U.S. airlines meet with Homeland Security on expanding laptop ban
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Homeland Security officials met with major U.S. airlines and a trade group on Thursday to discuss the impact of possibly expanding a ban on large electronic gadgets on planes to flights from some European airports, three sou…
Security situation in Afghanistan likely to get worse: U.S. intel chief
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The security situation in Afghanistan will further deteriorate even if there is a modest increase in U.S. military support for the war-torn country, the top U.S. intelligence official said on Thursday, as President Donald Trump’s…
Assad says de-escalation zones chance for rebels to ‘reconcile’
MINSK/BEIRUT (Reuters) – Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said that de-escalation zones proposed by his ally Russia were a chance for rebels to “reconcile” with Damascus and drive out Islamist militants, but vowed to fight on calling U.N.-led peace tal…
Germany’s Gabriel says agrees with Turkish PM on need to improve ties
BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany and Turkey want to improve their ties, the German foreign minister said after meeting Turkey’s prime minister on Thursday, seeking to reverse a deterioration in relations over an increasingly authoritarian tone from Ankara.
Hezbollah says future war would be on Israeli territory
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Lebanese Hezbollah said on Thursday that any future conflict between the Shi’ite group and Israel could take place inside Israeli territory, as tensions rise between the arch foes.
With tunnel lifeline cut, pressure mounts on Syrian rebel enclave
BEIRUT (Reuters) – For nearly four years, food, fuel and medicine have traveled across frontlines into the besieged eastern suburbs of Damascus through a network of underground tunnels.
Iraqis dig their own wells in battle-scarred Mosul
MOSUL, Iraq (Reuters) – The families start queuing every day near the well in Mosul’s Karaj al-Shamal neighborhood, filling their large plastic containers with sulfurous, nearly undrinkable water.
Philippines says will review U.N. concerns over killings
GENEVA (Reuters) – The Philippines said on Thursday it would review recommendations over killings in its war on drugs, but stopped short of committing to make reforms or prosecute police for excessive use of force after criticism from U.N. rights counc…
Weakened but defiant, Turkish hunger strikers protest purge
ANKARA (Reuters) – Painfully thin and walking with care after two months on hunger strike, Nuriye Gulmen and Semih Ozakca arrive in a central Ankara square to protest a government purge which has cost them and tens of thousands of other Turks their job…
Expiring spying law helped U.S. conclude Russia hacked election: NSA chief
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A top U.S. intelligence official said Thursday a controversial surveillance law that allows the broad electronic spying of foreigners played a major role in understanding Russia’s alleged interference in the 2016 presidential ele…
