New Trump immigration order will remove Iraq from list of banned countries: AP
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump’s new immigration order will remove Iraq from the list of countries whose citizens face a temporary U.S. travel ban, the Associated Press reported on Tuesday, citing unnamed U.S. officials.
Women charged with North Korean’s murder leave court in bullet-proof vests
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – Malaysia on Wednesday charged two women, an Indonesian and a Vietnamese, with murdering the estranged half brother of North Korea’s leader in a bizarre airport assassination using a super-toxic nerve agent that killed in minute…
Trump recommits to U.S. allies but says they must pay ‘fair share’
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump on Tuesday reaffirmed support for the United States’ longstanding security alliances around the world but insisted that friends and partners from Europe to the Middle East to the Pacific must “pay their fair share of the cost.”
U.S. gathered valuable intelligence from Yemen raid: U.S. official
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States gained valuable intelligence from last month’s raid in Yemen about al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), including its explosives manufacturing, targeting, training and recruitment practices, a senior U.S. o…
New Trump travel order will aim to short circuit legal challenges
(Reuters) – In formulating a new executive order limiting travel to the United States, President Donald Trump has promised to make the directive harder to fight successfully in court than the one he issued in January.
Australia to bring back ambassadors to shape foreign policy: report
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia will temporarily bring back every ambassador from across the world to help shape the final components of its new foreign policy, the Sydney Morning Herald reported on Wednesday citing the Foreign Ministry.
Tunisia says six guards charged in 2015 hotel attack probe
TUNIS (Reuters) – A Tunisian investigative judge has charged six security guards with failing to help tourists under attack during a 2015 massacre at a beach resort claimed by Islamic State, a counter-terrorism official said on Tuesday.
Mexico will only stay in NAFTA if it suits it: minister
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – A defiant Mexico said on Tuesday it would only stay in NAFTA if it suited it and rejected the imposition of any tariffs or quotas when renegotiating the trade deal U.S President Donald Trump wants to recast to benefit the United…
Trump intelligence nominee supports probes on Russian interference
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump’s nominee to be the director of national intelligence pledged on Tuesday to support thorough investigation of any Russian efforts to influence the 2016 presidential election, seeking to reassure lawmakers w…
Germany summons Turkish ambassador, seeks release of jailed journalist
BERLIN/ANKARA (Reuters) – Berlin summoned Ankara’s ambassador on Tuesday to protest the arrest in Turkey of a correspondent for a German newspaper, further fuelling tensions between the two NATO allies as demonstrations took place across German-speakin…
