U.N. vote Saturday on U.S. bid to slash North Korea exports over missile tests
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The United Nations Security Council is set to vote on Saturday on a U.S.-drafted resolution that aims to slash by a third North Korea’s $3 billion annual export revenue over Pyongyang’s two intercontinental ballistic missile …
Ireland floats special EU-UK customs union as way to break Brexit logjam
BELFAST (Reuters) – Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar called on Friday for the European Union and Britain to find “unique solutions” to their Brexit logjam, including a bespoke customs union.
Air passengers face long delays in Barcelona as security staff strike
BARCELONA, Spain (Reuters) – Holidaymakers faced delays and long queues at Barcelona’s El Prat airport on Friday, the first day of strikes by security staff that may be stepped up in coming weeks.
Heaviest clashes for months hit Syria’s Hama province: monitor
BEIRUT (Reuters) – The heaviest fighting and shelling for months hit Hama province in northern Syria on Friday, a war monitor said, but there were diverging accounts of how the battle started.
Singapore PM’s nephew says attorney-general’s letter accuses him of contempt of court
SINGAPORE (Reuters) – The nephew of Singapore’s prime minister said on Friday he was sent a letter by the city-state’s attorney general that described comments he made on his Facebook account about the “litigious” nature of the government as being cont…
U.S. military probes torture claims at Cameroon base
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – The U.S. military has opened an inquiry into allegations of torture and murder of suspected Boko Haram militants at a Cameroonian army base used extensively by American troops, a spokesman said on Friday.
Facebook offers tool to combat fake news in Kenya ahead of polls
NAIROBI (Reuters) – Facebook rolled out a tool this week to help Kenyan users spot fake news ahead of a hotly-contested presidential election that has seen supporters of rival candidates trade bitter words online.
Nine family members killed in Yemen air strike
DUBAI (Reuters) – Three women and six children from the same family were killed in an air strike by the Saudi-led coalition on their home in northern Yemen on Friday, a local health official said, the latest in a series of attacks since 2015.
Singapore cancels residence status of ‘U.S. citizen’, says he worked for foreign power
SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Singapore said on Friday it had canceled the permanent residence status of a professor at a prominent postgraduate school whom it identified as a U.S. citizen, and accused him of being an agent of influence for a foreign country.
Women candidates face curses and worse in Kenyan elections
DOLDOL, Kenya (Reuters) – Since entering politics, Kenyan lawmaker Sarah Korere has been insulted, shot at, slapped by a colleague and cursed by tribal elders – but she’s still trying to take a man’s parliamentary seat in one of Kenya’s most violent re…
