For some Palestinians in love, this slum is the only place to live
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Kafr Aqab is no one’s dream destination: the overcrowded neighborhood separated from adjacent East Jerusalem by Israel’s barrier in the occupied West Bank is notorious for rutted roads, drugs and violence.
SpaceX to launch Turkish satellites, minister says
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkey’s Turksat 5A and 5B satellites will be launched by Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX), Turkish Transport Minister Ahmet Arslan said on Thursday.
Exclusive: Iran’s Revolutionary Guards arrest more dual nationals
LONDON (Reuters) – Iran’s Revolutionary Guards have arrested at least 30 dual nationals during the past two years, mostly on spying charges, according to lawyers, diplomats and relatives, twice as many as earlier reported by local or international medi…
Catalan parliament speaker to appear before Spain’s Supreme Court
MADRID (Reuters) – The Catalan parliament’s speaker and five lawmakers will appear before Spain’s Supreme Court in Madrid on Thursday to answer charges of rebellion and sedition for their roles in staging a banned referendum on Catalonia’s independence…
Bomb kills three, including senior police official, in restive southwestern Pakistan
QUETTA, Pakistan (Reuters) – A suicide bomber killed a senior Pakistani police official on his way to work and two others on Thursday in the restive southwestern province of Baluchistan, officials said.
Putin and Trump to meet on Friday at APEC summit: agencies cite Kremlin
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin and his U.S. counterpart Donald Trump will hold talks on Friday at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in Vietnam, Kremlin aide Yuri Ushakov said on Thursday, Russian news agencies rep…
In Beijing, Trump presses China on North Korea and trade
BEIJING (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump pressed China to do more to rein in North Korea on Thursday and said bilateral trade had been unfair to the United States, but praised President Xi Jinping’s pledge that China would be more open to foreig…
New Delhi declares emergency as toxic smog thickens by the hour
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – The Indian capital declared a pollution emergency and banned the entry of trucks and construction activity as a toxic smog hung over the city for a third day on Thursday and air quality worsened by the hour.
TPP trade deal talks reach critical point at Asia-Pacific summit
DANANG, Vietnam (Reuters) – Talks on pushing ahead the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade deal without the United States reached a critical point on Thursday as ministers from the 11 countries discussed a proposed agreement in principle.
U.N. says believes Afghanistan air strike killed civilians
KABUL (Reuters) – The United Nations mission in Afghanistan said at least 10 civilians may have been killed by an air strike in the northern city of Kunduz last week, despite a U.S. military investigation that found no civilian deaths.
