Venezuela falls behind on oil-for-loan deals with China, Russia
HOUSTON/CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuela’s state-run oil company, PDVSA, has fallen months behind on shipments of crude and fuel under oil-for-loan deals with China and Russia, according to internal company documents reviewed by Reuters.
In French bellwether city, scandal deepens election uncertainty
CHARTRES, France (Reuters) – Chartres has in past decades been a bellwether for France’s presidential elections, but ahead of this spring’s poll the signal from this white-collar city appears to be blurred by a scandal that has fed into a wave of anti-…
Eastern forces strike base in central Libya as rival groups clash in Tripoli
BENGHAZI, Libya (Reuters) – Eastern Libyan forces attacked an air base in the central region of Jufra on Thursday, killing at least two people according to a force spokesman and a medical source, hours after factional fighting flared in the capital Tri…
Russian foreign ministry says ready to cooperate with NATO in Afghanistan: TASS
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Moscow is ready to renew cooperation with the United States and other NATO powers to reach mutual goals in Afghanistan, Zamir Kabulov, a Russian Foreign Ministry official, said in an interview with the state TASS agency published on …
Having fled fighting, Iraqis and Syrians learn to code
ERBIL, Iraq (Reuters) – At a training course in northern Iraq, people displaced by the wars in Mosul and neighboring Syria are learning how to code.
Russia airstrikes accidentally kill three Turkish soldiers in Syria, Turkish army says
ANKARA (Reuters) – Russian airstrikes accidentally killed three Turkish soldiers and wounded 11 others during an operation against Islamic State in northern Syria on Thursday morning, Turkey’s military said in a statement.
More than 700 stage anti-government protest in Nigerian capital
ABUJA (Reuters) – More than 700 people took to the streets in the Nigerian capital Abuja on Thursday to protest against the government’s economic policy in a sign of mounting public anger in the oil producer grappling with recession.
Britain tells Scotland: No need for second independence referendum
ROME/LONDON (Reuters) – Britain sees no need for a second Scottish independence referendum and the devolved Scottish government should focus on improving the economy and tacking domestic issues rather than flirting with secession, a senior British mini…
British PM May says Trump immigration order was wrong
LONDON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump’s order temporarily banning entry to people from seven Muslim-majority countries is wrong and Britain does not plan to adopt a similar policy, Prime Minister Theresa May said on Thursday.
Pope says ‘at peace’ confronting Vatican corruption, sex abuse
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – Pope Francis says he is at peace with himself and not taking “tranquilizing pills” while dealing with corruption in the Vatican and clergy sexual abuse.
