South Africa’s Zuma rejects reports his office is drafting emergency laws
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – South African President Jacob Zuma has rejected local news reports that his office has started drafting regulations for a state of emergency, the president’s office said on Tuesday.
Botswana court orders government to recognize transgender woman as female
GABORONE (Reuters) – A transgender woman has won a legal battle against Botswana’s government to be recognized as female in a landmark victory for the rights of the lesbian, gay and transgender community.
Russia will keep bases in Syria to strike at insurgents: Kremlin
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia will keep a naval and an air base in Syria capable of carrying out strikes against insurgents if required after a partial military pull-out announced by President Vladimir Putin, the Kremlin said on Tuesday.
Partial power-share can end German political dilemma, some in SPD say
BERLIN (Reuters) – Wary of renewing a coalition with conservative Chancellor Angela Merkel, Germany’s Social Democrats are instead contemplating a so-called “cooperation” arrangement that would see them agree on a minimal program but leave contested ma…
Turkish teachers linked to Ergogan foe detained in Afghanistan
KABUL (Reuters) – One Afghan and three Turkish teachers linked to an organization regarded with suspicion by the Turkish government were detained by Afghan intelligence officials on Tuesday, the organization’s head said.
Tight race as South Africa’s ANC prepares to elect Zuma successor
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – South Africa’s ruling African National Congress holds an election this weekend to replace Jacob Zuma as party leader in a closely fought contest whose winner is likely to emerge as the nation’s next president.
Tillerson to back North Korea diplomacy, reject Syria’s Assad: U.S. official
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, in remarks later on Tuesday, plans to say that he is optimistic about North Korea denuclearization talks and that there is no role for President Bashar al-Assad in Syria’s future, a U.S. off…
‘We are one’: Palestinian Christians and Muslims unite against Trump’s Jerusalem call
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Less than an hour after U.S. President Donald Trump recognized Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, Palestinians protested by turning off the lights on the Christmas tree outside Bethlehem’s Church of the Nativity, the traditional birth…
France expects slow but massive impact from labor reforms: minister
PARIS (Reuters) – President Emmanuel Macron’s labor reforms will be slow to bear fruit but eventually have a massive impact on France’s stubbornly high unemployment, his labor minister said Tuesday after data showed a slowdown in new job creation.
Denmark’s government at risk in row with nationalists over Syrian refugees
COPENHAGEN (Reuters) – Demands from the nationalist Danish People’s Party (DF) that Syrian refugees be sent home as soon as possible are threatening to bring down the country’s centre-right minority government.
