Agencies dither over who leads A380 engine explosion probe
PARIS/TORONTO (Reuters) – Air accident investigators from both sides of the Atlantic have been struggling to decide who should lead a probe into an engine explosion that forced an Air France A380 to make an emergency landing in Canada, people familiar …
Palestinian prime minister visits Gaza in move to reconcile with Hamas
GAZA (Reuters) – The West Bank-based Palestinian prime minister crossed into the Gaza Strip on Monday in a move towards reconciliation between the mainstream Fatah party and Hamas, a decade after the Islamist group seized the territory in a civil war.
U.S. will only talk to North Korea about freeing U.S. citizens: White House
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Trump administration will not hold any talks with North Korea at this time, except for possible conversations about freeing U.S. citizens who have been detained there, the White House said on Monday.
State crackdown fuels independence push in Anglophone Cameroon
DAKAR (Reuters) – A once-fringe separatist movement in Cameroon’s Anglophone regions is gaining ground after a year of state repression that has undermined moderate voices and raised concerns the majority French-speaking nation may face a prolonged per…
Iran sends tanks to border with Iraq’s Kurdish region, Kurdish official says
ERBIL, Iraq (Reuters) – Iran deployed a dozen tanks supported by artillery at its border with Iraq’s autonomous Kurdish region on Monday, a Kurdish official said, adding that the move was a dangerous escalation in the crisis triggered by Iraqi Kurdista…
Putin critic Navalny jailed for 20 days: spokeswoman
MOSCOW (Reuters) – A court sentenced Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny to 20 days in jail on Monday on charges of repeatedly violating laws governing the organization of public meetings and rallies, his spokeswoman said.
Boris and Brexit sour British PM Theresa May’s party in Manchester
MANCHESTER, England (Reuters) – Besides her own diminished authority, Prime Minister Theresa May has been forced to contend with two major distractions in Manchester that threaten to rip her ruling Conservative Party apart: Brexit and her ambitious for…
Civilians among dozens of casualties from clashes in Libyan smuggling hub
TRIPOLI (Reuters) – At least five civilians were killed and 12 others wounded among dozens of casualties in recent fighting in the Libyan migrant smuggling hub of Sabratha, the United Nations said on Monday.
Iraqi forces seize air base from Islamic state near Hawija
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Iraqi forces and Shi’ite paramilitaries captured an air base from Islamic State on Monday, the army said, gaining a strategic foothold in the north of the country as they push toward the town of Hawija.
Trial of alleged ringleader of Benghazi attack begins in Washington
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Federal prosecutors opened their case against Ahmed Abu Khatallah on Monday by telling jurors he orchestrated the 2012 attack on a U.S. diplomatic compound in Benghazi, Libya, that killed U.S. Ambassador Christopher Stevens and t…
