U.S., Peru agree to keep collaborating in drugs trafficking fight
LIMA (Reuters) – Peru’s foreign minister said on Monday that she and U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson had agreed to keep working together to fight drug trafficking, days after President Donald Trump had threatened to curb aid to drug hotspots.
Israeli minister ‘honored’ to be barred from Poland over Holocaust bill
WARSAW/JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel’s education minister said on Monday he was “honored” Poland had canceled his visit to Warsaw this week because he refused to back off of condemnation of a bill that would outlaw suggesting Poland was complicit in the…
Lebanon tells Israel its border wall violates sovereignty
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Lebanon said a wall Israel intends to build at the border marks a violation of Lebanese sovereignty during a meeting of Lebanese and Israeli military officers chaired by U.N. peacekeepers on Monday.
Opponents say Berlusconi to blame for Italy’s migrant crisis
ROME (Reuters) – Opponents of Silvio Berlusconi accused the former prime minister on Monday of being to blame for a surge in migrants to Italy in recent years as campaigning for a national election turned increasingly ugly.
South Africa’s ANC calls top-level meeting on Zuma’s future
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – South Africa’s ruling African National Congress on Monday called a special meeting of its decision-making executive for later in the week as pressure grew on veteran President Jacob Zuma to step down after years of scandal.
Tillerson says ‘we’ll see what happens’ on potential North Korea meeting
LIMA (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said on Monday “we’ll have to see what happens” when asked whether U.S. Vice President Mike Pence or other officials would meet North Koreans at the Winter Olympic Games next week.
South Africa’s ANC says to hold meeting of key decision-making body on Wednesday
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – South Africa’s ruling African National Congress (ANC) said on Monday it would convene a special meeting of its National Executive Committee, a key decision-making body which has the power to remove President Jacob Zuma from off…
Maldives declares state of emergency as Yameen tightens grip on power
MALE/COLOMBO (Reuters) – Maldives President Abdulla Yameen on Monday declared a state of emergency, ordered security forces into the supreme court and arrested a former president, in moves the opposition called a “purge” in the Indian Ocean island nati…
U.S. blacklists four for rights abuses, attacks in Congo
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States sanctioned a top general and three rebel leaders from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) on Monday, accusing them of human rights abuses and brutal attacks against civilians in the east of the Central Africa…
German parties add another day in last-ditch push for coalition
BERLIN (Reuters) – German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservatives and the center-left Social Democrats (SPD) plan to continue negotiations on Tuesday as they struggle to reach agreement on healthcare and labor reforms – the final hurdles to another “g…
