Le Pen says ‘world peace’ would gain from a Trump-Putin-Le Pen trio
PARIS (Reuters) – French far-right party leader Marine Le Pen said on Wednesday that her election as president next year would form a trio of world leaders with U.S. President-elect Donald Trump and Russia’s Vladimir Putin that “would be good for world…
More than 240 migrants feared dead in Mediterranean this week
CATANIA, Italy (Reuters) – More than 240 migrants died or went missing in the Mediterranean this week, humanitarian groups said on Wednesday, as another 580 people were pulled from overcrowded boats.
Mexico boosts support for its migrants in the U.S. after Trump win
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexico’s foreign ministry announced fresh steps on Wednesday to provide support to Mexican citizens living in the United States following the victory in last week’s U.S. presidential election by Donald Trump, who has promised to…
Death toll at 32 in renewed air strikes on rebel-held east of Aleppo: monitor
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Air strikes pounded neighborhoods around a children’s hospital and a blood bank in rebel-held eastern Aleppo on Wednesday in a second day of renewed bombing that has killed at least 32 people, a war monitor, medics and emergency work…
LafargeHolcim rejects allegations of financing IS in Syria
ZURICH (Reuters) – Cement group LafargeHolcim on Wednesday rejected suggestions that Syrian operations in 2013-2014 may have contributed to financing Islamic State militants.
Kerry warns of climate threat at talks overshadowed by Trump
MARRAKESH, Morocco (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry had hoped his presence at a Marrakesh conference to decide on the finer points of a historic agreement to stave off climate change would be a victory lap.
UK denies exiled Chagos islanders the right to return
LONDON (Reuters) – Indian Ocean islanders expelled from the British-ruled Chagos archipelago during the Cold War to make way for a U.S. military base will not be given the right to return to resettle, the British Foreign Office said on Wednesday.
At least 20 troops dead in fighting in Libya’s Benghazi, hospital says
BENGHAZI, Libya (Reuters) – At least 20 members of the Libyan National Army (LNA) have been killed and 40 injured in two days of fighting in the eastern city of Benghazi, a hospital official said on Wednesday.
Bulgaria parliament approves center-right government resignation
SOFIA (Reuters) – The Bulgarian parliament endorsed on Wednesday the resignation of the center-right government of Prime Minister Boiko Borisov, which is likely to lead to months of political uncertainty and probably an early election in early 2017.
Italy arrests 15 in swoop on illegal Chinese immigration
ROME (Reuters) – Italy arrested 15 people and placed dozens more under investigation on Wednesday on suspicion of aiding illegal immigration and forging documents for mainly Chinese citizens, finance police said.
