Rohingya row to Bangladesh as Myanmar’s Suu Kyi runs summit gauntlet
COX’S BAZAR/YANGON (Reuters) – Blessed by calmer seas, several hundred more Rohingya Muslims on Thursday joined a multitude of refugees in Bangladesh, as calls grew for upcoming regional summits to exert more pressure on Myanmar’s Aung San Suu Kyi to s…
Saudi graft inquiry spreads beyond borders as UAE examines bank accounts
ABU DHABI/DUBAI (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia’s crackdown on corruption has spread beyond its borders as regulators in the United Arab Emirates ask UAE banks for information about Saudi citizens detained in the investigation, a possible prelude to freezing …
UK’s May to appoint new aid minister, seeking to maintain delicate Brexit balance
LONDON (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Theresa May is expected to appoint a new aid minister on Thursday following a resignation which has left her with the difficult task of finding the right person to maintain fragile unity in a cabinet divided ov…
Tillerson says no decision yet on Trump-Putin formal talks
BEIJING (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said on Thursday there has been no decision on whether President Donald Trump will have formal talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the APEC summit in Vietnam which begins later this w…
Lebanon believes Hariri held in Saudi, wants foreign pressure: top official
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Lebanon believes Saad al-Hariri, who resigned as prime minister on Saturday while in Saudi Arabia, is being held by Riyadh, and Beirut plans to work with foreign states to secure his return, a top Lebanese government official said on…
Minor train disruption rattles Singapore’s reputation for glitch-free services
SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Singapore is grappling with a controversy that refuses to go away, a month after rainwater flooded a tunnel of its mass rapid transit (MRT) service, leading to the partial suspension of train runs at weekends.
For some Palestinians in love, this slum is the only place to live
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Kafr Aqab is no one’s dream destination: the overcrowded neighborhood separated from adjacent East Jerusalem by Israel’s barrier in the occupied West Bank is notorious for rutted roads, drugs and violence.
SpaceX to launch Turkish satellites, minister says
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkey’s Turksat 5A and 5B satellites will be launched by Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX), Turkish Transport Minister Ahmet Arslan said on Thursday.
Exclusive: Iran’s Revolutionary Guards arrest more dual nationals
LONDON (Reuters) – Iran’s Revolutionary Guards have arrested at least 30 dual nationals during the past two years, mostly on spying charges, according to lawyers, diplomats and relatives, twice as many as earlier reported by local or international medi…
Catalan parliament speaker to appear before Spain’s Supreme Court
MADRID (Reuters) – The Catalan parliament’s speaker and five lawmakers will appear before Spain’s Supreme Court in Madrid on Thursday to answer charges of rebellion and sedition for their roles in staging a banned referendum on Catalonia’s independence…
