Syrian jets bomb rebel-held eastern Damascus suburbs, dozens killed
AMMAN (Reuters) – Syrian jets on Monday bombed residential areas in the eastern countryside of Damascus killing and injuring dozens in some of the heaviest bombing raids on the main rebel enclave near the capital in months, residents and activists said…
Tillerson to chair U.N. meeting on North Korea nuclear program
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson will chair a United Nations Security Council meeting on North Korea on April 28 to discuss how the body can combat Pyongyang’s banned nuclear and missile programs, U.S. Ambassador Nikki H…
Cyber security firm: more evidence North Korea linked to Bangladesh heist
(Reuters) – Cyber security firm Kaspersky Lab on Monday said it had obtained digital evidence that bolsters suspicions by some researchers that North Korea was involved in last year’s $81 million cyber heist of the Bangladesh central bank’s account at …
‘Not natural friends’: Trump, Xi will be ‘odd couple’ at first summit
WASHINGTON/BEIJING (Reuters) – When U.S. President Donald Trump meets Chinese President Xi Jinping this week, their summit will be marked not only by deep policy divisions but a clash of personalities between America’s brash “tweeter-in-chief” and Beijing’s cautious, calculating leader.
Paraguay house delays re-election vote after protests; bill’s backers persist
ASUNCION (Reuters) – Paraguay’s lower house is delaying a vote on an amendment that would allow presidents to stand for re-election to give President Horacio Cartes’ call for dialogue a chance after violent protests over a closed-door Senate vote.
Syrian people do not want Assad as leader: U.S. envoy to U.N
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The United States does not believe that the Syrian people want President Bashar al-Assad as their leader any longer, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley said on Monday.
Paris refuses demand for ‘unrealistic’ 2.5 billion euro French Guiana aid package
PARIS (Reuters) – France will not give in to demands for an “unrealistic” 2.5 billion euro ($2.7 billion) aid package for French Guiana, which has been swept by social unrest, Prime Minister Bernard Cazeneuve said on Monday.
Russia and Belarus heal ties in shadow of metro bombing
ST PETERSBURG (Reuters) – The presidents of Russia and Belarus said on Monday they had resolved all disputes over energy, signaling a rapprochement at a time when both leaders are grappling with street protests and the threat of new Western sanctions h…
U.S. set to clash with Russia, China over U.N. meeting on human rights
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The United States set up on Monday a likely showdown with Russia and China later in April over its plans to hold a U.N. Security Council meeting on human rights, an issue that Moscow and Beijing oppose being broadly discussed…
Trump tells Sisi U.S., Egypt will fight Islamic militants together
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump moved to reset U.S. relations with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on Monday after the prior Obama administration’s strained ties, giving him firm backing and vowing to work together to fight I…
