Ukraine to impose sanctions on Russian oligarchs: president
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukraine will impose sanctions on Russian oligarchs including Oleg Deripaska, following the lead of penalties ordered by the United States, President Petro Poroshenko said on Tuesday.
Myanmar minister to visit Rohingya camps as Bangladesh seeks refugees’ return
DHAKA (Reuters) – A Myanmar government minister will visit Rohingya refugee camps in Bangladesh on Wednesday, officials said, a rare trip Dhaka hopes will help speed the return home of hundreds of thousands of the neighboring nation’s Muslim minority.
Syrian rebels evacuated from Douma reach northwest: monitor
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Dozens of buses arrived in rebel-held northwestern Syria on Tuesday carrying Syrian insurgents who agreed to surrender the town they controlled near Damascus after it was hit in a suspected chemical attack, a war monitor said on Tues…
More than 130,000 have fled Syria’s Ghouta in four weeks: U.N.
GENEVA (Reuters) – The United Nations voiced alarm on Tuesday at “spiraling new displacement” from the Syrian enclave of eastern Ghouta, after more than 133,000 people were estimated to have fled in four weeks, and where U.N. aid agencies still do not …
Yulia Skripal, poisoned daughter of Russian agent, leaves British hospital
SALISBURY, England (Reuters) – Yulia Skripal has been discharged from hospital more than a month after she was poisoned by a military-grade nerve agent together with her father, a former Russian spy, the English hospital treating them said on Tuesday.
Zimbabwe invites West to observe vote for first time since 2002
HARARE (Reuters) – Zimbabwe will invite Western powers to monitor its national elections for the first time in more than 15 years, official papers showed on Tuesday, ending a ban imposed by veteran former leader Robert Mugabe.
United States says risks remain for those considering doing business with Iran
LONDON (Reuters) – The United States on Tuesday welcomed reports that the European Union was considering new sanctions on Iran and said risks remained for those who were pondering doing business with the Islamic Republic.
Turkey to continue measures in Syria’s Afrin until threats eliminated: defense minister
ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkey will continue to take measures in Syria’s Afrin region, from which it drove the Kurdish YPG militia in an offensive this year, until all terror risks there are eliminated, Defence Minister Nurettin Canikli said on Tuesday.
North Korean foreign minister, on Moscow visit, calls for closer Russia ties
MOSCOW (Reuters) – North Korea’s foreign minister, on a visit to Moscow, said on Tuesday that the situation on the Korean Peninsula and world events showed that his country and Russia needed to forge stronger ties.
Russia sees no threat of U.S.-Russia armed clash in Syria: report
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov said on Tuesday there was no threat of the standoff in Syria resulting in a military clash between Russia and the United States, TASS news agency reported.
