Peru’s business community sours on Kuczynski: survey
PARACAS, Peru (Reuters) – Support from business leaders for Peru’s President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski has plummeted, a survey showed, as he spars with an opposition-controlled Congress and struggles to revive economic growth.
Middle East leaders paint ‘dark picture’ at Rome conference
ROME (Reuters) – When Italy organized a conference focused on the Middle East, the Gulf and North Africa, it promised to look beyond the turmoil roiling the region and instead promote a “positive agenda”.
Ex Egypt premier Shafik deported from UAE to Egypt, say family, lawyer
CAIRO (Reuters) – Former Egyptian prime minister Ahmed Shafik, who last week announced his intention of running for the presidency in 2018, has been taken from his home in the United Arab Emirates and is being deported to Egypt, his family told Reuters…
Police clear protesters as Germany’s far-right AfD picks new leaders
HANOVER, Germany (Reuters) – Riot police fired water canon at protesters blocking a road outside an Alternative for Germany (AfD) congress on Saturday, as members of the far-right party gathered inside preparing to pick new leaders.
Yemen’s Saleh says ready for ‘new page’ with Saudi-led coalition
ADEN (Reuters) – Former Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh said on Saturday he was ready for a “new page” in relations with the Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen if it stopped attacks on his country.
Romanian protesters halt building of Xmas fair at protest site
BUCHAREST (Reuters) – Romanian protesters clashed with riot police on Saturday when they stopped construction workers from building a Christmas fair at the site of anti-corruption demonstrations in Bucharest.
Ex Egypt premier Shafik arrested in UAE, being deported to Egypt: source close to family
CAIRO (Reuters) – Former Egyptian prime minister Ahmed Shafik, who last week announced his intention to run for the presidency in 2018, has been arrested at his home in the United Arab Emirates and is being deported to Egypt, a source close to his fami…
Suspected Boko Haram suicide bombers kill at least 13 in Nigeria: officials
BAUCHI, Nigeria (Reuters) – Suspected Boko Haram suicide bombers have killed at least 13 other people in an attack on a market in the northeast Nigerian town of Biu in Borno state, officials said on Saturday.
France’s Macron calls on Iraq to dismantle all militias
PARIS/BAGHDAD (Reuters) – French President Emmanuel Macron on Saturday called on Iraq to dismantle all militias, including the government-sanctioned, Iran-backed Popular Mobilisation Forces (PMF), a rare public call to do so by a major Western leader.
Suspected Boko Haram suicide bombers kill at least 12 in Nigeria: officials
BAUCHI, Nigeria (Reuters) – Suspected Boko Haram suicide bombers have killed at least 12 other people in an attack on a market in the northeast Nigerian town of Biu in Borno state, officials said on Saturday.
