Troops, vigilantes patrol after Venezuela unrest, three dead
BOLIVAR/TACHIRA, Venezuela (Reuters) – Soldiers patrolled streets, neighbors mounted barricades and businessmen raked through damaged shops on Monday in parts of Venezuela worst hit from violence sparked by a cash shortage.
China says discussing return of undersea drone with U.S. military
BEIJING (Reuters) – The Chinese and U.S. militaries are having “unimpeded” talks about the return of U.S. underwater drone taken by a Chinese naval vessel in the South China Sea last week, China’s foreign ministry said on Monday.
Saudi-led coalition to stop using British-made cluster munitions in Yemen: SPA
DOHA (Reuters) – An Arab coalition fighting in Yemen said on Monday it would stop using British-made BL-755 cluster munitions in Yemen where thousands of civilians have been killed in 20 months of conflict.
Odebrecht executives’ testimony could spur fall of Brazil’s Temer
BRASILIA (Reuters) – Odebrecht executives have testified the Brazilian engineering firm illegally funded the 2014 campaign of the country’s impeached leftist president, a top newspaper reported on Monday, a development that could lead to the removal of…
Rebel Aleppo’s final agony
AMMAN/BEIRUT (Reuters) – As the bombardment of Aleppo intensified in the days before the collapse of the city’s rebel enclave, Mahmoud Issa would try to comfort his terrified children.
Austrian far right signs deal with Putin’s party, touts Trump ties
VIENNA (Reuters) – Austria’s far-right Freedom Party (FPO) offered on Monday to act as a go-between for U.S. President-elect Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin after signing a cooperation agreement with Putin’s party.
Duterte defends China, says unfair to blame Beijing for Philippines’ drug problem
(Reuters) – Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s office, responding to a Reuters report, came to China’s defense on Monday, saying it was unfair to hold Beijing responsible for the drug problem in the Philippines.
Cracks deepen in Palestinian politics as Abbas clamps down
GAZA (Reuters) – Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has tightened his grip on power by stripping the parliamentary immunity of five lawmakers seen as opposing him, weeks after being reappointed chairman of the main political party.
Turkey’s purge cuts military by a third: Council of Europe
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Turkey’s purge of its military since a botched coup in July has cut its armed forces by a third, the Council of Europe said on Monday, after NATO raised concerns that Turkey’s response to the failed coup has worryingly thinned its …
Jordanian attackers had suicide vests: minister
AMMAN (Reuters) – Four attackers who killed nine people in Jordan on Sunday had suicide vests and other weapons, Interior Minister Salamah Hamad said.
