Trump speaks to Qatar emir on Gulf unity, terrorism fight: White House
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump stressed to the emir of Qatar the importance of unity in fighting terrorism, the White House said on Friday, a day after the U.S. president offered to mediate the Gulf country’s dispute with its Arab neighb…
Bangladesh wants ‘safe zones’ to ease Rohingya crisis, but seen unlikely
DHAKA (Reuters) – Bangladesh has proposed creating “safe zones” run by aid groups for Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar’s Rakhine state to stop hundreds of thousands of refugees crossing into its territory following a military crackdown.
Kenya election campaigns turn personal after court orders fresh polls
NAIROBI (Reuters) – The president calls the chief justice a cheat. A lawmaker denounces the head of the opposition as the devil and says he needs a whipping. The opposition leader accuses the president of making a public speech while drunk.
EU must be part of U.S. Middle East peace push, Ireland says
TALLINN (Reuters) – Israelis and Palestinians will face more unrest over the next year without a revival of a long-fractured Middle East peace process that the European Union must be part of, Ireland’s foreign minister said on Friday.
Erdogan urges U.S. to review ‘political’ charges against Turkish ex-minister
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – President Tayyip Erdogan urged the United States on Friday to review charges against a Turkish former minister for violating U.S.-Iran sanctions, saying Ankara had never agreed to comply with the embargo and the prosecution was pol…
‘Alarming’ surge in Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh: UNHCR
COX’S BAZAR, Bangladesh (Reuters) – An alarming and unprecedented influx of 270,000 Rohingya has sought refuge in Bangladesh over the past two weeks from violence in Myanmar, the U.N. refugee agency said on Friday, a dramatic jump in the total as new p…
Erdogan says U.S. court charge of Turkish ex-minister is political step
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – President Tayyip Erdogan on Friday criticized charges announced by U.S. prosecutors against a Turkish former economy minister for conspiring to violate U.S. sanctions on Iran as politically motivated and called on Washington to rev…
Norway’s Merkel, Erna Solberg hopes to beat history in re-election bid
OSLO (Reuters) – Erna Solberg seeks to accomplish something no Conservative Norwegian prime minister has managed for more than three decades: winning a second term.
Philippines’ Duterte says no peace talks without communists’ ceasefire
MANILA (Reuters) – Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte on Friday ruled out a resumption of stalled peace talks with communist rebels if they do not stop guerrilla attacks, two days after lawmakers ousted the last leftist from his cabinet.
Number of Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh surges: UNHCR
COX’S BAZAR, Bangladesh (Reuters) – About 270,000 Rohingya fleeing violence in Myanmar have sought refuge in Bangladesh in the past two weeks, a spokeswoman for the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees said on Friday.
