Canada says U.S. entitled to mobile phone search at border
OTTAWA (Reuters) – U.S. authorities are entitled to search the mobile devices of Canadians seeking to cross the border, a spokesman for Ralph Goodale, Canada’s public safety minister, said on Saturday.
Trudeau speaks with Trump about trade: prime minister’s office
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Saturday spoke to U.S. President Donald Trump about trade and congratulated him on his inauguration, according to the prime minister’s office.
Mauritius prime minister resigns in favor of his son
PORT LOUIS (Reuters) – The 86-year-old prime minister of Mauritius said on Saturday that he would resign on Jan. 23 and hand power to his son, who is the current finance minister.
Boko Haram attacks town previously bombed by Nigerian air force, 15 killed: army
RANN, Nigeria (Reuters) – Around 15 Boko Haram fighters were killed when the jihadists attacked a town in northeastern Nigeria, two days after the air force accidentally killed dozens of people there, local and military officials said.
U.S. envoy to Kazakhstan to attend Syria talks as an observer
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. State Department said on Saturday it will not send a delegation from Washington to attend Syrian peace talks in the Kazakh capital next week due to immediate demands of the transition.
Women protest against Trump on streets of Europe’s capitals
LONDON/VIENNA (Reuters) – Thousands of women took to the streets of European capitals to join “sister marches” in Asia against newly installed U.S. President Trump ahead of a major rally in Washington expected to draw nearly a quarter of a million peop…
French far-right leader Le Pen calls on Europeans to ‘wake up’
KOBLENZ, Germany (Reuters) – French far-right leader Marine Le Pen urged European voters to follow the example of Americans and the British and “wake up” in 2017, at a meeting of right-wing leaders aiming to oust established parties in elections this y…
Iran rescuers find three bodies at collapsed building, hopes for survivors fade
DUBAI (Reuters) – Iranian rescuers have removed three bodies from the rubble of a high-rise building in Tehran that collapsed after a fire, a fire department spokesman said on Saturday, as hopes of finding survivors trapped beneath the shopping mall we…
Gunman fires on Turkish police; suspect identified in earlier attack
ANKARA (Reuters) – An unidentified gunman attacked police in Istanbul on Saturday morning, a day after rocket attacks targeting Istanbul’s police headquarters and an office of the ruling AK Party. No casualties were reported in either attack.
Turkey orders more than 400 arrests in post-coup probes: report
ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkish prosecutors have issued arrest warrants for more than 400 people, including soldiers and security officers, in 48 provinces across the country following July’s failed coup, broadcaster Haberturk said on Saturday.
