Venezuela opposition leader Ledezma flees to Colombia
CARACAS/BOGOTA (Reuters) – Veteran Venezuelan opposition leader Antonio Ledezma, under house arrest after his 2015 arrest for alleged coup plotting, escaped across the border to Colombia on Friday.
Lebanon’s Middle East Airlines lifts electronics ban on London flights
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Lebanon’s national carrier Middle East Airlines (MEA) on Friday lifted restrictions on carry-on electronic devices on planes traveling from Beirut to London, the airline said.
Two killed as Kenyan police disperse supporters cheering opposition leader
NAIROBI (Reuters) – Two people were killed on Friday as Kenyan police tried to disperse supporters cheering a convoy carrying opposition leader Raila Odinga from the airport to central Nairobi, a Reuters photographer said.
Russian long-range bombers strike Islamic State targets in Syria: agencies
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Six Russian long-range bombers struck Islamic State targets near the town of Albu Kamal in Syria’s Deir al-Zor province on Friday, the Defence Ministry said in a statement reported by Russian news agencies .
New Israeli draft laws seen protecting PM under criminal probe
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Two of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s closest allies have initiated legislation in what opponents say is a rearguard action to try to shield him from a police probe into corruption allegations against him.
Erdogan says Turkey pulls troops out of NATO exercise, Stoltenberg apologizes
ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkey is pulling 40 soldiers out of a NATO exercise in Norway, President Tayyip Erdogan said on Friday, after his name was included in a list of enemies on a poster at the drill, an incident that drew an apology from NATO Secretary …
Hariri to leave Saudi Arabia for France on Friday: MP
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Saad al-Hariri, who sparked a crisis by resigning as Lebanese prime minister on Nov. 4 during a visit to Saudi Arabia, will leave Riyadh for France on Friday, a member of his party said, but will not return directly to Beirut after t…
Exclusive: North Korea rules out negotiations on nuclear weapons
GENEVA (Reuters) – North Korea on Friday ruled out negotiations with Washington as long as joint U.S-South Korea military exercises continue, and said that Pyongyang’s atomic weapons program would remain as a deterrent against a U.S. nuclear threat.
Argentine submarine goes missing with 44 crew members on board: navy
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – An Argentine military submarine with 44 crew members on board was missing at sea on Friday, prompting a massive search to locate the vessel which may have suffered a communication error, a navy spokesman said.
Merkel’s conservatives offer Greens compromise to salvage talks
BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany’s would-be coalition partners resumed talks on Friday after all-night negotiations failed to produce a breakthrough, with Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservatives saying they would compromise further on climate change policie…
