Saudi envoy invites Lebanon’s Hariri to kingdom: PM office
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Lebanon’s Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri has received an invitation from a Saudi envoy to visit the kingdom and will go as soon as possible, his press office said on Monday.
New U.S. sanctions aim to block Libyan oil smuggling: statement
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States has issued a new round of sanctions targeting oil smugglers in Libya aimed at blocking exploitation of natural resources that is driving instability, the U.S. Treasury Department said on Monday.
Russia orders five-hour daily truce in Syria’s eastern Ghouta
BEIRUT/MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia will establish a humanitarian corridor and implement a five-hour daily truce in Syria’s eastern Ghouta, it said on Monday, after a U.N. Security Council resolution demanding a 30-day ceasefire across the entire country….
Merkel’s CDU votes in favor of coalition deal with center-left SPD
BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany’s Christian Democrats (CDU) on Monday approved a coalition deal with the center-left Social Democrats (SPD), bringing conservative leader Angela Merkel a step closer to a fourth term as chancellor of Europe’s biggest economy….
Philippines’ Duterte defends ‘sarcastic’ remark on shooting women in genitals
MANILA (Reuters) – Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday defended what he called sarcastic remarks about shooting female fighters in the genitals, saying he would make them again.
Merkel’s CDU votes in favour of coalition deal with center-left SPD
BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany’s Christian Democrats (CDU) on Monday approved a coalition deal with the centre-left Social Democrats (SPD), bringing conservative leader Angela Merkel a step closer to a fourth term as chancellor of Europe’s biggest economy….
‘Migrate or die’: Venezuelans flood into Colombia despite crackdown
MAICAO/CUCUTA, Colombia (Reuters) – The desert wind whipping their faces, hundreds of Venezuelan migrants lugging heavy suitcases and overstuffed backpacks trudge along the road to the Colombian border town of Maicao beneath the blazing sun.
Exclusive: Saudi Arabia prepares to auction detained billionaire’s real estate, cars – sources
DUBAI/KHOBAR, Saudi Arabia (Reuters) – Saudi authorities are preparing to auction billions of dollars of real estate and cars belonging to billionaire Maan al-Sanea and his company as they look to hasten an end to one of the kingdom’s longest-running d…
Back from the dead, Hungary opposition renews bid to oust Orban
BUDAPEST (Reuters) – A shock byelection defeat for Hungary’s ruling Fidesz party has triggered fresh efforts at closer cooperation among opposition parties and delivered an uncomfortable reminder to Fidesz six weeks before elections that it is not invi…
East Timor, Australia agree on maritime border, ‘pathway’ to develop gas field
DILI (Reuters) – East Timor and Australia have reached an agreement for a treaty on their disputed maritime border and on a “pathway” to develop the giant Greater Sunrise offshore gas fields, the Permanent Court of Arbitration said on Monday.
