Russia improving defenses at military bases in Syria: agencies
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia is improving defenses at its military bases in Syria and monitoring the situation in the Idlib de-escalation zone as Turkey has not yet set up observation posts in the area, Russian news agencies cited the defense ministry as …
Britain’s May promises to be robust with EU over Brexit
LONDON (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Theresa May said on Wednesday she would be robust in her arguments during talks to leave the European Union, calling on parliament to disregard the “noise” surrounding the Brexit talks.
Exclusive: U.N. chief plans major disarmament push but U.S. skeptical
GENEVA (Reuters) – U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is to launch a major push for disarmament talks covering everything from nuclear and cyber war to small arms, braving certain U.S. resistance to such bold initiatives, officials and experts tol…
Monitor says 23 killed, including five children, in Syria’s Eastern Ghouta
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Air strikes killed 23 civilians including five children in a rural part of the rebel-held Eastern Ghouta region near Damascus on Wednesday, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.
France says Poles should look beyond ‘nationalist choices’
PARIS (Reuters) – France’s foreign minister said on Wednesday Poland should not be “rewriting history” after its president signed a contested Holocaust bill into law and said he hoped the Polish people would pick a new path in their next elections.
Merkel’s conservatives make big concessions to SPD in coalition deal
BERLIN (Reuters) – German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Wednesday her conservatives had made painful concessions to the Social Democrats (SPD) to secure a coalition deal that should give Europe’s powerhouse a new government after months of political…
France says Turkey, Iran violating international law in Syria
PARIS (Reuters) – France’s foreign minister said on Wednesday that Turkey and Iran were both violating international law through their actions in Syria, France’s toughest comments yet on Turkish involvement in the Syrian conflict.
Pakistan court convicts 31 over campus lynching of student accused of blasphemy
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) – A Pakistani court on Wednesday convicted 31 people over the campus lynching of a university student who was falsely accused of blasphemy, and sentenced one of them to death, a defense lawyer said.
Turkey, U.S. to discuss trial of Turkish banker, Syria and cleric Gulen in visit: Erdogan spokesman
ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkey and the United States will discuss U.S. support for the Kurdish YPG militia in Syria, the extradition of a Turkish cleric and a U.S. trial of a Turkish banker which “poisons” ties, a spokesman for President Tayyip Erdogan said…
Ex pope Benedict says he is in the last phase of his life
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – Former pope Benedict said in a letter published in an Italian newspaper on Wednesday that he is in the last phase of life and on a “pilgrimage towards home”.
