Four suspected al Qaeda members killed in drone strike in Yemen: officials
DUBAI (Reuters) – Four suspected members of al Qaeda’s Yemen branch, including a local commander, were killed on Tuesday by a drone strike on their vehicle east of the capital Sanaa, local officials said.
New Italian PM wins first confidence vote, pledges to support banks
ROME (Reuters) – Italian Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni won an initial vote of confidence in the lower house of parliament on Tuesday after laying out a limited program for his new government, which might only survive a few months.
U.S. strike kills Islamic State militants linked to Paris attacks
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A U.S. drone strike in Syria last week killed two Islamic State leaders linked to the Nov. 13, 2015 attacks in Paris that killed 130 people as well as a third militant convicted in absentia in Belgium for a disrupted plot, the Pe…
Court says Colombia can speed peace laws through Congress
BOGOTA (Reuters) – Colombia’s government can move laws needed to carry out the country’s peace deal with the Marxist FARC rebels through Congress more quickly than usual, the Constitutional Court ruled on Tuesday.
European anxiety deepens over ‘disruptive’ Trump presidency
BERLIN (Reuters) – Late last month, Chancellor Angela Merkel’s top foreign policy adviser was asked what a Donald Trump presidency would mean for Germany and offered a rather hopeful assessment.
Romanian election winners play waiting game over PM candidate
BUCHAREST (Reuters) – Romania’s Social Democrat Party (PSD), the winners of Sunday’s election, declined to meet the president on Wednesday for talks on a new government, saying they would wait and propose a prime minister candidate only after a new par…
After siege, Aleppo’s famed Umayyad Mosque is damaged but endures
ALEPPO, Syria (Reuters) – The remains of the medieval Umayyad Mosque’s felled minaret lie in its once-elegant courtyard along with discarded mattresses, fragments of rockets and antique doors, but, after years of fighting, Aleppo’s holiest monument end…
Exclusive: South Africa holds South Sudan rebel Machar as ‘guest’
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – South Sudanese rebel leader Riek Machar, who fled to Democratic Republic of Congo in August after fierce fighting, is being held in South Africa to stop him stirring up trouble, diplomatic and political sources said on Tuesday….
Brazil’s Senate passes main text of 20-year spending cap
BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazilian senators on Tuesday passed the main text of a 20-year public spending cap proposed by President Michel Temer to control a ballooning budget deficit, a crucial step in his plan to rescue Brazil’s stalled economy.
Putin visit to Japan won’t end islands dispute, Kremlin says
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian officials on Tuesday cautioned against expecting a breakthrough in its territorial dispute with Tokyo when President Vladimir Putin visits Japan this week, and proposed focusing instead on commercial deals.
