Mongolia names biker enthusiast PM, kick-starting IMF rescue package
ULAANBAATAR (Reuters) – Mongolia’s parliament confirmed the nomination of motorbike enthusiast Ukhnaa Khurelsukh as prime minister on Wednesday, putting the country back on track to receive funds from a $5.5 billion IMF economic rescue package.
Europe will do everything to preserve Iran nuclear deal: EU
ZURICH (Reuters) – European countries will do their utmost to preserve a deal limiting Iran’s nuclear program despite misgivings by U.S. President Donald Trump, a senior European Union diplomat said on Wednesday.
Majority of Germans want Merkel’s conservatives, FDP, Greens to form govt
BERLIN (Reuters) – More than half of Germans, 57 percent, want a three-way coalition between Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservatives, the pro-business Free Democrats (FDP) and Greens to govern their country, a Forsa survey for Stern magazine showed on…
Bomb blast in southeast Turkey kills three soldiers, wounds five: Hurriyet
DIYARBAKIR, Turkey (Reuters) – A bomb detonated by Kurdish militants killed three soldiers and wounded five more in southeast Turkey near the border with Iran, the Hurriyet news website said on Wednesday.
Trump, Japan PM Abe to hold phone talks Wednesday: source
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will hold phone talks with U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday to convey his condolences after the mass shooting in Las Vegas and to discuss North Korea’s weapons programs, a Japanese government…
Russia says its air strike injures Nusra Front leader, kills 12 field commanders
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia’s Defense Ministry said on Wednesday that a Russian air strike in Syria had killed 12 Nusra Front field commanders and seriously injured the group’s leader.
Aid groups seek $434 million for Rohingya crisis for next six months
COX’S BAZAR, Bangladesh (Reuters) – Humanitarian organizations helping Rohingya Muslim refugees in Bangladesh said on Wednesday they need $434 million over the next six months to help up to 1.2 million people, most of them children, in dire need of lif…
Bombardier dispute risks Northern Irish peace, Ireland to tell U.S.
DUBLIN (Reuters) – Ireland’s foreign minister will raise Dublin’s concerns over the impact a trade dispute between the United States and Canada’s Bombardier could have on Northern Ireland’s peace process when he meets Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross thi…
U.S. expels 15 Cuban diplomats, fuelling tensions with Havana
WASHINGTON/HAVANA (Reuters) – The Trump administration on Tuesday expelled 15 Cuban diplomats to protest Cuba’s failure to protect staff at the U.S. embassy in Havana from a mysterious spate of health “attacks,” spurring new tensions between the former…
Britain’s Boris Johnson jokes about dead bodies in Libya
MANCHESTER, England (Reuters) – British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson quipped on Tuesday that Libya can become a new Dubai if it can clear the dead bodies away, the latest gaffe by Britain’s top diplomat.
