Norway’s right-wing government has narrow lead with 51 percent of votes counted
OSLO (Reuters) – Norway’s right-wing minority government and its two centrist backers remain on track for re-election on Monday, narrowly beating the center-left opposition, a forecast by Norway’s Election Directorate showed with 51 percent of votes co…
U.N. Security Council to vote on weakened North Korea sanctions bid
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The United Nations Security Council is set to vote on Monday to impose new sanctions on North Korea over its largest nuclear bomb test, after the United States watered-down the text of a resolution to appease China and Russia…
Mexico rushes aid to millions after powerful quake; death toll at 96
JUCHITAN, Mexico (Reuters) – A powerful earthquake that struck Mexico last week has left some 2.5 million people in need of aid and killed 96 others, authorities said on Monday, as officials rushed to get food and water to stricken communities in the p…
U.N. Security Council to vote Monday on weakened North Korea sanctions
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The United Nations Security Council is set to vote on Monday to impose new sanctions on North Korea over its largest nuclear bomb test, after the United States watered-down the text of a resolution to appease China and Russia…
Russia urges U.S. to start finding way to resolve problems
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov urged U.S. Undersecretary of State Thomas Shannon to stop destroying Russia-U.S. relations and to start finding a way to resolve their problems, Russia’s Foreign Ministry said on Monday….
Russia, Jordan agree to speed de-escalation zone in south Syria
AMMAN (Reuters) – Jordan said on Monday it was working with Russia to roll out a plan to end fighting in southwestern Syria “in the fastest possible time” – part of a peace pact for the border area brokered by Amman, Moscow and Washington.
German foreign minister equates far-right AfD party with Nazis
BERLIN (Reuters) – Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel on Monday equated the Alternative for Germany (AfD) party with the Nazis who ruled the country from 1933 to 1945, an insult rarely heard in national politics.
Trump administration asks top U.S. court to lift refugee ban limits
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Justice Department on Monday filed an emergency application at the U.S. Supreme Court seeking to block an appeals court decision that curbed President Donald Trump’s effort to temporarily bar most refugees from entering the U…
Turkey says U.S. indictment of former minister amounts to “coup attempt”
ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkey said on Monday that its former economy minister, indicted in the United States for conspiring to violate U.S. Iran sanctions, acted within international law and that charges against him amounted to a coup attempt through Ameri…
Saakashvili plans to unite Ukraine opposition against president
LVIV, Ukraine (Reuters) – A day after forcing his way past border guards back into Ukraine, former Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili said he would unite the opposition against his former ally President Petro Poroshenko and planned to campaign for …
