Iran says it will not renegotiate nuclear deal
DUBAI (Reuters) – Iran will not renegotiate its nuclear agreement with world powers, even if it faces new U.S. sanctions after Donald Trump becomes president, Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi said on Sunday.
Syria fighting derails plans to fix damaged Damascus water source
BEIRUT (Reuters) – The Syrian army and allied militia clashed with rebels near Damascus on Sunday, threatening to disrupt planned repairs to a pumping station that supplies most of the capital’s water, a war monitor said.
Last king of Rwanda buried at home after years in exile
NYANZA, Rwanda (Reuters) – The last king of Rwanda, who died aged 80 in October in the United States after decades in exile, was buried in his ancestral home in the south of the African nation on Sunday.
Asylum requests in Austria more than halved in 2016
VIENNA (Reuters) – The number of migrants applying for asylum in Austria more than halved in 2016 and did not breach a cap introduced early last year to limit new arrivals, the interior ministry said on Sunday.
Kremlin says no talks about Putin-Trump meeting yet: RIA
MOSCOW (Reuters) – There have been no talks yet about a possible meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President-elect Donald Trump, Russia’s RIA news agency quoted the Kremlin as saying on Sunday.
Philippines’ Duterte says he may impose martial law if drug problem ‘virulent’
MANILA (Reuters) – Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has said he would impose martial law if the drug problem became “very virulent”, just a month after dismissing as “nonsense” any suggestion he might do so.
Russia says facing increased cyber attacks from abroad
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia is facing increased cyber attacks from abroad, a senior security official was quoted on Sunday as saying, responding to Western accusations that Moscow is aggressively targeting information networks in the United States and Eu…
At Paris meeting, major powers to warn Trump over Middle East peace
PARIS (Reuters) – Major powers will signal to U.S. President-elect Donald Trump on Sunday that a two-state solution for Israelis and Palestinians is the only solution, with France warning him that plans to move the U.S. Embassy to Jerusalem could derai…
In parts of Mosul, a semblance of normality despite war
MOSUL, Iraq (Reuters) – In some parts of Mosul, you can almost forget that a war is being waged over the city between Iraqi forces and Islamic State militants who still control more than half of it – at least momentarily.
Jordan’s king reshuffles cabinet amid growing security, economic challenges
AMMAN (Reuters) – Jordan’s King Abdullah reshuffled his cabinet but retained Hani Mulki as prime minister on Sunday, granting him more scope to tackle the threat of Islamist militants and to press ahead with unpopular IMF-mandated reforms to cut spiral…
