Gambia’s Jammeh agrees to go into exile as regional troops mass
BANJUL/DAKAR (Reuters) – Gambia’s longtime ruler Yahya Jammeh, who refused to accept his election defeat last month, has agreed to go into exile, a senior adviser to new President Adama Barrow said on Friday, but talks to finalise the deal were holding…
Mexican drug lord ‘El Chapo’ pleads not guilty in U.S. court
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Drug kingpin Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman appeared in a U.S. court on Friday after his surprise extradition from Mexico and pleaded not guilty to charges that he ran the world’s largest drug-trafficking organization during a decades-l…
Four children and woman rescued, two days after Italy avalanche
PENNE, Italy (Reuters) – Four children and a woman were saved on Friday from the wreckage of a mountain hotel in central Italy that was flattened by an avalanche, surviving almost two days in sub-zero temperatures in the buried ruins of the luxury spa….
Far-right leaders meet to discuss ‘free Europe’ vision
KOBLENZ, Germany (Reuters) – Far-right populist leaders from Germany, France, Italy and the Netherlands meet in the German city of Koblenz on Saturday to present their vision for “a free Europe” that would dismantle the European Union.
Canadians traveling to inauguration turned away at U.S. border
TORONTO (Reuters) – Several Canadians traveling to attend either the inauguration of Donald Trump as president of the United States or a march planned for Saturday in Washington were turned away at the border by U.S. officials.
U.S. air strike in Syria kills more than 100 al Qaeda members: Pentagon
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A U.S. air strike on Thursday targeting an al Qaeda training camp in Syria’s Idlib province killed more than 100 militants, the Pentagon said in a statement on Friday.
Austrian police arrest man suspected of planning imminent attack
VIENNA (Reuters) – An Austrian man suspected of having jihadi contacts was arrested on Friday in Vienna in a move the interior minister said prevented an imminent attack and police urged citizens to report any abandoned bags.
Nigerian secessionists greet Trump as help against Muslim north
ONITSHA, Nigeria (Reuters) – Over 1,000 southern Nigerian secessionists took to the streets on Friday to express the hope that newly inaugurated U.S. President Donald Trump might help counter Muslim influence in their country.
Germany must prepare for ‘rough ride’ under Trump: Vice Chancellor
BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany will need a new economic strategy geared toward Asia should the new U.S. administration start a trade war with China, Vice Chancellor Sigmar Gabriel said on Friday, warning against protectionism hours after President Donald T…
Trump admin targets violent Islamist groups as foreign policy priority
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Trump administration will make defeating “radical Islamic terror groups” its top foreign policy goal, according to a statement posted on the White House website moments after Donald Trump’s inauguration as U.S. president.
