Lebanon president urges unity after PM quits, toppling ruling coalition
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Lebanon’s president appealed for national unity on Monday after Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri quit in a broadcast from Saudi Arabia, collapsing the coalition government and plunging the country into political crisis.
U.S. embassy in Turkey says resumes processing visas on ‘limited basis’
ANKARA (Reuters) – The United States has resumed processing visas at its missions in Turkey on a “limited basis”, the embassy said in an email on Monday, in what could signal a tentative improvement in the ongoing diplomatic crisis between the two coun…
Purge of Saudi princes, businessmen widens, travel curbs imposed
RIYADH (Reuters) – A campaign of mass arrests of Saudi Arabian royals, ministers and businessmen expanded on Monday after a top entrepreneur was reportedly detained in the biggest anti-corruption purge of the kingdom’s affluent elite in its modern hist…
Trump’s Seoul visit to put him at heart of North Korea nuclear standoff
TOKYO/SEOUL (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump will step directly into the shadow of the North Korean nuclear standoff on Tuesday on a visit to South Korea in which his words alone could risk further inflaming tensions with North Korean leader Kim…
Lebanon president urges unity after PM Hariri quits, toppling coalition of sectarian groups
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Lebanon’s president appealed for national unity on Monday after Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri quit in a broadcast from Saudi Arabia, toppling the country’s coalition government that grouped the country’s main sectarian factions.
Saudi says reserves right to respond to Iran ‘hostile actions’
DUBAI (Reuters) – Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir said on Monday his country reserved the right to respond to Iran’s “hostile actions”, an apparent reference to a missile fired by Yemen’s Houthis who Saudi Arabia says are armed by Iran.
UK says Briton kidnapped in Nigeria last month killed, three others released
LONDON (Reuters) – A Briton kidnapped in Nigeria last month has been killed with three others released after negotiations, Britain’s Foreign Office said on Monday.
Germany’s awkward partners start renewed coalition push
BERLIN (Reuters) – The parties seeking to form Germany’s next government begin a fresh round of talks on Monday, hoping that a sharper focus on policy detail will reinvigorate negotiations that have barely inched forward since a national election in Se…
Bodies of Argentine men killed in New York attack land in Buenos Aires
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – The bodies of five Argentine men killed in a truck attack in New York City arrived Monday morning at a Buenos Aires airport, where a police escort received them.
Iceland’s leftist opposition fails to form government
REYKJAVIK (Reuters) – Talks on forming a governing coalition between Iceland’s Left-Green Movement and three other parties after an Oct. 28 parliamentary election have broken down, broadcaster RUV reported on Monday.
