After disparaging United Nations, Trump and new U.N. chief talk
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – New United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres spoke with U.S. President-elect Donald Trump on Wednesday, and the two had “a very positive discussion on U.S./U.N. relations,” said a U.N. spokesman, a week after Trump s…
Britain swiftly appoints career diplomat as EU envoy replacement: Financial Times
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain is to appoint career diplomat Tim Barrow to replace Ivan Rogers, its top envoy at the EU who quit this week with a blistering attack on the government’s plans to leave the bloc, the Financial Times reported on Wednesday.
Germany detains Tunisian man linked to Berlin truck attacker
BERLIN (Reuters) – German police have detained a 26-year-old Tunisian man over links with the perpetrator of an Islamist truck attack on a Berlin Christmas market that killed 12 people, a federal prosecutors’ spokeswoman said on Wednesday.
More than 2,000 Iraqis a day flee Mosul as military advances
NEAR MOSUL/ERBIL, Iraq (Reuters) – More than 2,000 Iraqis a day are fleeing Mosul, several hundred more each day than before U.S.-led coalition forces began a new phase of their battle to retake the city from Islamic State, the United Nations said on W…
Video of New Year attack on woman in India’s tech hub prompts police probe
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Police in India’s technology hub of Bengaluru said on Wednesday they had begun investigating reports of a New Year’s assault on a woman after a video emerged showing the attack by two men, as bystanders watched.
Brazil state governor calls for war on drug gangs after massacre
MANAUS/BRASILIA, Brazil (Reuters) – The governor of the state that saw Brazil’s bloodiest prison massacre in decades this week urged federal authorities on Wednesday to step up the fight against drug trafficking, which he blames for a wave of violence …
Austria investigates series of New Year’s sexual assaults in Innsbruck
VIENNA (Reuters) – Police in the Austrian city of Innsbruck are trying to identify a group of foreign men believed to have sexually assaulted 18 women during New Year’s Eve celebrations, a spokesman said on Wednesday.
Thousands return to ruins of freezing Aleppo: U.N. official
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Thousands of people are starting to return to formerly rebel-held east Aleppo despite freezing weather and destruction “beyond imagination”, a top U.N. official told Reuters from the Syrian city.
Turkey says Istanbul attacker’s identity established, manhunt goes on
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkey has established the identity of the gunman who killed 39 people in an Istanbul nightclub on New Year’s Day, its foreign minister said on Wednesday, as police detained suspected Islamic State members of Central Asian and Nort…
Russia offers Philippines arms and close friendship
MANILA (Reuters) – Russia is ready to supply the Philippines with sophisticated weapons including aircraft and submarines and aims to become a close friend of the traditional U.S. ally as it diversifies its foreign ties, Russia’s ambassador said on Wed…
