Israel cuts $6 million in U.N. funding over settlements resolution
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – Israel said on Friday it would cut $6 million in funding to the United Nations in 2017 in protest against a U.N. Security Council resolution that demanded an end to Israeli settlement building on land Palestinians want for an…
U.S. engineer admits to conspiring to produce nuclear material in China
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A Chinese-American nuclear engineer pleaded guilty on Friday to conspiring to produce “special nuclear material” in China in violation of the U.S. Atomic Energy Act, the Department of Justice (DOJ) said.
Turkey dismisses 6,000 more workers in post-coup crackdown
ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkey dismissed more than 6,000 more police, civil servants and academics under emergency rule on Friday, continuing a purge in the wake of a failed coup last July, according to decrees issued in the Official Gazette.
German prosecutor investigates publisher of Axel Springer’s Bild
FRANKFURT (Reuters) – German prosecutors on Friday said they had opened an investigation of Kai Diekmann, publisher of best-selling European tabloid newspaper Bild, days after parent company Axel Springer announced he had resigned.
Romania seeks World Heritage status for Transylvania village in gold mine row
LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Romania has asked the United Nations to make a Transylvanian village boasting 18th century houses and intact Roman mining shafts into a World Heritage site in a surprise 11th hour move that could protect it from a …
Ex-Republican Party head Barbour to lobby U.S. for Ukraine
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Haley Barbour, former Republican Party leader and Mississippi governor, has been hired by the Ukrainian government to lobby U.S. politicians, according to documents filed this week.
Syrian rebels deny report of ceasefire near Damascus
AMMAN/BEIRUT (Reuters) – A senior Syrian rebel official denied a report on Friday that a ceasefire had been reached between rebels and government forces in the Wadi Barada area near Damascus, where bombardments have knocked out the capital’s main water…
As winter hits, U.N. urges faster transfer of migrants from Greek islands
LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Thousands of migrants stranded on Greek islands should be quickly transferred to the mainland or other European countries due to cold temperatures and poor living conditions, the United Nation’s refugee agency (UNH…
U.S. intel report identifies Russians who gave emails to WikiLeaks -officials
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The CIA has identified Russian officials who fed material hacked from the Democratic National Committee and party leaders to WikiLeaks at the direction of Russian President Vladimir Putin through third parties, according to a new…
Cyprus settlement talks offer glimmer of hope for island
ATHENS (Reuters) – It is a dispute that has brought NATO partners Greece and Turkey to the brink of war and confounded generations of diplomats; but Geneva negotiations next week offer the best chance in decades of reuniting the ethnically divided isl…
