Nigeria’s Buhari needs further rest as is deputy launches action plan
ABUJA (Reuters) – Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari needs further rest in Britain following medical tests but there is no need to worry about him, his spokesman said on Tuesday, as his deputy launched a 60-day plan to improve the recession-mired econ…
Iraqi forces fighting Islamic State set to storm airport, clear way to western Mosul
SOUTH OF MOSUL, Iraq/BAGHDAD (Reuters) – U.S.-backed Iraqi forces closing in on the Islamic State-held western half of Mosul prepared on Tuesday to storm the airport and a nearby military base on its southern outskirts to create a bridgehead for a thru…
Ukrainian MP plans to travel to Washington to push peace plan
KIEV (Reuters) – A Ukrainian lawmaker who proposed an alternative plan for peace with Russian-backed separatists to U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration told Reuters on Tuesday he plans to travel to Washington to present the proposal publicly.
Malaysia says still to establish what killed North Korean
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – Malaysian authorities said on Tuesday they had still to establish what was used to kill the estranged half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, and the body had not been formally identified as no next of kin have come fo…
Seeking to secure Sinai, Egypt builds closer ties with Hamas
CAIRO/GAZA (Reuters) – After years of strained relations, Egypt is moving closer to Hamas in Gaza, offering concessions on trade and free movement in return for moves to secure the border against Islamic State fighters who have killed hundreds of polic…
Iran Supreme Leader calls on Palestinians to pursue intifada against Israel
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Iran’s Supreme Leader called on Palestinians on Tuesday to pursue an uprising against Israel, suggesting the Israeli government was a “cancerous tumor” that should be confronted until Palestinians were completely liberated.
Israeli soldier gets 18 months’ jail for killing wounded Palestinian attacker
TEL AVIV (Reuters) – A young Israeli soldier who killed a wounded and incapacitated Palestinian assailant was sentenced to 18 months’ imprisonment on Tuesday, in a show of leniency that drew Palestinian outrage after one of the most divisive trials in …
France denies working on proposal to ease EU deportation rules
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – France denies involvement in drafting any suggestions for easing EU human rights safeguards to make it easier to deport asylum seekers, a spokesman for the French mission to the European Union said on Tuesday.
Italy freezes assets of banker accused of using Vatican for market rigging
ROME (Reuters) – Investigating magistrates in Italy on Tuesday froze millions of euros worth of assets belonging to a prominent Italian banker they believe used the Vatican bank and another Holy See financial department for market manipulation.
Exclusive: Myanmar probing police ‘cover-up’ of deaths of two Rohingya Muslims
YANGON (Reuters) – Myanmar’s army-controlled home ministry is investigating a cover-up by the country’s border force of the deaths in custody of two Rohingya Muslims in troubled Rakhine State, according to a police report reviewed by Reuters and interv…
