Lebanese army says Islamic State leader killed, 10 arrested near border
BEIRUT (Reuters) – A local Islamic State leader was killed on Saturday during a dawn raid by the Lebanese army in which troops arrested 10 suspected militants who had entered a northeastern border town from Syria, the army said.
Vietnam land protesters free final hostages after city official visits
HANOI (Reuters) – Protesters involved in a land dispute near Vietnam’s capital, Hanoi, released the final 20 officials they had been holding as hostages for almost a week after a visit by a senior city official, Reuters witnesses said on Saturday.
Hundreds more join Mosul exodus as Iraqi forces retake two more western districts
MOSUL, Iraq (Reuters) – Pushing carts loaded with bags, babies and the elderly, hundreds of people fled Mosul on Saturday after Iraqi forces retook two more districts in the west of the city from Islamic State.
Peaceful outcome for Korean peninsula still possible: Pence
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Denuclearisation of the Korean peninsula can still be achieved peacefully because of Washington’s new engagement with China, U.S. Vice President Mike Pence said on Saturday, despite growing fears North Korea could soon conduct a new …
Mourning declared after scores of troops die in Afghan base attack
MAZAR-I-SHARIF/KABUL, Afghanistan (Reuters) – President Ashraf Ghani declared a national day of mourning after scores of soldiers were killed by Taliban fighters disguised as fellow soldiers, in the deadliest attack of its kind on an Afghan military ba…
Pence says United States will honor refugee deal with Australia
SYDNEY (Reuters) – U.S. Vice President Mike Pence said on Saturday the United States would honor a controversial refugee deal with Australia, under which the United States would resettle up to 1,250 asylum seekers, a deal President Donald Trump had des…
Panama grants bail to Mossack Fonseca founders in Brazil corruption case
PANAMA CITY (Reuters) – A Panamanian court has granted bail to the two founders of Mossack Fonseca, the law firm at the center of the Panama Papers scandal, in a case allegedly tied to a sprawling corruption scandal in Brazil.
Russia complains to U.S. over exclusion from Syria chemical probe
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia has told the United States it regrets Washington’s opposition to letting its inspectors take part in an investigation into a chemical weapons attack in Syria earlier this month, the foreign ministry said on Friday.
Russian state news organization criticizes Reuters article about Kremlin-backed meddling in U.S. election
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian state news organization Rossiya Segodnya said on Friday it objected to a Reuters article it said had falsely claimed that Kremlin-backed media had tried to influence the 2016 U.S. election.
Ukraine not worried relations with U.S. fraying in Trump era
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States has strongly signaled it will continue to support Ukraine, Finance Minister Oleksandr Danylyuk said on Friday, adding that the war-torn country had a “good, pragmatic” relationship with Washington.
