Ankara mayor quits in Erdogan purge of local government
ANKARA (Reuters) – The mayor of Ankara said on Monday he will step down this week, the fifth mayor from the ruling party to quit in recent weeks in the face of demands for a purge of local politics by President Tayyip Erdogan.
Tillerson arrives in Iraq after rebuke from Baghdad over paramilitaries
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson arrived on Monday in Iraq, hours after the government rebuked him for calling on it to send home Iranian-backed paramilitary units that helped defeat Islamic State and capture the Kurdish-held c…
U.N. says Sri Lanka’s delay in post-war reconciliation involves risks
COLOMBO (Reuters) – Long delays in Sri Lanka’s post-war reconciliation is not without cost, and its government should implement measures to resolve outstanding issues, the United Nations said on Monday.
Rwandan leader’s would-be rival Rwigara and her mother denied bail
KIGALI (Reuters) – A Rwandan court denied bail on Monday to a vocal critic of President Paul Kagame who was barred from running against him in an August election and later jailed on charges of incitement and forgery that are widely seen as politically …
U.S. needs to work with others on North Korea crisis: Singapore PM
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said on Monday he outlined for President Donald Trump his country’s efforts to pressure North Korea over its nuclear program but also advised the U.S. leader to use talks to help resolve t…
Slain sergeant’s widow says Trump call ‘made me cry even worse’
, (Reuters) – The widow of a U.S. Army sergeant killed in Niger this month said on Monday that President Donald Trump had “made me cry even worse” in a condolence telephone call when he said her husband “knew what he signed up for.”
New school offers education ‘salvation’ for Syrian girls in Lebanon
BAR ELIAS, Lebanon (Reuters) – A new girls’ school for Syrian refugees in Lebanon’s poor Bekaa region is aiming to give girls from conservative backgrounds the chance at a formal education.
Iraq rejects U.S. call for Iran-backed forces to end operations
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – The Iraqi government dismissed a call from U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson for Iranian-backed paramilitary units that helped Baghdad defeat Islamic State and capture the Kurdish-held city of Kirkuk to end operations in Iraq.
As Tillerson heads to Pakistan, Islamabad wary of deepening U.S.-India ties
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – As U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson heads to Pakistan on Tuesday to pressure Islamabad to act over militants targeting Afghanistan from its soil, anxious Pakistanis may be equally interested in dissuading Washington’s deepeni…
Trump to press China on North Korea, trade on Beijing visit
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump will urge President Xi Jinping to make good on his commitments to pressure North Korea when he visits China next month, a senior White House official said on Monday, stepping up a strategy to have Beij…
