Exclusive: Yemen rebel missiles fired at Saudi Arabia appear Iranian – U.N.
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – Remnants of four ballistic missiles fired into Saudi Arabia by Yemen’s Houthi rebels this year appear to have been designed and manufactured by Riyadh’s regional rival Iran, a confidential report by United Nations sanctions m…
Trump likely to delay move of U.S. Embassy in Israel to Jerusalem: official
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump is likely to waive a requirement that the United States move its embassy in Israel to Jerusalem, but is weighing other options to make clear his intent to do so eventually, a senior administration official …
Chile’s leftists stop short of endorsing presidential candidate Guillier
SANTIAGO (Reuters) – A coalition of Chilean leftist parties on Thursday challenged presidential contender Alejandro Guillier to clarify his social and economic policies, withholding the outright endorsement sought by the center-left candidate.
Germany’s Social Democrats refuse to jump into bed with Merkel quickly
BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany’s Social Democrat Foreign Minister said his party would not be quick to agree to another grand coalition with Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservatives as party leaders met with the president in a bid to end the country’s poli…
Honduran protesters, police clash in escalating election crisis
TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) – Honduran police fired tear gas at rock-hurling protesters on Thursday after a widely criticized presidential election that has still to produce a clear winner stretched into its fourth day of vote counting.
Honduran protesters barricade streets in escalating election crisis
TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) – Honduran protesters set up barricades and clashed with police near a vote-counting center on Thursday, following a widely criticized presidential election that produced no clear result in four days and which the opposition says …
Saudi Arabia intercepts Yemeni missile, second in a month
DUBAI (Reuters) – A ballistic missile fired by Yemen’s armed Houthi group at Saudi Arabia was shot down on Thursday near the south-western city of Khamis Mushait, the Saudi-owned al-Arabiya channel reported.
Italy’s Berlusconi sent to trial accused of bribing witness: source
SIENA, Italy (Reuters) – Former Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi was ordered on Thursday to stand trial accused of bribing a witness in a 2013 under-aged prostitution case, a legal source said.
U.N. brings Syria talks under one roof, not yet into one room
GENEVA (Reuters) – Representatives of Syria’s warring sides sat just meters apart in separate rooms at U.N. peace talks on Thursday, but mediator Staffan de Mistura stopped short of bringing them together in what diplomats had hoped might be a minor br…
Latvia, Luxembourg, Portugal, Slovakia bid for Eurogroup chair
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Finance ministers from Latvia, Luxembourg, Portugal and Slovakia bid on Thursday to replace Jeroen Dijsselbloem as the head of the euro zone finance ministers, the Eurogroup, before a vote next week among the 19 countries sharing t…
