Russia’s Putin arrives in Iran to discuss Syria, nuclear deal
TEHRAN (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin began a visit to Iran on Wednesday designed to underpin closer ties between two countries at loggerheads with the United States as President Donald Trump threatens to pull out of a 2015 nuclear deal w…
Two years after the Paris attacks, France ends state of emergency
PARIS (Reuters) – Two years after militants killed 130 people in coordinated attacks across Paris, France officially ended a state of emergency, replacing it with the introduction of a new security law which critics say undermines civil liberties.
Russia not currently planning actions against U.S. media or social networks: RIA
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian communications watchdog Roskomnadzor is not currently planning any concrete actions against U.S. media outlets or online social networks, RIA news agency cited Roskomnadzor head Alexander Zharov as saying on Wednesday.
Awaiting Trump’s coal comeback, miners reject retraining
WAYNESBURG, Pa. (Reuters) – When Mike Sylvester entered a career training center earlier this year in southwestern Pennsylvania, he found more than one hundred federally funded courses covering everything from computer programming to nursing.
Kurdish leader departs, leaving nephew faced with reconciliation
ERBIL Iraq (Reuters) – Iraqi Kurdish President Masoud Barzani departed office on Wednesday, leaving his nephew to reconcile with the central government in Baghdad, with regional neighbors and with rival Kurdish parties after a failed referendum on inde…
New Turkish party could cost Erdogan support, dislodge main opposition: poll
ANKARA(Reuters) – A new Turkish political party founded by a former minister and vocal critic of Tayyip Erdogan could cost the president crucial support and potentially unseat the main opposition, a poll suggested on Wednesday.
Russia’s Putin arrives in Iran to discuss Syria, nuclear deal: Iranian TV
TEHRAN (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived in Iran on Wednesday to meet with top leaders as tension between Tehran and Washington mounts over a 2015 nuclear deal between Iran and six major powers.
Ousted Catalan leader unlikely to return to Spain to testify: lawyer
MADRID (Reuters) – A lawyer for dismissed Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont, who is due to appear in a Spanish court this week to answer charges relating to Catalonia’s push for independence, said he was not expected to return to Spain soon.
Saudi-led air strike kills 26 people in Yemen: medics
DUBAI (Reuters) – An air strike by a Saudi-led military coalition killed 26 people at a hotel and an adjoining market in Yemen’s northern Saadah province on Wednesday, according to medics and a Reuters witness at the scene.
Philippines arrests Indonesian pro-Islamist militant in Marawi
MANILA (Reuters) – Philippine security forces on Wednesday arrested an Indonesian national suspected to be among the pro-Islamist militants who seized control of parts of the southern city of Marawi in May, military and police officials said.
