Twitter bans ads from two Russian media outlets
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Twitter Inc on Thursday banned advertisements from accounts owned by Russian media outlets Russia Today (RT) and Sputnik, citing allegations by U.S. intelligence agencies that the outlets tried to interfere with the 2016 U.S. …
In Nairobi slum, rock-throwers, police keep voters at bay
NAIROBI (Reuters) – It had all the trappings of a proper polling station – ballot-boxes, pots of indelible ink, registration lists and a dozen election officials dutifully seated behind school desks. The only things missing were the voters.
No role for Assad in Syria’s future: Tillerson
GENEVA (Reuters) – President Bashar al-Assad and his family have no role in the future of Syria, U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said on Thursday ahead of peace talks aiming at a political transition scheduled to resume next month.
Twitter to off-board ads from two Russian media outlets
(Reuters) – Twitter will off-board advertising from all accounts owned by Russian media outlets Russia Today (RT) and Sputnik, the microblogging website said on Thursday.
Catalan leader to call election as Madrid readies take over of independence-seeking region
MADRID/BARCELONA (Reuters) – Catalonia’s leader Carles Puigdemont was set on Thursday to call a snap regional election, reacting to pressure from the Spanish government as it prepared to take direct control of the autonomous region to block its drive f…
Extremes of devotion mark last goodbye to Thai king
BANGKOK (Reuters) – A woman’s 750-km (470-mile) trek to see the late Thai king’s cremation ceremony was only one example of the level of religious devotion on display in Thailand on Thursday.
Catalan leader Puigdemont set to call regional election
BARCELONA/MADRID (Reuters) – Catalan president Carles Puigdemont is set to call a snap regional election, political allies said, a move that could help break a one-month deadlock between the Madrid government and separatists seeking a split from Spain….
After Islamic State, ruined Raqqa fears new strife
RAQQA, Syria (Reuters) – The morning after Islamic State’s defeat in Raqqa, a local militia fighter stood in a square in the ruined, deserted city center. “There will be more problems here,” he said.
Philippines’ Duterte orders army to recruit 10 new battalions to crush militants
MANILA (Reuters) – Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday ordered the new army commander to recruit and organize 10 new infantry battalions to crush remnants of pro-Islamic State militants, days after they were defeated in a southern city.
Iraq, Syria converge on Islamic State’s last strongholds
BAGHDAD/BEIRUT (Reuters) – Iraqi forces launched an attack to drive Islamic State from the last territory it holds in Iraq on Thursday and the Syrian army and its allies said they planned to march on the jihadist’s last Syrian stronghold.
