Afghan parliament sacks three ministers including that of foreign affairs
KABUL (Reuters) – The Afghan parliament sacked the minister of foreign affairs and two of his cabinet colleagues on Saturday citing poor performance, in a sweeping move that underlined the fragility of President Ashraf Ghani’s struggling government.
Exclusive: Watchdog condemns Syrian government, Islamic State use of banned chemical weapons
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – The executive body of the global chemical weapons watchdog voted on Friday to condemn the use of banned toxic agents by the Syrian government and by the militant group Islamic State, a source who took part in the closed session sa…
Turkish airstrikes kill 18 Islamic State militants in northern Syria: army
ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkey’s military killed 18 Islamic State militants in northern Syria over the last 24 hours, the army said on Saturday, intensifying strikes against the militant group.
Russia says will need U.N. guarantee for new Aleppo humanitarian pauses
MOSCOW (Reuters) – The Russian Defense Ministry said on Saturday it would need the U.N. mission in Syria to formally confirm its ability to deliver aid to eastern Aleppo before Moscow agreed to any new humanitarian pauses in fighting in the shattered S…
Trump ignorant of Europe, poses risk to relations: EU’s Juncker
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Donald Trump’s election as U.S. president poses risks for the relationship between the European Union and the United States, EU Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker said on Friday.
Peru prosecutors say can convict ex-president of money laundering
LIMA (Reuters) – Peruvian prosecutors said they have evidence to convict ex-president Ollanta Humala of money laundering, accusing him of taking illicit funds from Venezuela and Brazilian construction companies, the attorney general’s office said Frida…
Venezuela government and opposition talk, expectations low
CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuela’s opposition and the government of President Nicolas Maduro engaged in a new round of talks on Friday evening as part of a Vatican-backed dialogue process meant to ease a political standoff amid the spiraling economic cris…
China corruption fugitive returns from New Zealand: Xinhua
BEIJING (Reuters) – A former Chinese company manager facing corruption charges who had fled to New Zealand has given himself up and returned to China, Xinhua news agency reported on Saturday.
Iraqi special forces seize Mosul district in fresh push
KOKJALI/BAGHDAD, Iraq (Reuters) – Iraqi special forces said they pushed deeper into Mosul on Friday despite heavy resistance from Islamic State militants using civilians as cover, and were holding half a dozen city neighborhoods seized in the last 10 d…
Talks on uniting Cyprus make progress, to resume on November 20: U.N.
MONT PELERIN, Switzerland (Reuters) – Talks on reuniting the divided island of Cyprus have achieved significant progress and will resume on Nov. 20, the United Nations said on Friday, at the end of a fifth straight day of negotiations in the Swiss reso…
