U.S., EU meet on aviation security as Europe braces for laptop ban
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – U.S. and EU officials meet in Washington this week for further talks on aviation security, as the EU braces for an extension of a cabin ban on large electronic devices to U.S.-bound flights from Europe.
North Korea, if left unchecked, on ‘inevitable’ path to nuclear ICBM: U.S.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – North Korea, if left unchecked, is on an “inevitable” path to obtaining a nuclear-armed missile capable of striking the United States, Defense Intelligence Agency Director Lieutenant General Vincent Stewart told a Senate hearing …
Three dead in clashes between police and ex-rebels in Ivory Coast
ABIDJAN (Reuters) – Three demobilized ex-rebel fighters were killed in Ivory Coast’s second-biggest city of Bouake on Tuesday, as they clashed with police attempting to end their protest over bonus payments, a policeman and a spokesman for the former f…
War crimes suspect Mladic appeals for release on medical grounds
The Hague (Reuters) – Former Bosnian Serb military leader Ratko Mladic, who is awaiting a verdict on genocide charges for his role in the Bosnian war, has filed an appeal against a U.N. court’s refusal to send him to Russia for medical treatment, court…
New bridge reunites Mosul as Iraqi forces gear up for final assault
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Iraqi military engineers installed a new floating bridge across the Tigris river on Wednesday, reconnecting the two halves of Mosul to facilitate troop deployments ahead of a final assault to dislodge Islamic State.
NATO’s feel-good meeting aims to impress Trump
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Ribbon-cutting, jets overhead and a dinner in a new, billion-dollar headquarters: Donald Trump’s first meeting at NATO on Thursday is choreographed to impress a U.S. president who called the Western alliance “obsolete”.
If Kushner has a Mideast peace plan, it’s a secret so far
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – If Jared Kushner has a plan to solve the Arab-Israeli conflict, so far he’s giving little away. In the four months since President Donald Trump took office and gave his 36-year-old son-in-law the job of forging peace between Israe…
Trump calls Nazi Holocaust ‘history’s darkest hour’
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump paid tribute at Israel’s Yad Vashem memorial on Tuesday to the six million Jews killed in the Nazi Holocaust, calling it an indescribable act of evil.
Brazil police arrest presidential aide in World Cup probe
BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazilian police on Tuesday said that they arrested a presidential aide and two ex-governors as part of an investigation into the 2014 World Cup’s most expensive stadium, another black eye for the country’s political establishment …
South Korea fires at suspected drone at border with North amid missile crisis
SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea’s military fired warning shots at a suspected drone from North Korea on Tuesday amid tension over Pyongyang’s latest missile test which drew international condemnation and a warning from China.
