Exclusive: U.S. warns China it will target firms for illicit North Korea business
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States has warned China it will blacklist Chinese companies and banks that do illicit business with North Korea if Beijing fails to enforce U.N. sanctions against Pyongyang, according to senior State Department officia…
Dual U.S.-Iranian national, wife jailed in Iran without charge since July: rights group
DUBAI (Reuters) – An American-Iranian dual national and his wife have been in detention in Iran without charge or access to lawyers since their arrest by elite Revolutionary Guards in July, a New York-based rights group said on Friday.
U.S. sanctions North Korean companies, officials after nuclear test
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States on Friday blacklisted seven people and 16 North Korean companies for ties to the North Korean government or its nuclear and weapons programs, the U.S. Treasury said in a statement.
Tourists came to Cuba for fun but got Castro funeral instead
HAVANA (Reuters) – They came to Cuba for an education, plus some fun and games, but got a state funeral instead.
Iran says U.S. extension of sanctions act violates nuclear deal
ANKARA (Reuters) – Iran threatened on Friday to retaliate against a U.S. Senate vote to extend the Iran Sanctions Act (ISA) for 10 years, saying it violated last year’s deal with six major powers that curbed its nuclear program.
U.N.: South Sudan conflict spawns horrific sexual violence
NAIROBI (Reuters) – South Sudanese soldiers brutally raped an elderly woman and a pregnant woman lost her baby after being gang-raped by seven soldiers, according to United Nations investigators.
Armed groups clash in Tripoli in worst fighting for over a year
TRIPOLI (Reuters) – Rival armed factions battled overnight and into Friday in the worst outbreak of fighting in the Libyan capital Tripoli for more than a year.
Iran urges Kenya to free two Iranians facing terrorism charges: Tasnim
ANKARA (Reuters) – Iran urged Kenya on Friday to immediately release two Iranians charged with collecting information for a terrorist act after filming the Israeli Embassy in Nairobi, the semi-official Tasnim news agency reported.
Exclusive: Iraqi commanders examined strategy shift to avert Mosul war of attrition
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Facing brutal urban warfare in Mosul and with their push slowed by the presence of one million residents, Iraqi commanders examined changing strategy last week to help civilians leave to give the army a free hand to strike Islamic S…
China’s Xi says ‘watching closely’ following U.S. election
BEIJING (Reuters) – Chinese President Xi Jinping told former U.S. secretary of state Henry Kissinger on Friday that China was watching U.S. politics “very closely” following the presidential election won by Republican Donald Trump.
