Unveiling new Libya plan, U.N. sees opportunity for peace
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The United Nations launched a roadmap on Wednesday for a renewed international effort to break a political stalemate in Libya and end the turmoil that followed the country’s 2011 uprising.
Anti-immigrant AfD alarms German Jews as election looms
FRANKFURT/BERLIN (Reuters) – Salomea Genin, an 85-year-old Jewish Berliner who fled the Nazis as a child, says she would flee Germany a second time if the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) ever took power.
Hurricane Maria hammers Puerto Rico, causes wide destruction
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (Reuters) – Hurricane Maria rampaged across Puerto Rico on Wednesday as the strongest storm to hit the U.S. territory in nearly 90 years, causing major flooding, damaging homes and knocking out power to the whole island after kil…
Rescuers get closer to trapped girl as Mexico quake toll passes 220
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Rescuers toiled to wrest a young girl from the rubble of a partially collapsed school in Mexico City on Wednesday, offering a small glimmer of hope more than a day after a devastating earthquake killed at least 224 people.
Afghan president says Trump war plan has better chance than Obama’s
(Reuters) – Afghan President Ashraf Ghani said on Wednesday that U.S. President Donald Trump’s strategy to win the war in Afghanistan will work where his predecessor’s failed because the Afghan army is stronger and Trump wants a regional approach and a…
Iran says it will not be the first to violate nuclear deal
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – Iran vowed on Wednesday not to be the first nation to violate the Iran nuclear deal and said it did not expect the United States to abandon it despite President Donald Trump’s fierce criticism.
Abbas: U.N. must try to end Israeli occupation ‘within set timeframe’
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas called on the United Nations on Wednesday to pursue efforts to “bring an end to Israeli occupation of the state of Palestine within a set timeframe.”
Trump urges ‘strong and swift’ U.N. action to end Rohingya crisis
UNITED NATIONS/COX’S BAZAR, Bangladesh (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump wants the United Nations Security Council to take “strong and swift action” to end violence against Myanmar’s Rohingya Muslims, Vice President Mike Pence said on Wednesday, …
Hurricane Maria blasts Puerto Rico, kills at least nine in Caribbean
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (Reuters) – Hurricane Maria slammed into Puerto Rico on Wednesday as the strongest storm to hit the U.S. territory in nearly 90 years, turning streets into debris-laden rivers, damaging buildings and cutting power, after killing …
Inspired by ‘blasphemy killer’, new Pakistani party eyes 2018 vote
LAHORE, Pakistan (Reuters) – The head of a new Pakistani Islamist party that lionizes the killer of a provincial governor said it would take its rallying cry of “death to blasphemers” to next year’s general election, after its surprisingly strong showi…
