Turkey to end extraditions to U.S. unless cleric is turned over, Erdogan says
ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkey will not extradite any suspects to the United States if Washington does not hand over the cleric Ankara blames for orchestrating a failed 2016 military coup, President Tayyip Erdogan said on Thursday.
Myanmar admission soldiers killed Rohingya ‘an important step’: U.S. envoy
YANGON (Reuters) – Myanmar’s admission that soldiers were involved in the murder of 10 Muslims in September was an important step and the United States hoped it would be followed by more transparency and accountability, the U.S. ambassador said on Thur…
Attorney General Sessions sets up Hezbollah investigation team
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Justice Department has set up a team to investigate individuals and organizations providing support to Hezbollah, the Iran-backed Islamist group in Lebanon that the U.S. has branded a terrorist organization, Attorney Gen…
Migrants risk death crossing Alps to reach France
BARDONECCHIA, Italy (Reuters) – It took Abdullhai almost three years to get from his home in Guinea to a rocky, snow-covered Alpine mountain pass in the dead of winter, for what he hopes will be the final stage of his journey into France.
At least 15,000 Cameroonian refugees flee to Nigeria amid crackdown
ABUJA (Reuters) – More than 15,000 Cameroonian refugees have fled to Nigeria amid a crackdown on Anglophone separatists, the United Nations (UN) refugee agency and Nigerian government officials said on Thursday.
European powers urge Trump to preserve Iran nuclear deal
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Britain, France and Germany called on Donald Trump on Thursday to uphold a pact curbing Iran’s nuclear ambitions on the eve of a sanctions ruling by the U.S. president they fear could torpedo an accord he has relentlessly criticize…
Syrian rebels declare counter attack in Idlib province
BEIRUT/AMMAN (Reuters) – Rebels launched a counter attack against Syrian government forces and their allies in Idlib province on Thursday, trying to roll back an advance that is fuelling tension with neighboring Turkey.
Israel approves hundreds of new settlement homes: NGO
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel has given final building approval for 352 homes in settlements in the occupied West Bank, an anti-settlement movement said on Thursday – construction that Palestinians see as jeopardizing their prospects for statehood.
In mass address, China’s Xi calls for total party loyalty
BEIJING (Reuters) – Chinese President Xi Jinping called on Thursday for out-and-out implementation of central party policy and the total loyalty of officials, the state broadcaster reported, in speech on discipline and corruption broadcast across the c…
Kremlin: U.S. report accusing Russia of election meddling harms relations
MOSCOW (Reuters) – The Kremlin on Thursday described a report published by Democratic U.S. lawmakers accusing Russia of election meddling as damaging for bilateral relations, as well as for the United States itself.
