Jordan shoots dead five approaching its borders from Syria
AMMAN (Reuters) – Jordan’s army said on Sunday its border guards killed five people who were approaching its frontier from Tanf, a Syrian desert town where U.S. special forces training rebels are based.
Israeli PM calls for dismantling of U.N. Palestinian refugee agency
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called on Sunday for the dismantling of the U.N. agency that aids millions of Palestinian refugees, accusing it of anti-Israeli incitement and saying he had conveyed his message to the U.S…
Pakistan scrambles to protect China’s ‘Silk Road’ pioneers
ISLAMABAD/PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) – Chastened by the Islamic State’s claim to have killed two kidnapped Chinese teachers, Pakistan is beefing up security around Chinese citizens streaming into the country on the back of Beijing’s “Belt and Road” i…
Philippines’ Duterte not aware of U.S. support against Islamists in Marawi
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, Philippines (Reuters) – Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte said on Sunday he was not aware the U.S. government was providing assistance to government troops in its battle against Islamist militants in a southern city.
In Jerusalem’s Old City, Palestinians recall 1967 uprooting
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Days after capturing Jerusalem’s Old City in a 1967 war, Israel razed the Moroccan Quarter, a ramshackle neighborhood of Palestinian homes in front of the Western Wall, aiming to create an open space for Jews to pray at one of the…
Gaddafi son Saif freed in Libya, whereabouts unclear: lawyer
BENGHAZI, Libya (Reuters) – Saif al-Islam Gaddafi has been freed by an armed group in western Libya where he was being held following the 2011 revolt against his late father, former leader Muammar Gaddafi, one of his lawyers and the brigade involved sa…
Netanyahu wins libel case over claim wife kicked him out of car
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife Sara won a libel suit on Sunday against an Israeli journalist who claimed that she once kicked her husband out of their car during an argument.
South Korea names new defense minister to counter North’s arms threat
SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea’s President Moon Jae-in on Sunday nominated a former navy chief as his defense minister, the president’s office said, as the government faces challenges tackling North Korea’s rapidly developing weapons program.
Britain’s May brings back foe, aiming to unite party before Brexit
LONDON (Reuters) – Prime Minister Theresa May reappointed most of her ministers on Sunday but brought a Brexit campaigner and party rival into government to try to unite her Conservatives after a disastrous election sapped her authority, days before Br…
U.S., Turkey discuss Qatar row, Syria on phone call: sources
ANKARA (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and Turkish counterpart Mevlut Cavusoglu discussed developments in Syria and in the row between Qatar and its fellow Arab states on a phone call late on Saturday, Turkish foreign ministry sources…
