Museum to Yasser Arafat offers facts, leaves open questions
RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) – The battle for Palestinian statehood consumed Yasser Arafat’s life and a new museum in his name puts the nature of that fight front and center – the sub-machine gun on his desk, the AK-47 assault rifle in the corner, th…
China says Trump should recognize economic benefits of co-operation
LONDON (Reuters) – Chinese Vice Finance Minister Shi Yaobin said on Thursday that U.S. election victor Donald Trump should be aware of the benefits of economic co-operation with China, after Trump had campaigned to take on the world’s No.2 economy.
Year-old Paris attack probe sights new suspect, but mastermind elusive
PARIS (Reuters) – French investigators believe they have identified a Belgian militant in Syria as a coordinator of the deadly Islamic State (IS) attack on Paris, but a year on they are still struggling to pinpoint the mastermind.
EU set to extend Russia sanctions, but may be harder when Trump president
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Union is likely to extend economic sanctions on Russia over Ukraine in December but could find it much harder to renew them in the future if Donald Trump succeeds in warming up relations with Russia.
Trump invites UK’s May to visit ‘as soon as possible’
LONDON (Reuters) – U.S. President-elect Donald Trump invited Theresa May to visit him as soon as possible during their first telephone call since his election victory, the British prime minister’s office said on Thursday.
Russia says it was in touch with Trump’s campaign during election
MOSCOW (Reuters) – The Russian government was in touch with members of President-elect Donald Trump’s political team during the U.S. election campaign and knows most of his entourage, one of Russia’s most senior diplomats told the Interfax news agency …
Britain’s May to speak to Trump later on Thursday
LONDON (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Theresa May will speak to U.S. election victor Donald Trump later on Thursday, her finance minister Philip Hammond said.
Germany extends detention of Syrian with links to Islamic State
BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany’s highest court has approved the extended detention of a 19-year-old Syrian man who was arrested in March for links to the Islamic State militant group, saying he had scouted out key tourist sites in Berlin for potential atta…
Britain at front of queue after Trump beats ‘loathsome’ Obama: Farage
LONDON (Reuters) – Welcoming Donald Trump’s election triumph, prominent Brexit campaigner Nigel Farage called on the U.S. president-elect to reverse “loathsome” Barack Obama’s policy by making Britain his top priority.
Turkey seeks life sentences in pro-Kurdish newspaper trial: state media
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkish prosecutors are seeking long jail terms or life sentences for nine staff of a pro-Kurdish newspaper, including prize-winning novelist Asli Erdogan, on charges of belonging to a terrorist organization and harming national un…
