engaging in “destabilizing activity” that has prolonged the conflict in that country, the U.S. Treas…
Air strikes pound Syria’s last rebel strongholds, gas chokes civilians
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Warplanes launched heavy attacks on the two last major rebel-held areas in Syria, killing at least 29 people in the Ghouta suburb near the capital and choking people with gas in Idlib in the northwest, rescue workers and a war monito…
EU’s chief negotiator tells Britain: Time has come to make a Brexit choice
LONDON (Reuters) – The European Union’s chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier told Britain on Monday that the time had come for Britain to make a choice on what sort of relationship it wanted with the bloc after Brexit.
U.S. urges Maldives to respect rule of law amid state of emergency
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States on Monday called on the Maldives government and military to respect the rule of law after the president of the archipelago declared a state of emergency.
Rescuers, doctors in Syria’s rebel-held Idlib says chemical gas used
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Chemicals dropped from the air caused at least nine people to suffer breathing problems in an attack in northwest Syria, rescue workers and doctors said on Monday.
