Ugandan lawyers seek to quash Museveni ‘president for life’ law
KAMPALA (Reuters) – Uganda’s leading lawyers sought on Monday to overturn a law that critics say would allow incumbent leader Yoweri Museveni to effectively become president for life.
Northern League leader says Italian society threatened by Islam
ROME (Reuters) – Italian culture and society risk being eradicated by Islam, Northern League leader Matteo Salvini, an ally of former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi, said on Monday as he vowed to halt a migrant “invasion”.
Syrian Kurdish leader hopes new force will counter threats from Turkey, Damascus
QAMISHLI, Syria (Reuters) – Kurdish-led regions of Syria are looking to a new U.S.-backed border force to protect them in the face of growing threats from Turkey and Damascus, a senior Kurdish politician told Reuters.
U.S. diplomat has talks Pakistan amid tension over Trump ‘deceit’ tweet
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – A senior U.S. diplomat had talks in Pakistan on Monday following an outcry over President Donald Trump’s accusation that the nuclear-armed South Asian state had engaged in “lies and deceit” as a U.S. ally in the war in neighboring…
Syrian rebel delegation in Washington seeking revival of CIA aid
AMMAN (Reuters) – Free Syrian Army envoys have urged U.S. officials at talks in Washington to resume a suspended CIA program of military aid if it is serious about challenging growing Iranian influence in Syria, according to Syrian opposition figures.
London attacker took steroids before deadly rampage, inquest told
LONDON (Reuters) – The man who mowed down pedestrians on London’s Westminster Bridge before killing a police officer outside Britain’s parliament last year had taken steroids beforehand, a London court heard on Monday.
Erdogan: we will ‘strangle’ U.S.-backed force in Syria “before it’s even born”
BEIRUT/ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkey’s Tayyip Erdogan threatened on Monday to “strangle” a planned 30,000-strong U.S.-backed force in Syria “before it’s even born,” as Washington’s backing for Kurdish fighters drove a wedge into relations with one of it…
Israel’s Netanyahu pushes for India free trade deal during rare visit
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India and Israel will begin work on a free trade pact that Israel has been pushing for, officials said on Monday, as Benjamin Netanyahu began a first visit by an Israeli prime minister in 15 years.
Venezuelan rogue police pilot says he is wounded as authorities close in
CARACAS (Reuters) – – Self-identified rogue helicopter pilot Oscar Perez appeared with a bloody face in a series of Instagram videos on Monday, saying that he was surrounded by authorities who were shooting at him in a poor neighborhood outside Caracas…
Nephew of assassinated president Sadat says Egypt too repressive for election bid
CAIRO (Reuters) – The nephew of assassinated Egyptian president Anwar al-Sadat said on Monday he would not, as widely expected, challenge incumbent Abdel Fattah al-Sisi in the presidential election because an environment of fear surrounds the vote.
