Leader of Nigeria’s ruling APC party warns of coup threat
LAGOS (Reuters) – Nigeria has paid a high price to achieve democracy and will foil any attempts by those hoping to stage a coup, the national leader of Nigeria’s ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) party said on Monday.
Trump meets the Pope: from trading barbs to seeking common ground
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – Several days after Pope Francis was elected four years ago, he was criticised by Donald Trump for returning to the Church-run residence he was staying at in Rome to pay his bill in person.
Rouhani says regional stability impossible without Iran
DUBAI/LONDON (Reuters) – Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Monday stability could not be achieved in the Middle East without Tehran’s help, responding to criticism of the Islamic Republic from U.S. President Donald Trump who is visiting the regi…
Turkey summons U.S. envoy over Washington street brawl
ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkey summoned the U.S ambassador on Monday to protest the treatment of Turkish security officials in the United States during a visit by President Tayyip Erdogan last week, the foreign ministry said.
Turkish NBA star calls Erdogan ‘Hitler of our century’
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Enes Kanter, the NBA star whose home country, Turkey, revoked his passport over the weekend, lashed out at President Tayyip Erdogan at a news conference on Monday, calling him “the Hitler of our century” and describing himself as t…
Trump’s encounter with glowing orb sets alight social media
(Reuters) – Images of U.S. President Donald Trump placing his hands on a glowing orb has set alight the internet, prompting comparisons to science fiction and fantasy villains.
Istanbul nightclub targeted in New Year attack demolished
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Mechanical excavators on Monday demolished most of the Istanbul nightclub where a gunman killed 39 people on New Year’s Day in an attack claimed by Islamic State, after the city municipality ordered its partial demolition.
Rattled UK PM May forced into ‘dementia tax’ U-turn after poll lead halves
LONDON (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Theresa May was forced to backtrack on one of her most striking election pledges on Monday to force elderly people to pay more for their social care after her party’s opinion poll lead halved in just a few days…
Brazil President Temer: ‘I won’t resign. Oust me if you want’
BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazilian President Michel Temer, facing growing calls for his resignation over a corruption scandal, said he would not step down even if he was formally indicted by the Supreme Court.
U.N. experts urge Indonesia to overturn Jakarta governor’s blasphemy conviction
GENEVA (Reuters) – U.N. experts urged Indonesia on Monday to free Jakarta’s Christian governor, who was jailed this month for blasphemy – a conviction that risks encouraging Islamists to challenge secularism in the world’s largest Muslim-majority natio…
