U.S. envoy to Kazakhstan to attend Syria talks as an observer
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. State Department said on Saturday it will not send a delegation from Washington to attend Syrian peace talks in the Kazakh capital next week due to immediate demands of the transition.
Women protest against Trump on streets of Europe’s capitals
LONDON/VIENNA (Reuters) – Thousands of women took to the streets of European capitals to join “sister marches” in Asia against newly installed U.S. President Trump ahead of a major rally in Washington expected to draw nearly a quarter of a million peop…
French far-right leader Le Pen calls on Europeans to ‘wake up’
KOBLENZ, Germany (Reuters) – French far-right leader Marine Le Pen urged European voters to follow the example of Americans and the British and “wake up” in 2017, at a meeting of right-wing leaders aiming to oust established parties in elections this y…
Iran rescuers find three bodies at collapsed building, hopes for survivors fade
DUBAI (Reuters) – Iranian rescuers have removed three bodies from the rubble of a high-rise building in Tehran that collapsed after a fire, a fire department spokesman said on Saturday, as hopes of finding survivors trapped beneath the shopping mall we…
Gunman fires on Turkish police; suspect identified in earlier attack
ANKARA (Reuters) – An unidentified gunman attacked police in Istanbul on Saturday morning, a day after rocket attacks targeting Istanbul’s police headquarters and an office of the ruling AK Party. No casualties were reported in either attack.
Turkey orders more than 400 arrests in post-coup probes: report
ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkish prosecutors have issued arrest warrants for more than 400 people, including soldiers and security officers, in 48 provinces across the country following July’s failed coup, broadcaster Haberturk said on Saturday.
El Chapo, if convicted, would likely do time in ‘Supermax’ prison
DENVER (Reuters) – If Mexican drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, known as much for jail breaks as narcotics trafficking, ends up convicted in U.S. court, there is little doubt where he will spend the rest of his life – a super-secure Colorado prison …
Funeral of major graft probe judge killed in plane crash
SAO PAULO (Reuters) – The funeral was being held on Saturday of a Brazilian Supreme Court justice who died in a plane crash after overseeing the investigation of politicians linked to the nation’s largest graft scheme.
Russia says airstrikes hit IS targets in Syria’s Deir ez-Zor province: RIA
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Six Russian warplanes carried out airstrikes on Islamic State targets in Syrian province of Deir ez-Zor on Saturday, RIA news agency quoted the Russian defense ministry as saying.
Russia’s Putin ready to meet Trump, preparations may take months: TASS
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin is ready to meet U.S. President Donald Trump but preparations for the possible meeting may take months, not weeks, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov was quoted as saying by TASS news agency.
