Drone kills seven suspected al Qaeda members in Yemen: sources
DUBAI (Reuters) – Seven suspected al Qaeda militants were killed by a drone strike in central Yemen on Wednesday, residents and local officials said.
U.S. has lost trust in South Sudan, Trump envoy tells president
JUBA (Reuters) – The United States has lost trust in South Sudan’s government for fueling the country’s civil war and must bring peace or risk losing support from Washington, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley told the nation’s President…
Former official of Argentina’s Fernandez turns himself in to authorities -media
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – Julio De Vido, an ex-minister who served in former Argentine President Cristina Fernandez’s government, turned himself in to authorities on Wednesday after he was stripped of immunity from arrest, local media reported.
EU too? Lawmakers denounce harassment in Brussels
STRASBOURG/BRUSSELS (Reuters) – EU lawmakers accused their own parliament on Wednesday of failing to protect staff from sexual harassment, as allegations of abuse in the wake of the Harvey Weinstein case have raised questions over standards also in Bru…
U.N. nuclear chief to visit Iran this weekend
VIENNA (Reuters) – The head of the United Nations nuclear watchdog will visit Iran on Sunday for talks with senior officials there, as opposition from the United States threatens to undermine an international accord to curtail Iran’s nuclear program.
Austrian far right says ‘very good start’ in Kurz coalition talks
VIENNA (Reuters) – Austria’s far-right Freedom Party said coalition talks with conservative leader Sebastian Kurz made a “very, very good start” on Wednesday, mapping out a process that could end its decade in opposition.
Amid Brexit timetable confusion, UK aims for transition outline by early 2018
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain wants an outline agreement with the European Union by the end of March 2018 on the transitional arrangements that will apply temporarily after it leaves the bloc, Brexit minister David Davis said on Wednesday.
Italian government wins all five confidence votes on electoral law
ROME (Reuters) – The Italian government won all five confidence votes it had called in the upper house of parliament on Wednesday on a new electoral law that looks unlikely to produce a clear-cut result at national elections due by next May.
Fear of Iranian general left Iraqi Kurdish oil fields deserted
BAGHDAD/LONDON (Reuters) – When the Iraqi army and Iranian-backed Shi’ite militia entered a key oil processing facility in Iraq’s north to retake it from Kurdish Peshmerga forces last week, the installation was deserted and its alarm bells ringing.
Pinera keeps lead in Chile’s presidential race: CEP poll
SANTIAGO (Reuters) – Chilean conservative presidential candidate Sebastian Pinera kept his lead in voter preference ahead of next months’ first round election, and was seen beating his two closest rivals in a likely run-off, pollster CEP said Wednesday…
