UK, U.S. should look at removing trade barriers before Brexit: PM May
PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Theresa May said on Thursday Britain and the United States could look at areas where both could remove some trade barriers to their mutual advantage while she negotiates the country’s exit from the EU.
Sleaze accusations return to haunt French election campaign
PARIS (Reuters) – The latest surprise in France’s presidential election campaign – allegations that the spouse of frontrunner Francois Fillon was paid well for work she did not do – is in a sense all too familiar.
Exclusive: Syria’s million-tonne Russian wheat deal in jeopardy
ABU DHABI/MOSCOW (Reuters) – A deal struck in October for Syria to buy one million tonnes of wheat from its ally Russia to prevent bread shortages in government-held areas has not been fulfilled and may never be, Syrian and Russian government sources s…
Russian, Turkish jets strike Islamic State in Syria: Ifax
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian and Turkish jets carried out air strikes on Islamic State targets near the Syrian town of al-Bab on Thursday, Interfax news agency cited the Russian Defence Ministry as saying.
Exchanging fire across the Tigris as battle for west Mosul looms
MOSUL (Reuters) – An Iraqi soldier stared patiently through a high-powered scope until he spotted a bulldozer across the Tigris River. He alerted his elite unit, which fired a missile with a boom so loud it blew a metal door behind the soldiers off its…
Turkey angered as Greece blocks extradition of soldiers over coup attempt
ATHENS/ANKARA (Reuters) – Greece’s Supreme Court ruled against the extradition of eight Turkish soldiers who fled to Greece in July after a failed coup attempt in Turkey, a decision which angered Ankara and further strained relations between the two n…
Egyptian rights lawyer says he’s banned from travel
CAIRO (Reuters) – A prominent Egyptian human rights lawyer said that airport security prevented him from boarding a flight to Jordan on Thursday and told him his name was on a travel ban list.
Facing jihadist attack, Syrian rebels join bigger faction
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Syrian Islamist rebel group Ahrar al-Sham said on Thursday six other rebel factions had joined its ranks in northwestern Syria in order to fend off a major assault by a powerful jihadist group.
Proliferation of bird flu outbreaks raises risk of human pandemic
LONDON (Reuters) – The global spread of bird flu and the number of viral strains currently circulating and causing infections have reached unprecedented levels, raising the risk of a potential human outbreak, according to disease experts.
Even with new leader, Germany’s SPD will struggle to take power
BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany’s Social Democrats (SPD) may look reinvigorated with a new leader, Martin Schulz, set to take on conservative Angela Merkel in September’s election, but their chances of leading a left-wing coalition to oust the chancellor re…
