Libyan PM Sarraj hopes for easing of arms embargo
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Libyan Prime Minister Fayez al-Sarraj said on Thursday that he was hopeful that a U.N.-imposed arms embargo would be partially lifted against some branches of the country’s military.
Argentina abandons rescue mission for crew of missing submarine
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – Argentina has given up on rescuing 44 crew members on a submarine that disappeared 15 days ago, though it will continue the search for the vessel with international assistance, a navy spokesman said on Thursday.
Exclusive: Yemen rebel missiles fired at Saudi Arabia appear Iranian – U.N.
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – Remnants of four ballistic missiles fired into Saudi Arabia by Yemen’s Houthi rebels this year appear to have been designed and manufactured by Riyadh’s regional rival Iran, a confidential report by United Nations sanctions m…
Trump likely to delay move of U.S. Embassy in Israel to Jerusalem: official
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump is likely to waive a requirement that the United States move its embassy in Israel to Jerusalem, but is weighing other options to make clear his intent to do so eventually, a senior administration official …
Chile’s leftists stop short of endorsing presidential candidate Guillier
SANTIAGO (Reuters) – A coalition of Chilean leftist parties on Thursday challenged presidential contender Alejandro Guillier to clarify his social and economic policies, withholding the outright endorsement sought by the center-left candidate.
Germany’s Social Democrats refuse to jump into bed with Merkel quickly
BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany’s Social Democrat Foreign Minister said his party would not be quick to agree to another grand coalition with Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservatives as party leaders met with the president in a bid to end the country’s poli…
Honduran protesters, police clash in escalating election crisis
TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) – Honduran police fired tear gas at rock-hurling protesters on Thursday after a widely criticized presidential election that has still to produce a clear winner stretched into its fourth day of vote counting.
Honduran protesters barricade streets in escalating election crisis
TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) – Honduran protesters set up barricades and clashed with police near a vote-counting center on Thursday, following a widely criticized presidential election that produced no clear result in four days and which the opposition says …
Saudi Arabia intercepts Yemeni missile, second in a month
DUBAI (Reuters) – A ballistic missile fired by Yemen’s armed Houthi group at Saudi Arabia was shot down on Thursday near the south-western city of Khamis Mushait, the Saudi-owned al-Arabiya channel reported.
Italy’s Berlusconi sent to trial accused of bribing witness: source
SIENA, Italy (Reuters) – Former Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi was ordered on Thursday to stand trial accused of bribing a witness in a 2013 under-aged prostitution case, a legal source said.
