Russia sends 175 de-miners to Syria’s Deir al-Zor: Interfax
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia is to send 175 de-mining engineers to defuse mines in Syria’s Deir al-Zor, Interfax news agency quoted Russia’s Defence Ministry as saying on Monday.
North Korea warns U.S. over sanctions push ahead of U.N. vote
SEOUL/UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – North Korea warned the United States on Monday that it would pay a “due price” for spearheading efforts for fresh sanctions on the regime following its latest nuclear test, which diplomats say the U.N. Security Council …
Powerful hurricanes to fuel demands from island nations at climate talks
WASHINGTON/OSLO (Reuters) – Devastation from Hurricane Irma in the Caribbean will sharpen the demands from small island nations that top fossil-fuel consumers help them cope with damage attributable to climate change, according to representatives of so…
Cambodian leader threatens ban on opposition party
PHNOM PENH (Reuters) – Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen threatened on Monday that the main opposition party would be dissolved if it continues to back detained leader Kem Sokha, who has been charged with treason over an alleged plot to gain power with …
Weakening but still potent Irma aims full force at Florida’s Gulf Coast
FORT MYERS, Fla./MIAMI (Reuters) – A weakening but still potent Hurricane Irma lashed Florida’s Gulf Coast on Sunday with tree-bending winds, pounding rain and surging surf, leaving millions of homes without power, while flooding streets and swaying sk…
Exclusive: Iraq holding 1,400 foreign wives, children of suspected Islamic State fighters
SOUTH OF MOSUL, Iraq (Reuters) – Iraqi authorities are holding 1,400 foreign wives and children of suspected Islamic State fighters after government forces expelled the jihadist group from one of its last remaining strongholds in Iraq, security and aid…
Cambodia’s parliament votes to prosecute opposition leader
PHNOM PENH (Reuters) – Cambodia’s parliament voted on Monday to allow the prosecution of opposition leader Kem Sokha on treason charges that have been criticized by Western countries and are dismissed by his party as nonsense.
North Korea warns U.S. will pay due price for spearheading U.N. sanctions
SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korea warned on Monday the United States would pay a “due price” for spearheading a U.N. Security Council resolution against its latest nuclear test, as Washington presses for a vote on a draft resolution imposing more sanctions…
Norwegians to vote in final day of cliffhanger election for parliament
OSLO (Reuters) – Norwegians will go to the polls for a final day of voting on Monday in a parliamentary election that remains too close to call between Prime Minister Erna Solberg’s center-right bloc and the center-left opposition headed by the Labour …
Saudi Arabia arrests prominent cleric: social media
DUBAI (Reuters) – A prominent Saudi religious leader has been arrested, according to social media postings on Sunday, in what appears to be a crackdown on Islamists seen as critics of the conservative kingdom’s absolute rulers.
