Erdogan says U.S. indictment of Turkish security guards a ‘scandal’
ANKARA (Reuters) – President Tayyip Erdogan described as scandalous a U.S. grand jury’s indictment of Turkish security officials involved in street fighting with protesters during his visit to Washington in May.
Russia pledges ‘harsh response’ to U.S. tit-for-tat measures
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Friday that Moscow would respond harshly to U.S. measures designed to hurt it, a day after the United States told Russia to close its San Francisco consulate and buildings in Washington …
Kenya’s Supreme Court declares presidential vote invalid, calls for new poll
NAIROBI (Reuters) – Kenya’s Supreme Court nullified President Uhuru Kenyatta’s election win citing irregularities on Friday and ordered a new poll within 60 days after last month’s voting was followed by protests and sporadic violence that killed at le…
Merkel’s Social Democrat rival bullish ahead of German TV clash
BERLIN (Reuters) – German Social Democrat (SPD) leader Martin Schulz, whose party trails Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservatives by 17 points, said he was going into Sunday’s television debate convinced he would win this month’s elections.
U.S.-led forces acknowledge killing 61 more civilians in Iraq, Syria
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S.-led coalition fighting Islamic State militants said on Friday it had confirmed another 61 likely civilian deaths caused by its strikes in Iraq and Syria, raising to 685 the number of civilians it has acknowledged killing…
Despite strains, Vietnam and China forge closer economic ties
HANOI (Reuters) – Tensions are high on the South China Sea as Vietnam faces off against China over their overlapping maritime claims.
China says Xi transcends West as a diplomatic ‘pioneer’
BEIJING (Reuters) – Chinese President Xi Jinping is a diplomatic pioneer whose ideology has transcended centuries of Western international relations theory, Foreign Minister Wang Yi said on Friday, lauding Xi ahead of a congress of the Communist Party….
Trump’s hostility toward media has a purpose, U.N. human rights expert says
GENEVA (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump’s attacks on the media are part of a global trend of hostility to freedom of speech and damage the U.S. public interest, a U.N. human rights expert said on Friday.
France says powers must impose transition on Syrians, no role for Assad
PARIS (Reuters) – France’s foreign minister said on Friday he wanted major powers to agree on a transition calendar that would be imposed on Syrians, but ruled out any role for President Bashar al-Assad, who he said had “murdered” part of his populatio…
China makes disrespect of national anthem a crime
BEIJING/HONG KONG (Reuters) – Anyone who mocks China’s national anthem faces up to 15 days in police detention after parliament criminalized such acts in a new law on Friday that covers Hong Kong and Macau.
