Mnangagwa vows to rebuild Zimbabawe and serve all citizens
HARARE (Reuters) – New President Emmerson Mnangagwa laid out a grand vision on Friday to revitalize Zimbabwe’s ravaged economy and vowed to rule on behalf of all the country’s citizens.
Hope fades as search for Argentine submarine enters ninth day
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – Families of the 44 crew members of a missing Argentine submarine gave up hope and went home on Friday after a days-long wait at the sub’s Mar del Plata naval base, saddened and angered by evidence that the vessel may have explo…
France’s Macron seeks renewal of Africa ties, but old problems persist
PARIS (Reuters) – Barely six months into office, President Emmanuel Macron is already preparing for his third visit to sub-Saharan Africa. Yet while the energetic young leader is eager to reshape France’s relationship with the continent, old problems d…
Irish government set to fall weeks before Brexit summit
DUBLIN (Reuters) – Ireland’s minority government looked set to collapse on Friday after the party propping it up submitted a motion of no confidence in the deputy prime minister, weeks before a summit on Britain’s plans to leave the European Union.
Militants kill 115 in north Sinai mosque attack: Egyptian state media
CAIRO (Reuters) – At least 115 people were killed on Friday when Islamist militants set off a bomb and opened fire on people attending prayers at a mosque in Egypt’s restive northern Sinai, state media said.
Russia takes Tokyo to task over defense alliance with Washington
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia is concerned that Japan is allowing Washington to use its territory as a base for a U.S. military build-up in north Asia under the pretext of countering North Korea, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Friday.
‘Wiping out’ extremist ideology is my mission: head of Saudi-based Muslim body
PARIS (Reuters) – The head of a Saudi-based organization that for decades was charged with spreading the strict Wahhabi school of Islam around the world has said those times were over and his focus now was aimed at annihilating extremist ideology.
Irish government looks set to fall over policing scandal
DUBLIN (Reuters) – Ireland’s government looked set to collapse on Friday after the party propping it up submitted a motion of no confidence in the deputy prime minister in violation of a three-year support agreement.
German president summons grand coalition partners for talks
BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany’s Social Democrats (SPD) appeared close to dropping their opposition to renewing cooperation with Chancellor Angela Merkel on Friday, with a planned summit between the two camps seemingly offering a way out of a political imp…
Kosovo war crimes court ready for first indictments: chief judge
PRISTINA (Reuters) – A special court with international prosecutors and judges set up to tackle alleged war crimes by ethnic Albanians against Serbs during Kosovo’s 1998-99 war is ready to proceed with its first indictments, its president said in an in…
