Aden gripped by fresh fighting as Yemen rivals battle for control
ADEN (Reuters) – Fresh fighting erupted around Yemeni government facilities in Aden on Monday, witnesses said, as rival factions battled for a second day for control of the southern port city where the internationally-recognized administration is based…
Challenged on all fronts, Britain’s May faces pressure over Brexit law
LONDON (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Theresa May came under further pressure over her Brexit blueprint on Monday, with members of the upper house of parliament saying there were “fundamental flaws” in a law crucial to the departure.
Kim Jong Nam met U.S. national on Malaysian island before he was killed, police say
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – Kim Jong Nam, the estranged half-brother of North Korean’s leader, met a United States national at a Malaysian island hotel days before his sensational killing last February, a police official told a court hearing on Monday.
Kremlin calls U.S. sanctions move attempt to influence Russian elections
MOSCOW (Reuters) – The Kremlin said on Monday that a new U.S. sanctions report expected to be released imminently was an attempt to influence Russia’s presidential election in March, but predicted it would fail to impact the vote.
‘Fog’ of Ukraine’s war: Russian’s death in Syria sheds light on secret mission
MOSCOW/Donetsk, Ukraine (Reuters) – In the fall of 2015, pro-Russian separatists in Ukraine were introduced to a moustachioed new commander who, like his predecessors, went by the codename Tuman – “fog” in Russian.
Netanyahu flies to Moscow for talks on Syria with Putin
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu flew to Moscow on Monday to discuss Israeli concerns about any expansion of Iran’s military foothold in Syria with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Philippine police return to war on drugs, cannot promise no bloodshed
MANILA (Reuters) – Police in the Philippines on Monday resumed President Rodrigo Duterte’s war on drugs, making visits to the homes of users and dealers to convince them to surrender, but the national police chief declined to guarantee that blood would…
U.N. says 100,000 Rohingya in grave danger from monsoon rains
GENEVA (Reuters) – More than 100,000 Rohingya refugees huddled in squalid, muddy camps in Bangladesh will be in grave danger from landslides when the mid-year monsoon season begins, a U.N. humanitarian report said.
Saudi’s Ibrahim to keep control of regional broadcaster MBC – executive
KHOBAR, Saudi Arabia (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia’s Waleed al-Ibrahim will keep management control of regional television broadcaster MBC after his release from detention in the country’s corruption probe, a senior MBC executive told Reuters on Monday.
U.N. Syria mediator to head commission to draft new Syrian constitution: Ifax
MOSCOW (Reuters) – United Nations Syria mediator Staffan de Mistura will head a new constitutional commission that will be set up at a peace conference in Russia this week, the Interfax news agency reported on Monday, citing official documents.
