Exclusive: Arrested Russian minister wanted state to cede control over Rosneft – sources
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia’s former Economy Minister Alexei Ulyukayev privately argued to colleagues in government that the state should give up control over oil giant Rosneft, before he was arrested two weeks ago in a sting inside the company’s offices…
Iran calls U.S. military behavior in Gulf ‘unprofessional’
BEIRUT (Reuters) – The U.S. military presence in the Gulf poses the main risk of conflict in the region, an Iranian military official said on Tuesday after Washington said an Iranian vessel had pointed its weapon at a U.S. helicopter in the strategic S…
Sudan seizes print-runs of four newspapers amid protests
KHARTOUM (Reuters) – Sudanese authorities seized the print-runs of four daily newspapers on Tuesday, staff said, a move one editor called a crackdown on coverage of anti-austerity protests.
Swiss to tackle new EU treaty in 2017 amid right-wing resistance
ZURICH (Reuters) – The Swiss government plans to send parliament next year a broad new treaty with the European Union to replace a patchwork of bilateral deals now under strain from immigration, it said on Tuesday, but it faces stiff right-wing resista…
Islamic State killing civilians who don’t cooperate in Mosul: U.N.
GENEVA (Reuters) – Islamic State militants in the Iraqi city of Mosul have killed civilians who refuse to allow rockets and snipers to be sited in their houses or whom they suspect of leaking information or trying to flee, a U.N. human rights spokeswom…
British anti-EU party begins life after chief Brexiteer and Trump-backer Nigel Farage
LONDON (Reuters) – Nigel Farage, the face of Brexit who forced Britain to hold an EU referendum and then upstaged the government by forging a friendship with Donald Trump, is a hard act to follow.
South Korea’s Park asks parliament to decide how she can quit, opposition cries foul
SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korean President Park Geun-hye on Tuesday asked parliament to decide how and when she can give up power over an influence-peddling scandal, taking the country’s political crisis deeper into uncharted terrain.
Syrian rebels battling government forces in southeast Aleppo: official
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Syrian rebels were fighting pro-government militias on the southeastern edge of east Aleppo’s opposition-held enclave on Tuesday, a rebel official said, as Damascus and its allies try to build on major gains in the city in recent day…
China factory blast causes delays on high-speed rail line
BEIJING (Reuters) – An explosion at a factory in eastern China on Tuesday caused delays on the country’s flagship high-speed railway line, state media said, in China’s latest industrial accident.
Roadside bomb hits Philippine president’s security team ahead of visit
MANILA (Reuters) – A roadside bomb in the southern Philippines on Tuesday wounded seven members of the president’s security team, a day ahead of his planned visit to an area gripped by intense fighting between Islamist militants and government troops.
