Russia looks for positive signals in Trump’s speech to Congress
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia’s deputy foreign minister said on Tuesdays that relations with the United States were at their lowest ebb since the Cold War, but hoped they could improve under U.S. President Donald Trump.
U.S.-backed Iraqi forces close in on IS-held Mosul government buildings
MOSUL/BAGHDAD, Iraq (Reuters) – U.S.-backed Iraqi forces on Tuesday battled their way to within firing range of Mosul’s main government buildings, a major target in the offensive to dislodge Islamic State militants from their remaining stronghold in th…
Taliban kill 12 Afghan police with silenced weapons
LASHKAR GAH, Afghanistan (Reuters) – Taliban fighters in the southern Afghan province of Helmand attacked a checkpoint with silenced weapons and hand grenades early on Tuesday killing 12 policemen and stealing weapons and ammunition, officials said.
Police search Berlin properties linked to Christmas market attacker’s mosque
BERLIN (Reuters) – German police on Tuesday raided more than 20 sites in Berlin with links to a mosque visited by a Tunisian asylum seeker who killed 12 people in an attack on a Christmas market in December.
Five sentenced to death for killing of Japanese citizen in Bangladesh
DHAKA (Reuters) – A Bangladesh court handed down the death sentence on Tuesday for five Islamist militants found guilty of killing a Japanese citizen, court officials said.
Scottish leader says Britain’s hard Brexit stance raises chance of new independence vote
LONDON (Reuters) – The “sheer intransigence” of the British government over Brexit could lead to a second Scottish independence referendum, the head of the devolved Scottish government said on Tuesday.
Cambodia’s Hun Sen says he and Trump object to ‘anarchic’ media
PHNOM PENH (Reuters) – Cambodia’s authoritarian Prime Minister Hun Sen has expressed sympathy for U.S. President Donald Trump’s antipathy toward the media, saying both he and Trump saw the media as stirring anarchy.
Mosul caught in ‘strange and terrifying’ battle as IS foreign soldiers fight to the end
MOSUL, Iraq (Reuters) – The families cowered in basements, huddling in the dark as war raged overhead between Iraqi forces and Islamic State militants fighting for control of the streets of Mosul.
After Jammeh, Gambians seek justice for the disappeared
BANJUL/DAKAR (Reuters) – When Gambian intelligence officers arrested journalist Ebrima Manneh at his newspaper, he asked an office guard to save some tea.
Samsung Group dismantles nerve center as chief faces bribery charge amid scandal
SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korean prosecutors said on Tuesday they will charge Samsung Group [SARG.UL] chief Jay Y. Lee with bribery and embezzlement as the top conglomerate announced the dismantling of its corporate strategy office, the latest developmen…
