Egyptian officer, five soldiers killed in explosion in Sinai, army says
CAIRO (Reuters) – An Egyptian officer and five soldiers were killed by a blast that hit their vehicle while they carried out a raid on a militant post in North Sinai on Thursday, the army said in a statement.
Trump ‘disappointed’ China allowing oil into North Korea
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday said he was “very disappointed that China is allowing oil to go into North Korea” and that such moves would prevent “a friendly solution” to the crisis over Pyongyang’s nuclear program.
Brazil’s top prosecutor challenges President Temer’s Christmas pardons
(Reuters) – Brazil’s top prosecutor has launched a legal challenge against pardons granted by President Michel Temer just before Christmas, saying they are unconstitutional and threaten a probe into the country’s largest-ever corruption scandal.
Two Saudi princes released from detention in anti-corruption probe: source
DUBAI/RIYADH (Reuters) – Two sons of Saudi Arabia’s late King Abdullah have been released from detention at Riyadh’s Ritz-Carlton hotel, days after nearly two dozen other detainees in the kingdom’s two-month-old anti-corruption campaign were also freed…
U.S., Turkey mutually lift visa restrictions, ending months-long row
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – The United States and Turkey lifted all visa restrictions on Thursday after Washington said Ankara had kept to assurances no further U.S. mission staff would be targeted for performing official duties, following detention of two ea…
Venezuelans protest over pork shortage, Maduro blames Portugal
CARACAS (Reuters) – Hundreds of Venezuelans took to the streets in poor parts of Caracas overnight to protest a shortage of pork for traditional Christmas meals in the latest symptom of social discontent during a brutal economic crisis.
Lebanese foreign minister denounced over Israel comments
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Lebanese politicians on Thursday criticized Foreign Minister Gebran Bassil over a television interview in which he was shown saying that Lebanon did not have an ideological problem with Israel and was not against it having security.
Militants kill two in Egypt’s Sinai: security sources
CAIRO (Reuters) – Militants killed two people including a policeman at a bank in Egypt’s North Sinai region on Thursday and wounded several others, security sources said.
U.S. to fully resume visa services in Turkey: State Dept.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The State Department on Thursday said it will fully resume U.S. visa services in Turkey after an earlier diplomatic row over local employees and U.S. citizens who had been arrested during a state of emergency in Ankara.
U.N. human rights experts appalled by pardon of Peru’s Fujimori
GENEVA (Reuters) – Peruvian President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski’s pardon of his predecessor Alberto Fujimori is an appalling “slap in the face” for his victims and a major setback for the rule of law, a group of U.N. human rights experts said on Thursday.
