EU leaders to back closer defense ties, Paris climate accord – summit draft
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – European Union leaders meeting next week will agree to boost cooperation in the areas of security and defense and express support for global trade and the Paris agreement on fighting climate change, according to a draft joint stat…
Syrian doctors plead for help, fearing the world is ‘bored’ with their conflict
PARIS (Reuters) – A group of Syrian doctors based in rebel-held provinces said on Tuesday that aid had dropped markedly over the last two months because donors were losing interest, a factor that will make it harder for them to handle government assaul…
Trump to resume precision munitions deliveries to Saudis: officials
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Trump administration notified Congress last week that it soon planned to begin delivering precision-guided munitions to Saudi Arabia under a 2015 weapons deal, congressional officials said on Tuesday.
South Africans angered by rail delays burn carriages in Cape Town
CAPE TOWN (Reuters) – Angry South African commuters have set fire to train carriages, attacked shops and overturned vehicles in Cape Town’s main train station after hours of delays to services.
South Africa’s Gigaba says Gupta family were granted citizenship lawfully
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – South Africa’s Finance Minister Malusi Gigaba on Tuesday denied unlawfully granting citizenship to five members of the wealthy Gupta family, who are friends of President Jacob Zuma, during his time as minister of home affairs.
Romanian prosecutors send former president to trial over 1990 riots
BUCHAREST (Reuters) – Romania’s military prosecutors sent former president Ion Iliescu and former prime minister Petre Roman to trial on Tuesday on charges of crimes against humanity over violent clashes in Bucharest in 1990.
U.S. strikes against pro-Syrian government forces in self-defense: Mattis
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said on Tuesday that recent strikes against pro-Syrian government forces in the past few weeks had been in self-defense and the United States would take all measures to protect its forces in Syri…
In Russia, state TV and the Internet tell a tale of two protests
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Some of the biggest anti-Kremlin protests in years swept across Russia on Monday with over 1,000 people detained by the police ahead of a presidential election next year. But anyone relying on state TV would have concluded they were …
‘It’s like on TV’: rookie Macron lawmaker makes debut in French parliament
PARIS (Reuters) – A young tech entrepreneur on Tuesday became the first of an army of rookie lawmakers loyal to President Emmanuel Macron to enter parliament, receiving his beginner’s toolkit as he walked through its majestic doors.
Syrian army advances west of Raqqa: Hezbollah military media unit
BEIRUT (Reuters) – The Syrian army has made a sudden advance against Islamic State in the desert area west of Raqqa, a military media unit run by its ally Hezbollah said on Tuesday.
