Romania intends to buy Patriot missiles from U.S. to boost defenses
BUCHAREST (Reuters) – NATO member Romania plans to buy Patriot missiles from U.S. company Raytheon to help protect its airspace, a senior defense ministry official said on Thursday.
Seeking to keep up pressure, Venezuela opposition plans more protests
CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuela’s opposition renewed nationwide protests on Thursday to pressure President Nicolas Maduro to hold elections and improve a collapsing economy, and vowed to keep up pressure by staging three more protests in the next four da…
Zambia court to rule on opposition leader’s treason case next week
LUSAKA (Reuters) – A Zambian court will rule next week on whether to throw out a treason case against the leader of the main opposition party whose lawyers say the charges are vague and ambiguous, a magistrate said on Thursday.
Iran foreign minister says US must meet own obligations for nuclear deal
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Thursday the United States should meet its own obligations agreed in a landmark nuclear deal in 2015 rather than making accusations against the Islamic Republic.
China’s Xi kicks off congress with formal election in ally’s province
BEIJING (Reuters) – Chinese President Xi Jinping was formally elected on Thursday as a delegate to an important Communist Party congress this year, when he will seek to consolidate power, as a representative of a province run by an ally and a candidate…
Duterte’s office rejects drug-war allegations as ‘movie scenes’
MANILA (Reuters) – Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s office rejected allegations on Thursday by two senior police officers in a Reuters report that police received cash rewards for executing drug suspects, while the most high-profile critic of the…
Egypt says air strikes kill Islamic State leaders in Sinai
CAIRO (Reuters) – Air strikes in northern Sinai have killed 19 members of Egypt’s Islamic State affiliate, including three of its leaders, the Egyptian military said on Thursday.
Russia denies Reuters report think tank drew up plan to sway U.S. election
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia dismissed as false on Thursday a Reuters report that said a government think tank controlled by President Vladimir Putin had developed a plan to swing the 2016 U.S. presidential election in Donald Trump’s favor.
U.N. Syria envoy to meet Russian minister on Monday; U.S. not taking part
GENEVA (Reuters) – The U.N. mediator for Syria said on Thursday he would hold talks with Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Gennady Gatilov in Geneva on Monday and that the United States had declined to take part in any trilateral meeting for now.
Paris shooting disrupts French election campaigning
PARIS (Reuters) – Security concerns took center stage on Friday in the last days of France’s tight presidential race as candidates defended their stance on the fight against terror in the wake of a shooting in Paris which killed one policeman.
