Plots and wiretaps: Jakarta poll exposes proxy war for presidency
JAKARTA (Reuters) – As a few hundred protesters held a rally outside his home in an upscale Jakarta neighborhood this week, Indonesia’s former president Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono took to twitter to vent his displeasure.
Merkel to attend Munich Security Conference: sources
BERLIN(Reuters) – German Chancellor Angela Merkel will attend the Munich Security Conference next week, government sources have told Reuters.
Eco-warrior lays waste to Philippines’ mining industry
MANILA (Reuters) – Mining industry chiefs had just assailed her order to shut down more than half of the Philippines’ mines, and Regina Lopez was in a combative mood: but, to keep her cool before an interview, she slipped into a side room and meditated…
Russian bombing in Syria mistakenly kills three Turkish soldiers
AMMAN/ANKARA (Reuters) – Russian air strikes on Thursday accidentally killed three Turkish soldiers during an operation against Islamic State in Syria, the Turkish military said, highlighting the risk of unintended clashes between the numerous outside …
Brazil’s Supreme Court probes former president, senators
SAO PAULO (Reuters) – A Brazilian Supreme Court justice on Thursday authorized a probe into allies of President Michel Temer on allegations they tried to thwart an investigation into political kickbacks at state-run oil firm Petrobras, a court official…
Exclusive: In call with Putin, Trump denounced Obama-era nuclear arms treaty – sources
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – In his first call as president with Russian leader Vladimir Putin, Donald Trump denounced a treaty that caps U.S. and Russian deployment of nuclear warheads as a bad deal for the United States, according to two U.S. officials and…
Modi’s reforms meet realpolitik in key Indian state election
LUCKNOW, India (Reuters) – Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has promised to clean up politics. The man running the ruling party’s campaign in a crucial state election, who is facing 11 criminal cases, says it will take a while.
New Syrian jihadist alliance vows to step up attacks against army
AMMAN (Reuters) – The head of a new alliance of Syrian Islamist factions, including a former affiliate of al Qaeda, has promised to escalate attacks against the Syrian army and its Iranian-backed allies with the goal of toppling President Bashar al-Ass…
EU top diplomat discusses Russia, Iran nuclear deal with Tillerson
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – In their first meeting, the European Union’s foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini and U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson spoke “at length” about terrorism, Russia, the Iran nuclear deal and Ukraine, the EU said in a stateme…
Shifting Afghan frontlines make aid work harder, more dangerous
KABUL (Reuters) – When a convoy of Red Cross workers drove into remote northern Afghanistan on Wednesday with supplies for victims of snow storms, they were entering a region that had recently seen dangerous and unpredictable changes.
