Germany’s Gabriel denies report he is eyeing finance minister post
BERLIN (Reuters) – German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel on Saturday denied a report that said the Social Democrat, whose party has agreed to enter talks with Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservatives on forming a coalition, was eyeing the post of fina…
Israeli strikes kill two Gaza gunmen, but anti-Trump protests subside
GAZA (Reuters) – Israeli air strikes in Gaza killed two Palestinian gunmen on Saturday after rockets were fired from the enclave, in violence that erupted over President Donald Trump’s recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital.
Iraqi PM says Islamic State completely ‘evicted’ from Iraq
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said on Saturday that Iraqi forces had driven the last remnants of Islamic State from the country, three years after the militant group captured about a third of Iraq’s territory.
Britons can change terms of Brexit to diverge from EU: pro-Brexit minister Gove
LONDON (Reuters) – British voters will be able to change the terms of the country’s relationship with the European Union after leaving the bloc if they don’t like the final Brexit deal, senior cabinet minister and pro-Brexit lawmaker Michael Gove said …
Zimbabwe names diplomat Isaac Moyo as top spy
HARARE (Reuters) – Zimbabwe has named a former diplomat as the head of its intelligence agency, state-owned newspaper The Herald said on Saturday.
Iraq is ‘totally liberated’ from Islamic State: Iraqi armed forces
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Iraq has been “totally liberated” from Islamic State, the Iraqi armed forces announced in a statement on Saturday.
Czech PM designate: EU should not push us over migrants – paper
PRAGUE (Reuters) – The designated Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babis said that the European Union should not push Czechs over their refusal to shelter asylum-seekers, because it could strengthen extremist parties in the country.
UK foreign minister arrives in Iran to lobby for jailed aid worker
DUBAI (Reuters) – British Foreign Minister Boris Johnson arrived on Saturday in Iran, where he is expected to lobby his Iranian counterpart Mohammad Javad Zarif for the release of jailed Iranian-British aid worker Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe.
Israeli retaliation strikes kill two Palestinian gunmen in Gaza
GAZA (Reuters) – Israel launched fresh airstrikes in the Gaza Strip on Saturday in response to rocket fire from the enclave and the Palestinian Islamist Hamas group said two of its gunmen were killed in the bombings.
Honduras opposition parties ask for disputed election to be annulled
TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) – Honduras’ two main opposition parties on Friday presented formal requests to annul the results of the still-unresolved presidential election, deepening a political crisis that has roiled the poor, violent Central American nation…
