Turkey orders arrest of 85 ministry staff in post-coup probe: CNN Turk
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkey ordered the arrest of 85 energy and education ministry staff in an investigation targeting the network of a U.S.-based cleric whom Ankara accuses of orchestrating last July’s attempted coup, broadcaster CNN Turk reported on …
Asylum seekers in Papua New Guinea fear they will be put at risk by relocation
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Papua New Guinea’s decision to relocate hundreds of men held in an Australian-run detention center to a nearby town soon exposes them to violence and inadequate medical care, asylum seekers and human rights groups said on Tuesday.
Afghan forces retake district near northern city of Kunduz
KABUL (Reuters) – Afghan security forces have regained control of a district center close to the northern city of Kunduz that fell to Taliban insurgents earlier this month, officials said on Tuesday.
Homes of Indian ex-finance minister, son searched in criminal probe
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India’s Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) searched the homes of former finance minister P. Chidambaram and his son on Tuesday, in a probe into suspected criminal misconduct related to approvals of investment deals.
Thailand has no immediate plan to suspend Facebook, regulator says
BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thailand has no immediate plan to block access to Facebook , the telecoms regulator said on Tuesday, as it expects the social media giant to comply with court orders for the removal of content deemed to threaten national security.
Two-state solution must be basis for any Trump peace effort: Palestinian envoy
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Just days ahead of President Donald Trump’s Middle East trip, the Palestinian envoy to the United States said any new Israeli-Palestinian peace push must be based on a two-state solution but that the U.S. administration had yet to present an actual plan for reviving negotiations.
Foreign diplomacy realities may impede Macron’s European ambitions
PARIS (Reuters) – When Emmanuel Macron rode down the Champs Elysees after his inauguration in a military jeep and not the customary limousine, France’s youngest postwar president sent a message that on his watch Paris will be strong and determined in i…
Trump revealed intelligence secrets to Russians in Oval Office: officials
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump disclosed highly classified information to Russia’s foreign minister about a planned Islamic State operation, two U.S. officials said on Monday, plunging the White House into another controversy just months…
Israel wants White House to explain U.S. official’s Western Wall comment
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel wants the White House to explain why a U.S. diplomat preparing President Donald Trump’s visit to Jerusalem said Judaism’s Holy Western Wall in its Old City is part of the Israeli-occupied West Bank, an Israeli official said…
New U.S. trade envoy says to meet lawmakers on NAFTA, attend APEC meet
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – New U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer started work on Monday, vowing to help reverse a “dangerous trajectory” of U.S. trade and making plans to meet with lawmakers over the NAFTA trade deal and attend a Pacific trade mi…
