Italian magistrates investigate whether ex-Treasury official sold secrets
ROME (Reuters) – Italian magistrates are investigating whether a Treasury official sold confidential government information to her previous employers, Ernst & Young, two judicial sources involved in the case said on Wednesday.
“The people have spoken,” says Zimbabwe’s new leader
HARARE (Reuters) – Zimbabwe’s new leader Emmerson Mnangagwa told a cheering crowd in Harare on Wednesday that the country was entering a new stage of democracy following Robert Mugabe’s removal as president after nearly four decades in power.
Besieged Syrians eating trash, fainting from hunger: U.N. survey
GENEVA (Reuters) – Syrians in the besieged enclave of Eastern Ghouta are so short of food that they are eating trash, fainting from hunger and forcing their children to eat on alternate days, the U.N. World Food Programme said in a report on Wednesday….
Saudi-led coalition to reopen Yemen’s Hodeidah port, Sanaa airport for aid
DUBAI (Reuters) – The Saudi-led military coalition fighting Houthi rebels in Yemen said on Wednesday it would allow humanitarian aid access through Yemen’s port of Hodeidah and United Nations flights to the capital Sanaa, more than two weeks after bloc…
Palestinian factions agree to hold general elections by end-2018: statement
CAIRO (Reuters) – Palestinian factions have agreed to hold general elections by end-2018 after talks in Cairo spearheaded by rivals Hamas and Fatah, a joint statement by all the groups which took part said on Wednesday.
Putin wins backing from Iran, Turkey for new Syria peace push
SOCHI, Russia/RIYADH (Reuters) – Russia’s Vladimir Putin won the backing of Turkey and Iran on Wednesday to host a Syrian peace congress, taking the central role in a major diplomatic push to finally end a civil war all but won by Moscow’s ally, Presid…
Putin hosts Iran, Turkey leaders in major new Syria diplomacy push
SOCHI, Russia/RIYADH (Reuters) – Russia’s Vladimir Putin hosted the presidents of Turkey and Iran to discuss Syria on Wednesday, launching a major diplomatic push to finally end a civil war that has been all but won by the government of President Basha…
Mexican leftist Lopez Obrador leads presidential race polls
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexican leftist presidential hopeful Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador showed leads over potential rivals in two newspaper polls published Wednesday, shortly after he unveiled key policies of his campaign platform ahead of next July’s…
Ukraine rebel leader says situation in Luhansk is attempted coup
MOSCOW (Reuters) – The presence of armed men in the streets of the capital of Ukraine’s breakaway Luhansk region is an attempted coup by a fired local police chief, Igor Plotnitsky, the head of the self-styled “Luhansk People’s Republic” (LNR), said on…
South Korea, China to hold summit next month to mend ties
(Reuters) – South Korean President Moon Jae-in will visit Beijing next month for a summit with China’s Xi Jinping as the two countries seek to mend ties frayed by a year-long spat over the deployment of a U.S. anti-missile system in South Korea, Seoul’…
