Israel plans more than 2,500 new settler homes to start Trump era
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel announced plans on Tuesday for 2,500 more settlement homes in the occupied West Bank, the second such declaration since U.S. President Donald Trump took office signaling he could be more accommodating toward such projects t…
Equatorial Guinea confirms hosting ousted Gambian leader Jammeh
MALABO (Reuters) – Equatorial Guinea confirmed on Tuesday it was hosting ousted Gambian leader Yahya Jammeh, who fled his country after West African troops threatened to remove him by force if he did not concede his election defeat.
Brazil prosecutor says Temer labor reforms illegal
BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazil’s top labor prosecutor said President Michel Temer’s proposals to modernize the country’s labor laws were illegal in a report published on Tuesday that provided ammunition to workers’ unions fighting the reforms.
Jihadists battle moderate rebels in northern Syria
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Heavy fighting erupted in northwestern Syria on Tuesday between a powerful jihadist organization and more moderate rebel groups, threatening to further weaken the opposition to President Bashar al-Assad in its biggest territorial str…
France’s Fillon acts to head off scandal over wife’s work
PARIS (Reuters) – The frontrunner in France’s presidential election race, conservative Francois Fillon, acknowledged on Tuesday that his wife had worked for him when he was a legislator, but denied a media report that she had been paid for fictitious e…
Foreign powers back Syria truce deal, war erupts among rebels
ASTANA (Reuters) – Russia and regional powers Turkey and Iran backed a shaky truce between Syria’s warring parties on Tuesday and agreed to monitor its compliance, but on the ground rebels faced continued fighting on two fronts which could undermine th…
Israel advises citizens in Egypt’s Sinai to leave, cites attack risk
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel on Tuesday advised its citizens in Egypt’s insurgency-hit Sinai peninsula to leave the region, warning of the threat of an imminent attack.
Hundreds of police trained by Turkey start work in northern Syria
JARABLUS, Syria (Reuters) – A new Syrian police force trained and equipped by Turkey started work in a rebel-held border town on Tuesday, a sign of deepening Turkish influence in northern Syria, where it has helped drive out Islamic State militants in …
Italy court puts Rome’s 5-Star mayor under investigation for abuse of office
ROME (Reuters) – Virginia Raggi, the anti-establishment mayor of Rome elected by a landslide last year after pledging to crack down on rampant corruption, has been put under investigation for abuse of office and false testimony.
Brazil probe sees no mechanical failure in judge’s plane crash
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – A small plane carrying a Brazilian Supreme Court justice overseeing a political bribery investigation did not suffer any obvious mechanical failure when it crashed into a bay amid heavy rain and killed all five on board, inve…
