Top Bahrain activist denied bail: rights group
DUBAI (Reuters) – A leading Bahraini human rights activist was denied bail on Tuesday on charges of spreading false news, a pro-opposition rights group reported.
Trump to visit Jewish, Christian holy sites in Jerusalem
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump will visit the Western Wall in Jerusalem, Judaism’s holiest prayer site, the White House said on Monday amid controversy in Israel over reported comments by a U.S. diplomat that the wall was in the occupied…
Uganda’s Museveni orders halt to torture by security personnel
KAMPALA (Reuters) – Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni ordered his security chiefs on Tuesday to stop torture by their personnel seeking confessions after media images of a detained politician with septic wounds
Iran hardliners join social media free-for-all before vote
BEIRUT (Reuters) – The first picture shows a crowd of thousands packed into a central square in the city of Isfahan this week for a speech by hardline cleric Ebrahim Raisi, the top challenger to President Hassan Rouhani in Friday’s Iranian presidential…
U.S., Turkish leaders put best face on ties amid tensions
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan told U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday his country would not accept Syrian Kurdish fighters in the region but stopped short of directly criticizing a U.S. decision to arm them.
Denmark may extend border controls beyond six more months, defying EU
COPENHAGEN (Reuters) – Denmark said on Tuesday it would disregard a European Union directive to lift temporary border restrictions within six months unless the bloc “miraculously” secured its external frontiers against undocumented migrants.
U.S., UAE strike new defense accord on U.S. force levels in Emirates
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States and the United Arab Emirates have signed a new, updated defense cooperation agreement that the Pentagon on Tuesday said dictated “the magnitude and conditions” of the U.S. military presence inside the Emirates.
Britain’s Labour launches ‘radical, responsible’ election manifesto
LONDON (Reuters) – Promising renationalization of some services, measures to curb corporate excess and end healthcare cuts, Britain’s Labour Party made its case on Tuesday for voters to back its move to the left and throw out the Conservatives at next …
Saudi soldier killed, five wounded in restive Qatif province
DUBAI (Reuters) – A Saudi soldier was killed and five others were wounded fighting suspected militants in the Kingdom’s Qatif province, the interior ministry said on Tuesday, days after a child and a Pakistani builder were killed in the same town of al…
Trump asked Comey to end investigation of Michael Flynn: source
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump asked then-FBI Director James Comey to end the agency’s investigation into ties between former White House national security adviser Michael Flynn and Russia, according to a source who has seen a memo …
