China police warn against illegal gatherings after rare Beijing protest
BEIJING (Reuters) – Police in the Chinese capital have warned against illegal gatherings after they shut down part of a major road when demonstrators gathered to stage a rare protest in Beijing, complaining the government was unfairly targeting a chari…
UK’s Boris Johnson plays down Conservative rift, NZ near top of trade deal queue
WELLINGTON (Reuters) – Britain’s Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson on Tuesday appeared to deny there was any infighting within the governing Conservative party during a visit to New Zealand, where he said the country was near the top of the queue for a t…
Arab states add groups, people to terror lists in Qatar row
DUBAI (Reuters) – Four Arab countries have added 18 more groups and individuals that they say are linked to Qatar to their “terrorist” lists, Saudi state news agency SPA reported on Tuesday, further escalating a row with Doha that has stoked regional t…
Israel removes Jerusalem metal detectors, Palestinians reject new measures
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel removed metal detectors from entrances to the Aqsa mosque compound in Jerusalem’s Old City on Tuesday in favor of CCTV cameras, hoping to calm days of bloodshed, but Palestinians said the modified security measures were sti…
Mattis bristles at Pentagon waste of $28 million on Afghan uniforms
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis has criticized Pentagon officials for wasting as much as $28 million by making a questionable choice of forest camouflage-patterned uniforms for Afghan National Army soldiers.
Egypt’s Sisi vows to keep up Qatar blockade
CAIRO (Reuters) – Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi said on Monday his government would keep up a blockade of Qatar by four Arab states over charges it supports terrorism, in defiance of international efforts to end the crisis.
Kenyan president fails to show up for election debate
NAIROBI (Reuters) – Kenyan opposition presidential candidate Raila Odinga on Monday fielded questions alone on stage after his rival, President Uhuru Kenyatta, failed to show up for a debate between the two.
Italian state plan for Colosseum gets thumbs-up after court fight
ROME (Reuters) – Italy’s top administrative court awarded victory to the government in a dispute over the management of the Colosseum amphitheatre on Monday, rejecting objections from Rome’s anti-establishment mayor.
U.N. warns of escalation if no Jerusalem mosque solution by Friday
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – United Nations Middle East envoy Nickolay Mladenov warned on Monday that a solution was needed by Friday to the Jerusalem mosque crisis, which he said threatens to have “potential catastrophic costs well beyond the walls of t…
France’s Macron confirms aid targets in meeting with U2’s Bono
PARIS (Reuters) – French President Emmanuel Macron has told U2 frontman Bono that France will respect its commitment to boost development aid, Bono told reporters after meeting Macron in Paris.
