Trump ends CIA arms support for anti-Assad Syria rebels: U.S. officials
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Trump administration has decided to halt the CIA’s covert program to equip and train certain rebel groups fighting the government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, two U.S. officials said, a move sought by Assad ally Russi…
Israel’s Netanyahu confident German submarines deal will be signed
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday said he believed that a $2 billion submarine deal with Germany will be signed after a police investigation into corruption allegations in the affair is completed.
Venezuelan business leader slams Maduro’s congress plan
MARACAIBO, Venezuela (Reuters) – Venezuela’s severe economic crisis will worsen if President Nicolas Maduro presses ahead with a controversial new congress that would further undermine investor confidence in the OPEC nation, the head of the country’s b…
Egypt’s poorest risk death for promise of work in Libya
TARFA AL-KOM, Egypt (Reuters) – In a bare room with nothing but a small pillow, a few pots, and a sheet to cover the dusty floor, Youssef Abdullah’s family was living in an impoverished Upper Egyptian village when they were told he died in the Libyan d…
Nigeria bolsters security in northern state of Kaduna amid violence
ABUJA (Reuters) – Nigeria is to deploy troops and police to reduce violence in the northern state of Kaduna, the acting president’s spokesman said on Wednesday, as ethnically charged violence pressures a government already fighting Boko Haram in the no…
‘Shame on you’: survivors of tower block fire berate London council
LONDON (Reuters) – Furious survivors of the London tower block fire that killed at least 80 people booed the new leader of the local authority during chaotic scenes on Wednesday at the council’s first meeting since the blaze.
Trump is new breed of ‘authoritarian populist’: rights watchdog
GENEVA (Reuters) – Donald Trump is one of a new breed of leaders around the world who seek to use their democratic mandate to undermine the rule of law, the head of a legal and human rights watchdog said on Wednesday.
U.N. says world needs to know about Yemen, journalists need access
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The United Nations on Wednesday demanded media access to report on the “man-made catastrophe” in Yemen after a Saudi Arabia-led coalition blocked three foreign journalists from traveling on a U.N. aid flight to the Houthi reb…
After long Benghazi campaign, Libyan commander eyes capital
TUNIS (Reuters) – Buoyed by the end of a long military campaign in Benghazi and new signs of foreign support, Libyan commander Khalifa Haftar has been signaling his intent to extend his power to the capital, Tripoli.
Unable to go home, Russian who fought for IS settles in Ukraine
MOSCOW (Reuters) – When Islamic State fighter Marat Nurmagomedov escaped from Syria to Turkey after becoming disillusioned with the militant group, he was unable to return home to Russia for fear of arrest.
