Iran ends rescue operations, battles to shelter quake survivors: TV
ANKARA (Reuters) – Iran said on Tuesday that rescue operations have ended in areas hit by a powerful weekend earthquake that killed at least 450 people and injured thousands of others, state television reported.
U.S. to fight Islamic State in Syria ‘as long as they want to fight’: Mattis
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. military will fight Islamic State in Syria “as long as they want to fight,” Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said on Monday, describing a longer-term role for U.S. troops long after the insurgents lose all of the territory t…
Australia should accept New Zealand offer to resettle detained refugees: UNHCR
SYDNEY (Reuters) – The United Nations refugee agency on Tuesday urged Australia to accept New Zealand’s offer to resettle 150 refugees from an abandoned Australian-run detention centre in Papua New Guinea, as about 450 men remain barricaded inside with…
Eighth Australian lawmaker falls in citizenship crisis
SYDNEY (Reuters) – An Australian senator announced plans to resign on Tuesday, the eighth lawmaker to become embroiled in a citizenship crisis that has already cost Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull’s government its majority in parliament.
Brazilian minister quits in sign of rift in Temer’s coalition
BRASILIA (Reuters) – One of four ministers representing a centrist Brazilian party in President Michel Temer’s government resigned on Monday, underscoring a rift between the embattled leader and one of his most powerful coalition partners.
British PM May pledges to protect Europe from Russian threats
LONDON (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Theresa May said on Monday the government would maintain its commitment to protecting Europe after Brexit as she accused Russia of military aggression and meddling in elections.
South Africa’s Zuma again denounces “monopoly” white economic power
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – South African President Jacob Zuma reiterated a call on Monday for radical reforms to shift the balance of “monopoly” economic power away from whites who dominated under apartheid, saying without such change blacks would stay p…
Fears for Lebanese economy if Saudis impose Qatar-style blockade
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Lebanese politicians and bankers believe Saudi Arabia intends to do to their country what it did to Qatar – corral Arab allies into enforcing an economic blockade unless its demands are met.
Air strikes kill 29 in market in northern Syria: monitoring group
BEIRUT (Reuters) – The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights war monitoring group said on Monday that air strikes on a market had killed at least 29 people in a rebel-held area of northwest Syria.
Strong earthquake hits Iraq and Iran, killing more than 450
ANKARA/BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Thousands of homeless Iranians huddled against the cold late on Monday, a day after at least 450 people were killed in Iran’s deadliest earthquake in more than a decade, state TV said.
