Turkey grants Rosatom construction license for first unit of Akkuyu nuclear plant
ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkey’s TAEK atomic energy authority on Monday granted Russian builder Rosatom a construction license to start work on the first unit of the Akkuyu nuclear power plant, the state-run Anadolu news agency said.
Winnie Mandela, ‘mother’, then ‘mugger’, of new South Africa
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – Hailed as mother of the ‘new’ South Africa, Winnie Madikizela-Mandela’s legacy as an anti-apartheid heroine was undone when she was revealed to be a ruthless ideologue prepared to sacrifice laws and lives in pursuit of revoluti…
Kazakh police raid local offices of Forbes magazine, news website Ratel.kz
ALMATY (Reuters) – Kazakh police raided the local offices of Forbes magazine and another news outlet on Monday and questioned three senior journalists as part of a libel probe begun at the request of a Kazakh businessman, the two outlets said.
Yearning and camaraderie at Gaza protest camps
GAZA BORDER (Reuters) – Several thousand Palestinians remained in tent camps along the Gaza border on Monday, continuing their protest for a right of return for refugees and their descendants to what is now Israel even after 16 demonstrators were kille…
Kremlin says Trump suggested Putin visit the White House
MOSCOW (Reuters) – A Kremlin aide said on Monday that U.S. President Donald Trump suggested the White House as the venue for a summit with Russia’s Vladimir Putin when they discussed the idea of meeting in a telephone call last month.
Winnie Mandela, ‘mother’ then ‘mugger’ of new South Africa, dies at 81
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – Hailed as mother of the ‘new’ South Africa, Winnie Madikizela-Mandela’s legacy as an anti-apartheid heroine was undone when she was revealed to be a ruthless ideologue prepared to sacrifice laws and lives in pursuit of revoluti…
Afghan air strike targeting Taliban causes many casualties: officials
KUNDUZ, Afghanistan (Reuters) – An Afghan forces air strike on a gathering of Taliban representatives in the northern province of Kunduz on Monday caused numerous casualties, including civilians, officials said.
Egypt’s Sisi wins 97 percent in election with no real opposition
CAIRO (Reuters) – Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has been re-elected with 97 percent of votes, the same proportion that the former military commander secured four years ago for his first term but with a lower turnout, official results showed o…
Syrian state media: last rebel group starts leaving Ghouta
BEIRUT (Reuters) – The last Syrian rebel group in eastern Ghouta near Damascus began withdrawing on Monday under an agreement with the government, state media said, though a military source said a group of insurgents were still rejecting the deal.
Israel says to send 16,000 African migrants to Western countries
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel said on Monday it has scrapped a plan to deport African migrants to Africa and reached an agreement with the U.N. refugee agency to send more than 16,000 to Western countries instead.
