Zimbabwe’s Mugabe resisting army pressure to quit: senior source
HARARE (Reuters) – President Robert Mugabe is insisting he remains Zimbabwe’s only legitimate ruler, an intelligence source said on Thursday, and is resisting mediation by a Catholic priest to allow the 93-year-old former guerrilla a graceful exit afte…
China denounces U.S. call to register Chinese journalists as agents
BEIJING (Reuters) – China denounced on Thursday a U.S. congressional commission that accused its state media of involvement in spying and propaganda and called for their staff in the United States to be registered as foreign agents.
China says ‘dual suspension’ proposal still best for North Korea
BEIJING (Reuters) – China said on Thursday a “dual suspension” proposal to handle North Korea was still the best option, after U.S. President Donald Trump said he and Chinese President Xi Jinping had rejected a “freeze for freeze” agreement.
Lebanon’s Hariri to fly to Paris within 48 hours: source close to Hariri
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Lebanon’s Saad al-Hariri is expected to leave Saudi Arabia for France within 48 hours, before flying home to Beirut to officially submit his resignation as Lebanese prime minister, a source close to Hariri told Reuters on Thursday.
Angelina Jolie condemns sexual violence against Rohingya women refugees
DHAKA (Reuters) – Filmstar Angelina Jolie has condemned sexual violence inflicted on Rohingya women in Myanmar’s Rakhine State, where a military counter-insurgency operation has sent hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Muslim refugees across the border t…
Final death toll from London’s Grenfell Tower fire is 71: police
LONDON (Reuters) – The final death toll from the fire that destroyed the Grenfell Tower social housing block in London in June is 71, police said on Thursday after five months of painstaking search and recovery operations.
British PM May preparing to raise Brexit divorce bill offer: Sun
LONDON (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Theresa May is preparing to offer up to 20 billion pounds ($26 billion) more to the European Union as part of a Brexit divorce bill, the Sun newspaper reported on Thursday.
Turkey expects EU to provide total 6 billion euros under migrant deal by end-2018: minister
ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkey expects the European Union to provide the remaining portion of the 3 billion euros ($3.53 billion) which the bloc pledged under a migrant deal by end-2017, according to the text of a speech by Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu…
Britain preparing to transfer 400 million pounds to Iran – Telegraph newspaper
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain is preparing to transfer over 400 million pounds ($527 million) to Iran as it seeks the release of a jailed Iranian-British aid worker, The Telegraph newspaper reported, citing unidentified British sources.
Same-sex marriage may be law in Australia by early December
MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Australian lawmakers on Thursday vowed to push through laws legalizing same-sex marriage by early December, after a national survey found the majority of Australians favored the move.
