U.N. brings Syria talks under one roof, not yet into one room
GENEVA (Reuters) – Representatives of Syria’s warring sides sat just meters apart in separate rooms at U.N. peace talks on Thursday, but mediator Staffan de Mistura stopped short of bringing them together in what diplomats had hoped might be a minor br…
Latvia, Luxembourg, Portugal, Slovakia bid for Eurogroup chair
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Finance ministers from Latvia, Luxembourg, Portugal and Slovakia bid on Thursday to replace Jeroen Dijsselbloem as the head of the euro zone finance ministers, the Eurogroup, before a vote next week among the 19 countries sharing t…
Trump: China’s North Korea diplomacy appears to have ‘no impact on Little Rocket Man’
WASHINGTON/MOSCOW (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump dismissed a Chinese diplomatic effort to rein in North Korea’s weapons program as a failure on Thursday, while Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said Beijing was doing a lot, but could do more to…
EU and Britain agree settlement post Brexit: senior EU official
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Union has agreed a financial settlement with Britain, a senior EU official told Reuters on Thursday, under which London has committed to paying a set share of EU budgets after Britain has left the bloc.
Italy’s Berlusconi sent to trial on judicial corruption charge: source
ROME (Reuters) – Former Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi was ordered on Thursday to stand trial on charge of judicial corruption, a legal source said.
Venezuela arrests ex-oil bosses for graft in widening purge
CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuelan authorities on Thursday arrested two once-powerful officials who had run the oil ministry and state energy company PDVSA as part of a deepening industry purge also seen as a power play by leftist President Nicolas Maduro….
Death toll from Somalia truck bomb in October now at 512: probe committee
MOGADISHU (Reuters) – More than 500 people were killed in twin bomb blasts in Mogadishu in October, a Somali committee looking into the attack said on Thursday, raising the death toll from at least 358.
Trump: China’s N.Korea diplomacy appears to have ‘no impact on Little Rocket Man’
WASHINGTON/MOSCOW (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump dismissed a Chinese diplomatic effort to rein in North Korea’s weapons program as a failure on Thursday, while Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said Beijing should do more to limit oil supplies …
Turkish gold trader implicates Erdogan in Iran money laundering
(Reuters) – A Turkish-Iranian gold trader on Thursday told jurors in a New York federal court that Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan authorized a transaction in a scheme to help Iran evade U.S. sanctions.
In warning to Ankara, EU cuts funds for Turkey’s membership bid
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Union is set to cut up to 175 million euros for Turkey in 2018 that are linked to Ankara’s stalled bid to join the bloc and could block some 3.5 billion euros in development loans earmarked for the country, lawmakers a…
