Exclusive: Death certificate offers clues on Russian casualties in Syria
MOSCOW (Reuters) – An official document seen by Reuters shows that at least 131 Russian citizens died in Syria in the first nine months of this year, a number that relatives, friends and local officials say included private military contractors.
After Iran shock, nervous Europe girds for next Trump salvo
BERLIN (Reuters) – Following Donald Trump’s decision to decertify the Iran nuclear deal this month, shaken European capitals are asking themselves what the U.S. president will do next.
Exclusive: Energy, not tech or finance, in CEO line-up for Trump’s China visit
BEIJING (Reuters) – U.S. energy and commodities firms will make up a major part of a business delegation visiting Beijing at the same time as U.S. President Donald Trump goes to China in November, according to an initial list seen by Reuters.
U.S. says Congo must hold long-delayed election by end of 2018
KINSHASA (Reuters) – Democratic Republic of Congo must hold a long-delayed election to replace President Joseph Kabila by the end of next year or the vote will lose international support, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations said on Friday.
Blast hits train in Pakistan’s Baluchistan; at least six hurt
QUETTA, Pakistan (Reuters) – At least six people were wounded on Friday when a bomb went off along railway tracks in southwestern Pakistan, halting train service in the region, security and railways officials said.
Equatorial Guinea leader’s son found guilty of embezzlement by French court
PARIS (Reuters) – Millions of euros of assets belonging to the son of Equatorial Guinea’s president were ordered to be seized by a French court that found him guilty in absentia on Friday of using money plundered from his country to buy property and lu…
Myanmar gives green light to resume food aid to Rakhine, says U.N.
GENEVA (Reuters) – Myanmar authorities have agreed to allow the United Nations to resume distribution of food in northern Rakhine state which was suspended for two months, the World Food Programme (WFP) said on Friday.
Russia undermining action against chemical weapons, says UK, citing Syria ‘cover up’
LONDON (Reuters) – British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson on Friday accused Russia of trying to hide the use of sarin gas by Syrian president Bashar al-Assad’s government, and said Moscow’s behavior was undermining the consensus against chemical weapo…
Mattis talks diplomacy on North Korea ahead of Trump’s Asia tour
PANMUNJOM, South Korea (Reuters) – U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis emphasized diplomatic efforts to resolve the North Korean missile and nuclear crisis as he stood at the tense and heavily fortified border between North and South on Friday, saying: “…
As Mattis peers into North Korea, he gets warning on artillery
DEMILITARIZED ZONE, South Korea (Reuters) – As U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis peered into North Korea from a lookout post on Friday, he was given a blunt reminder by his South Korean counterpart of the vast amount of North Korean artillery within ra…
