Israel’s Sara Netanyahu may face indictment: attorney general
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel’s attorney general is considering indicting the wife of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Sara, on suspicion of using state funds for personal dining and catering services amounting to some $100,000, the justice ministry s…
Stop fighting over Brexit and get real, Jim O’Neill tells UK
LONDON (Reuters) – The British government should stop dreaming about having its own way in Brexit negotiations and start to get more realistic about the likely outcome of divorce talks with the European Union, said Jim O’Neill, a former Goldman Sachs e…
Bahrain rejects Amnesty report citing crackdown on dissent
DUBAI (Reuters) – Bahrain condemned as inaccurate a report by the Amnesty International rights group accusing the Bahraini government of crushing dissent and violently cracking down on protests over the last year.
Russia says its air strike kills several top Islamic State commanders in Syria
MOSCOW (Reuters) – A Russian air strike has killed around 40 Islamic State fighters, including four senior commanders, near the eastern Syrian city of Deir al-Zor, Russia’s defense ministry said on Friday.
At least six die in huge Mexico quake; small tsunami triggered
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – An earthquake of magnitude 8.1 struck off the southern coast of Mexico late on Thursday, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) said, killing at least six people and triggering small tsunami waves but no major destruction.
Irma powers toward Florida, leaving behind path of death, destruction
PROVIDENCIALES, Turks and Caicos (Reuters) – Hurricane Irma, one of the most powerful Atlantic storms in a century, drove toward Florida on Friday after lashing the Caribbean with devastating winds and torrential rain, killing 19 people and leaving a s…
Sweeping change in China’s military points to more firepower for Xi
BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s military is preparing a sweeping leadership reshuffle, dropping top generals, including two that sources say are under investigation for corruption.
Britain’s Johnson says solving Irish border ‘not beyond wit of man’
TALLINN (Reuters) – Finding a solution for the Irish border after Brexit is “not beyond the wit of man” and Britain and the European Union should work on that together, British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson said on Friday.
Most South Koreans don’t expect war with North, poll shows, as Trump highlights military option
SEOUL/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Most South Koreans doubt that North Korea will start a war, a survey showed on Friday, just days after the North’s largest nuclear test, as President Donald Trump again highlighted the possibility of a U.S. military respons…
Control of information shifts up a gear in run-up to Cambodia election
PHNOM PENH (Reuters) – Critics of Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen have grown used to following upstart news service Fresh News to find out what the government’s next target might be.
