Afghan officials seek clues on Trump as adviser heads to Kabul
KABUL (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump is dispatching his first high-level delegation to Afghanistan to begin to formulate a strategy for a war that has entangled NATO forces for more than 15 years and continues to inflict heavy casualties on lo…
Hungary’s Orban eyes 2018 election with ‘anti-Soros’ university law
BUDAPEST (Reuters) – Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orban is gambling that a new law targeting a top Budapest university will help shore up his core support ahead of next year’s election, but the scale of protests it has prompted suggests he may have …
Syria’s Assad says Idlib chemical attack ‘fabrication’ – AFP interview
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said an alleged poison gas attack blamed on his government last week in Idlib province was “100 percent fabrication” used to justify a U.S. air strike, news agency AFP reported on Thursday.
Trump says ‘things will work out fine’ between U.S. and Russia
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday “things will work out fine” between the United States and Russia, a day after he said U.S.-Russian relations may be at an all-time low.
Woken up before 5 a.m. to see North Korea’s leader, five hours later
PYONGYANG (Reuters) – It’s unusual being a foreign correspondent in North Korea, as a team from Reuters, among scores of journalists visiting the reclusive state, found out on Thursday.
U.S.-led coalition mistakenly kills 18 militia allies in Syria, says Pentagon
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A U.S.-led air strike mistakenly killed 18 members of a Kurdish and Arab militia backed by Washington south of the Syrian city of Tabqa, the Pentagon said on Thursday.
Poland wants option to detain migrants in camps: minister
WARSAW (Reuters) – Poland is working on regulations that would allow it to detain asylum seekers in border camps, the interior minister said on Thursday, arguing such a policy has served Hungary well despite it being criticized by the United Nations.
Victims of Turkey purges fear heavier crackdown after referendum
DIYARBAKIR/ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Mehtap Yoruk used to teach in a nursery school in southeast Turkey, until she was sacked last year in a purge of tens of thousands of state employees. Now, she ekes out a living selling chicken and rice from a food cart …
Syria says U.S. strike hit IS poison gas depot, killed hundreds; U.S. denies
BEIRUT (Reuters) – The Syrian army said an air strike late on Wednesday by the U.S.-led coalition hit poison gas supplies belonging to Islamic State, releasing a toxic substance that killed “hundreds”, but the coalition denied carrying out raids in the…
Exclusive: Poland hopes to secure Trump visit in July – Polish sources
WARSAW (Reuters) – Poland hopes to host U.S. President Donald Trump for a short visit in July and its foreign minister will discuss the plan during a trip to Washington next week, Polish government sources told Reuters.
