Guatemala president holds back in push to expel U.N. graft head
GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) – Guatemalan President Jimmy Morales on Monday held back on his decision to expel the head of a United Nations-backed anti-graft unit who is investigating the leader’s campaign financing following a court ruling, criticism and …
Message from North Korean missile over Japan ‘loud and clear’: Trump
WASHINGTON/SEOUL (Reuters) – President Donald Trump warned on Tuesday that all options are on the table for the United States to respond to North Korea’s firing of a ballistic missile over northern Japan’s Hokkaido island into the sea in a new show of …
Trump says U.S. ‘very protective’ of Baltic region
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump said on Monday the United States is “very protective” of the Baltics in the face of a Russian naval exercise with China in the Baltic Sea and said the United States and its allies would be able to handle an…
U.N. chief concerned by Myanmar civilian deaths, appeals for aid access
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is deeply concerned by reports that civilians have been killed during security operations in Myanmar’s Rakhine state and appealed for neighboring Bangladesh to allow fleeing R…
In war-torn Darfur, new U.S. aid chief stresses need for humanitarian access
ZAM ZAM CAMP, North Darfur (Reuters) – Washington’s top aid official, Mark Green, visiting Sudan’s North Darfur state, stressed on Monday the importance of unfettered humanitarian access as a key demand for easing U.S. sanctions against the government …
Saudi says it’s prepared to handle any stampede or disease at haj
MECCA (Reuters) – Saudi health officials overseeing the haj pilgrimage later this week say they are prepared to handle any outbreak of disease or a stampede like the one that killed hundreds of worshippers two years ago.
Europeans, Africans agree renewed push to tackle migrant crisis
PARIS (Reuters) – Europe’s “big four” continental powers and three African states agreed a plan on Monday to tackle illegal human trafficking and support nations struggling to contain the flow of people across the desert and Mediterranean sea.
Canada’s Trudeau shuffles cabinet, focuses on aboriginal woes
OTTAWA (Reuters) – Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Monday reshuffled his cabinet to put more emphasis on helping aboriginal people, who complain he has broken repeated promises to improve their lives.
Pakistani, Chinese officials discuss Afghanistan amid tension with U.S.
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Pakistan’s Foreign Secretary met China’s special envoy on Afghan affairs on Monday, a foreign office spokesman said, a day after Islamabad canceled a scheduled visit by a top U.S. official.
Iraqi forces face tough resistance from IS in final Tal Afar battle
AL-‘AYADIYA/BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Iraqi forces said they faced tough resistance on Monday from Islamic State fighters driven out of the city of Tal Afar to a small town where they had “nothing to lose” by fighting to the end.
