Saudi foreign minister says message to Iran is: ‘enough is enough’
RIYADH (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Minister Adel Jubeir said on Thursday the kingdom’s actions in the Middle East were a response to what he called the “aggression” of Iran.
Zimbabwe’s Mugabe resisting army pressure to quit, sources say
HARARE (Reuters) – President Robert Mugabe is insisting he remains Zimbabwe’s only legitimate ruler and balking at mediation by a Catholic priest to allow the 93-year-old former guerrilla a graceful exit after a military coup, sources said on Thursday….
Italy’s PD drops fast in polls after Sicily flop
ROME (Reuters) – Italy’s ruling Democratic Party (PD) has lost support following its flop in a regional election in Sicily, while Silvio Berlusconi’s Forza Italia (Go Italy!) has gained ground, according to a poll released on Thursday.
French military says coalition opposed IS withdrawal from Raqqa
PARIS (Reuters) – France’s military said on Thursday the coalition battling Islamic State in Syria had opposed a deal allowing fighters of the militant group to withdraw from their former bastion of Raqqa.
U.N. pleads for end of Yemen blockade or ‘untold thousands’ will die
GENEVA (Reuters) – The heads of three U.N. agencies urged the Saudi-led military coalition on Thursday to lift its blockade on Yemen, warning that “untold thousands” would die if it stayed in place.
Merkel, facing long night, says German coalition talks can work
BERLIN (Reuters) – Talks on forming a new German coalition government “can work”, Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Thursday ahead of a long night of negotiations at which she must forge a three-way alliance or risk seeing her 12-year stint in power com…
Suicide bomb attack near Afghan political gathering kills nine
KABUL (Reuters) – A suicide bomb attack in the Afghan capital on Thursday near a gathering of supporters of an influential regional leader killed at least nine people and wounded many, the interior ministry said.
PM May’s spokesman says report UK will raise Brexit bill offer is speculation
LONDON (Reuters) – A newspaper report that British Prime Minister Theresa May is preparing to offer up to 20 billion pounds ($26 billion) more to the European Union as part of Brexit divorce bill is speculation, her spokesman said on Thursday.
Britain says no link between 400 million pound debt owed to Iran and jailed aid worker
LONDON (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Theresa May’s spokesman said on Thursday there was no link between a 400 million pound ($528 million) debt owed to Iran and the fate of a jailed Iranian-British aid worker.
China’s Xi speaks with Saudi king: state media
BEIJING (Reuters) – Chinese President Xi Jinping spoke with Saudi Arabia’s King Salman by telephone on Thursday, Chinese state media reported.
