Mass protests force Romania to scrap decree decriminalizing graft
BUCHAREST (Reuters) – Romania’s prime minister said on Saturday he was scrapping a decree that would have shielded dozens of politicians from prosecution for corruption, bowing to one of the biggest protests since the fall of dictator Nicolae Ceausescu…
Yemen Al Qaeda leader says U.S. raid on Yemen a blow to Trump
CAIRO (Reuters) – The leader of Al Qaeda’s Yemen branch said in a recorded speech released on Friday that the U.S. raid carried out last week had failed and was a blow to President Donald Trump.
After ending ceasefire, Philippine leader says peace talks over too
MANILA (Reuters) – Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte said on Saturday that peace negotiations with Maoist-led rebels would be scrapped, five months after both sides resumed talks to end nearly five decades of conflict that has killed more than 40,00…
U.S.-backed Syrian force in new phase of Raqqa assault
RAQQA PROVINCE, Syria/BEIRUT (Reuters) – An alliance of U.S.-backed militias started a new phase of its campaign against the Islamic State-held city of Raqqa on Saturday, aiming to complete its encirclement and sever the road to militant strongholds in…
Romania’s prime minister says to scrap graft decree on Sunday
BUCHAREST (Reuters) – Romania’s government will scrap a decree decriminalizing some graft offences on Sunday, Prime Minister Sorin Grindeanu said on Saturday, as some 140,000 demonstrators protested against the law a stone’s throw from his office.
Jordanian air force targets Islamic State in southern Syria
AMMAN (Reuters) – The Jordanian air force conducted air strikes against Islamic State targets in southern Syria on Friday night, hitting an ammunition depot, a car bomb factory and a barracks, the Jordanian military said in a statement.
Macron offers refuge in France to U.S. scientists, entrepreneurs
LYON, France (Reuters) – French presidential candidate Emmanuel Macron on Saturday called on U.S. scientists, academics and entrepreneurs at odds with Donald Trump’s administration to move to France.
Shelling flares up in east Ukraine ahead of Trump’s call to Kiev
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukraine and Russia-backed separatists accused each other of resuming artillery attacks in east Ukraine on Saturday, breaking a lull in shelling at a frontline hot-spot that had raised hopes the conflict’s worst escalation in months was…
Libyans intercept at least 1,131 migrants off western coast in a week – coast guard
TRIPOLI (Reuters) – Libya’s coast guard intercepted at least 1,131 migrants near the western city of Sabratha over the course of a week, a spokesman said on Saturday.
Thousands protest in London against Trump’s refugee ban
LONDON (Reuters) – Several thousand people demonstrated outside the U.S. embassy in London on Saturday against President Donald Trump and his temporary ban on refugees and nationals from seven Muslim-majority countries from entering the United States.
