Erdogan, Putin mark start of work on Turkey’s first nuclear power plant
ANKARA (Reuters) – The leaders of Turkey and Russia marked the official start of work to build Turkey’s first nuclear power station on Tuesday, launching construction of the $20 billion Akkuyu plant in the southern province of Mersin.
Trump says he will decide soon about future of U.S. troops in Syria
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump said on Tuesday he is thinking very seriously about pulling U.S. troops out of Syria, and will make a decision soon about lessening support in the war-battered country.
Trump says he thinks he could have a good relationship with Putin
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump, standing alongside the leaders of three Baltic countries most concerned about the potential for aggression from Moscow, on Tuesday said he thought he could have a good relationship with Russian Presid…
Putin says hopes line can be drawn under Skripal poisoning at chemical weapons watchdog meeting
ANKARA (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday he hoped a line could be drawn under the poisoning of former Russian double agent Sergei Skripal in Britain at a meeting on Wednesday of the global chemical weapons watchdog.
UK military research boss says unable to say yet whether nerve agent was made in Russia: Sky
LONDON (Reuters) – The head of Britain’s military research center said on Tuesday it was unable yet to say whether the military-grade nerve agent that poisoned a Russian double-agent last month had been produced in Russia.
Saudi anti-corruption sweep will reach low-level cases: official
RIYADH (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia’s public prosecutor said on Tuesday that the government campaign against corruption, which targeted the business and political elite last year, would work its way through lower-level offences.
Putin says S-400 supplies to Turkey is priority for cooperation: RIA
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday that a contract to supply Russian S-400 missile systems to Turkey is a priority in military cooperation between Moscow and Ankara, Russian state-run RIA news agency reported.
Libyan court clears Gaddafi son of footballer’s murder
TRIPOLI (Reuters) – A Libyan appeals court cleared one of the sons of late leader Muammar Gaddafi on Tuesday of charges of murdering a footballer before Libya’s 2011 uprising, the justice ministry said.
U.S. State Department concerned by Malaysia’s ‘fake news’ bill
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. State Department expressed concern on Tuesday at the Malaysian parliament’s approval of a bill that would allow prison terms of up to six years for spreading “fake news” – an expression frequently used by U.S. President …
Another Palestinian killed near Gaza-Israel border as more protests loom
GAZA/JERUSALEM (Reuters) – A Palestinian man was killed by Israeli gunfire in Gaza on Tuesday, Palestinian medics said, raising the death toll from clashes along the border to 17, and Israel’s defence minister warned further protests would be met with …
