Lebanon president urges unity after PM Hariri quits, toppling coalition of sectarian groups
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Lebanon’s president appealed for national unity on Monday after Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri quit in a broadcast from Saudi Arabia, toppling the country’s coalition government that grouped the country’s main sectarian factions.
Saudi says reserves right to respond to Iran ‘hostile actions’
DUBAI (Reuters) – Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir said on Monday his country reserved the right to respond to Iran’s “hostile actions”, an apparent reference to a missile fired by Yemen’s Houthis who Saudi Arabia says are armed by Iran.
UK says Briton kidnapped in Nigeria last month killed, three others released
LONDON (Reuters) – A Briton kidnapped in Nigeria last month has been killed with three others released after negotiations, Britain’s Foreign Office said on Monday.
Germany’s awkward partners start renewed coalition push
BERLIN (Reuters) – The parties seeking to form Germany’s next government begin a fresh round of talks on Monday, hoping that a sharper focus on policy detail will reinvigorate negotiations that have barely inched forward since a national election in Se…
Bodies of Argentine men killed in New York attack land in Buenos Aires
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – The bodies of five Argentine men killed in a truck attack in New York City arrived Monday morning at a Buenos Aires airport, where a police escort received them.
Iceland’s leftist opposition fails to form government
REYKJAVIK (Reuters) – Talks on forming a governing coalition between Iceland’s Left-Green Movement and three other parties after an Oct. 28 parliamentary election have broken down, broadcaster RUV reported on Monday.
No cult of personality around Xi, says top China party academic
BEIJING (Reuters) – China has learnt from history and will not allow a Mao Zedong-style cult of personality to form around President Xi Jinping, one of the ruling Communist Party’s top official academics said on Monday.
Trump says Japan would shoot North Korean missiles ‘out of sky’ if it bought U.S. weaponry
TOKYO (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday that Japan would shoot North Korean missiles “out of the sky” if it bought the U.S. weaponry needed for doing so, suggesting Tokyo take a stance it has avoided until now.
Mattis backs Geneva process on Syrian conflict
HELSINKI (Reuters) – U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said on Monday he backed diplomatic efforts to bring an end to the Syrian civil war, which has claimed hundreds of thousands of lives over more than six years of conflict, as Islamic State militant…
Iraq court rules no region can secede after Kurdish independence bid
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Iraq’s Supreme Federal Court ruled on Monday that no region or province can secede, strengthening the government’s hand as it seeks to prevent a repeat of September’s Kurdish independence vote.
