Exclusive: U.S. helped clinch Iraq oil deal to keep Mosul battle on track
BAGHDAD/LONDON (Reuters) – – Shuttle diplomacy by the United States’ envoy to the anti-Islamic State coalition brokered an oil deal between Iraq and its Kurdish region vital to a climactic battle with the jihadists, diplomats, officials and oil men say.
Abbas’s farewell to Israel’s Peres stirs controversy at home
GAZA (Reuters) – Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas is feeling a backlash at home over his attendance at the funeral of Israeli statesman Shimon Peres, who shared a Nobel prize for interim peace deals with the Palestinians.
Protesters jeer at Merkel in Dresden as Germany marks reunification
DRESDEN, Germany (Reuters) – Protesters jeered at German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Monday as she attended celebrations in the eastern city of Dresden to mark 26 years since Germany’s reunification.
At least six killed, 35 wounded in Afghanistan market blast
MAZAR-I-SHARIF, Afghanistan (Reuters) – At least six people were killed and 35 wounded on Monday, when an improvised explosive device tore into a crowded marketplace in a northern Afghan province on the border with Turkmenistan, officials said.
May says to trigger EU divorce by end of March, sterling falls
BIRMINGHAM, England (Reuters) – Prime Minister Theresa May said she would trigger the process to leave the EU by the end of March, offering the first glimpse of a timetable for a divorce that will redefine Britain’s ties with its biggest trading partne…
Palestinian court says municipal election can be held, but only in West Bank
RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) – The Palestinian high court in Ramallah, amending an earlier ruling, decided on Monday that municipal elections can be held, but only in the West Bank and not in the Hamas Islamist-ruled Gaza Strip.
Berlusconi has heart check-up in U.S., misses trial hearing: lawyers
MILAN (Reuters) – Former Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi has flown to the United States for tests on his heart condition, meaning he could not attend the start of a new trial on Monday tied to his “bunga bunga” parties, his lawyers said.
Turkey detains brother of cleric Gulen, issues arrest warrants for 115
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkish authorities have detained a brother of Fethullah Gulen, a U.S.-based cleric they accuse of orchestrating a coup attempt in July, and issued arrest warrants for 115 other people as part of nationwide investigations into the …
Taliban fighters enter northern Afghan city of Kunduz
KUNDUZ, Afghanistan (Reuters) – Taliban fighters entered the northern Afghan city of Kunduz on Monday, almost exactly a year after they briefly seized it in their biggest success of the 15-year war, while heavy fighting in the south underscored the cou…
South Africa’s Zuma says student protests could destroy universities
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – Widespread protests by South African students demanding free higher education could destroy universities, President Jacob Zuma said on Monday.
