Tensions within Moroccan government heat up as election nears
RABAT (Reuters) – Tensions have erupted between Morocco’s royal establishment and the Islamist ruling party, with the Islamist justice minister complaining of “weird” goings-on in the run-up to a parliamentary election next month.
In Gaza and West Bank, Palestinian journalists fear squeeze on free press
GAZA/RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) – On Sept. 1, half a dozen Hamas security officials called at the home of Mohammed Othman, a young journalist in Gaza who had written several probing articles. They seized two laptops, two mobile phones and took Othma…
Weakness at home hobbles once-powerful Merkel in Europe
BERLIN (Reuters) – It is hard to think of what more Angela Merkel could have done over the past weeks to nudge fellow European leaders toward a post-Brexit consensus.
In Frejus, France’s far-right FN faces test of leadership
FREJUS, France (Reuters) – In the southern French town of Frejus, National Front (FN) mayor David Rachline is performing a balancing act that epitomizes the far-right party’s strategy — trying to prove it can run things while retaining its anti-establ…
Philippine drug killings probe in limbo after senators drop Duterte critic
MANILA (Reuters) – Philippine senators on Monday ousted a staunch critic of President Rodrigo Duterte from the leadership of a panel investigating an explosion of drug-related killings, squashing a rare domestic challenge to the bloody crackdown.
Yemen’s cenbank has to move from capital Sanaa: new governor
RIYADH (Reuters) – Yemen’s central bank has to move from the capital Sanaa because the armed Houthi movement that controls the city has been pillaging it to finance its war against the exiled government, the bank’s newly appointed governor said on Mond…
Israeli forces kill Palestinian assailant, police say, as violence surges
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israeli forces shot dead a Palestinian assailant and wounded another in the West Bank on Monday, police said, and two police officers were stabbed in East Jerusalem in a resurgence of violence now in its fourth day.
Merkel says accepts share of responsibility for Berlin defeat
BERLIN (Reuters) – German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Monday she accepted her share of responsibility for her conservatives’ drubbing in a Berlin state vote on Sunday when voters punished the party for her refugee-friendly migrant policy.
China threatens countermeasures after Dalai Lama speaks at EU Parliament
BEIJING (Reuters) – China expressed anger on Monday and threatened countermeasures after exiled Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama spoke at the European Parliament in the French city of Strasbourg and met its president, Martin Schulz.
Death toll from Friday’s Central African Republic clashes was six: U.N.
DAKAR (Reuters) – Six people were killed last week in Central African Republic in fighting between rival armed groups, the country’s U.N. peacekeeping mission and the government said on Monday, revising down an earlier toll.
