New Zealand populist to become deputy prime minister, foreign minister: media
WELLINGTON (Reuters) – New Zealand’s populist power broker, Winston Peters, will be appointed deputy prime minister and foreign minister when Cabinet positions are revealed this week, local media reported on Tuesday.
Egypt authorities challenge Reuters on casualties in western desert attack
LONDON (Reuters) – Egyptian authorities have accused Reuters and the BBC of “inaccurate coverage” of clashes in the western desert between security forces and armed militants in which police officers and conscripts were killed on Friday.
Nicaragua will join Paris climate pact, leaving U.S., Syria isolated
(Reuters) – Nicaragua is set to join the Paris climate agreement, according to an official statement and comments from Vice President Rosario Murillo on Monday, in a move that leaves the United States and Syria as the only nations outside the global pa…
U.S. mulls South Sudan pressure, cutting aid may not work: U.N. envoy
ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) – The United States is considering how to pressure South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir into peace, but withdrawing aid may not work, U.S. envoy to the United Nations Nikki Haley said ahead of a visit to South Sudanese refugees in E…
Abadi defends role of Iranian-backed paramiltaries at meeting with Tillerson
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi defended the role of an Iranian-backed paramilitary force at a meeting with U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson on Monday in Baghdad.
Deadly air strike hits Syrian government-held Deir al-Zor: state TV, monitor
BEIRUT (Reuters) – An air raid in the government-held Qusur district of Deir al-Zor city in eastern Syria killed more than a dozen people, Syrian state television and a war monitor said on Monday.
Ankara mayor quits in Erdogan purge of local government
ANKARA (Reuters) – The mayor of Ankara said on Monday he will step down this week, the fifth mayor from the ruling party to quit in recent weeks in the face of demands for a purge of local politics by President Tayyip Erdogan.
Tillerson arrives in Iraq after rebuke from Baghdad over paramilitaries
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson arrived on Monday in Iraq, hours after the government rebuked him for calling on it to send home Iranian-backed paramilitary units that helped defeat Islamic State and capture the Kurdish-held c…
U.N. says Sri Lanka’s delay in post-war reconciliation involves risks
COLOMBO (Reuters) – Long delays in Sri Lanka’s post-war reconciliation is not without cost, and its government should implement measures to resolve outstanding issues, the United Nations said on Monday.
Rwandan leader’s would-be rival Rwigara and her mother denied bail
KIGALI (Reuters) – A Rwandan court denied bail on Monday to a vocal critic of President Paul Kagame who was barred from running against him in an August election and later jailed on charges of incitement and forgery that are widely seen as politically …
