U.S. sanctions Chinese firm tied to North Korea’s nuclear program
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States said on Monday it had sanctioned a Chinese industrial machinery and equipment wholesaler, a new step in tightening the financial noose around North Korea’s nuclear program after its fifth nuclear test this mont…
EU launches program to issue cash cards to migrants in Turkey
ANKARA (Reuters) – The European Union launched a program on Monday to issue monthly electronic cash grants to benefit a million refugees in Turkey, as part of a deal under which Ankara will curb the numbers trying to enter Europe.
Bosnian Serb leader summoned for questioning over referendum
SARAJEVO (Reuters) – Bosnia’s chief prosecutor has summoned the president of the country’s Serb Republic for questioning after he defied the top court by holding a banned referendum on whether his autonomous region should mark a national day.
Islamic State ‘dead set’ on using chemical arms: Pentagon spokesman
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Islamic State militants are “dead set” on using chemical arms and are likely to try them again as Iraqi forces advance on Mosul, a Pentagon spokesman said on Monday, a week after a rocket with a possible chemical agent landed nea…
Kerry defends diplomacy as Russian-backed forces pound Aleppo
CARTAGENA, Colombia/BEIRUT (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry defended his efforts to negotiate with Moscow over the war in Syria on Monday, despite the collapse of a ceasefire that has led to a massive Russian-backed assault on the besiege…
Brazil police arrest ex-finance minister Palocci in graft probe
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – Brazilian police on Monday arrested Antonio Palocci, a powerful former finance minister and presidential chief of staff in recent Workers Party (PT) governments, as a sweeping anti-corruption probe hit even harder at the left…
‘Ottoman’ Boris Johnson makes first visit to Turkey since Erdogan poem
ANKARA (Reuters) – British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson on Monday kicked off his first official visit to Ankara by highlighting his “proud ownership” of a Turkish washing machine and steered clear of his past prize-winning insults of President Tayyi…
Portugal’s Guterres leads race for U.N. chief after fifth ballot
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – Former Portuguese Prime Minister Antonio Guterres leads the race to become the next United Nations Secretary-General after a fifth U.N. Security Council secret ballot on Monday, diplomats said.
Police say man opens fire, injuring two, near supermarket west of Paris
PARIS (Reuters) – French police officials said on Monday a man had opened fire near a supermarket west of Paris and injured two people.
Bomb kills three Thai police officers in southern ambush
BANGKOK (Reuters) – Three Thai policemen were killed and two wounded on Friday in a bomb and gun attack in the southern province of Yala where Muslim separatists have been waging a simmering insurgency against the state.
