China’s Li tells Duterte he hopes ties can get back on normal track
SHANGHAI (Reuters) – Chinese Premier Li Keqiang told Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte he hopes the two countries can work together to bring bilateral ties back to a normal track, the Chinese foreign ministry said in a statement posted on its websi…
Air strike kills top commander of former Nusra group in Syria
AMMAN (Reuters) – The top military commander of the militant group Jabhat Fateh al Sham, the former al Qaeda offshoot in Syria, was killed in an aerial raid that targeted a meeting of the group’s leaders, both the group and rebel sources said on Thursd…
Mexico’s new finance minister spurns Donald Trump
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexico’s new finance minister on Thursday delivered a stern reproach to Donald Trump, saying the only thing he agreed on with the U.S. Republican presidential candidate was that his predecessor in the ministry was an excellent p…
U.S. links Venezuelan official related to Maduro to drug probe
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration agent testified on Thursday that a probe of two nephews of Venezuela’s first lady began after a drug trafficker cooperating with authorities told him of a meeting arranged by her brother, a to…
Dozens stuck overnight in cable cars near Mont Blanc
LYON, France (Reuters) – Forty-five people were stranded overnight in cable cars near Europe’s highest mountain, Mont Blanc, when a ride between two mountain peaks came to a halt on Thursday, French authorities said.
Three suspected female militants seized in France, policeman stabbed
BOUSSY-SAINT-ANTOINE/PARIS (Reuters) – Three women arrested on Thursday in connection with a car laden with gas cylinders found abandoned near Paris’s Notre Dame cathedral were likely planning an imminent attack, French Interior Minister Bernard Cazene…
U.S. attempted to rescue two hostages in Afghanistan -Pentagon
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. forces attempted to rescue two civilian hostages in Afghanistan last month, but the captives were not at the location and no U.S. personnel or civilians were harmed in the attempt, the Pentagon said on Thursday.
Gabon opposition leader challenges vote as mediation mission postponed
LIBREVILLE (Reuters) – Gabon’s opposition leader lodged a constitutional court challenge on Thursday against a presidential election he narrowly lost, hoping to overturn a result whose validity has been questioned at home and abroad.
In about-face, Kerry heads to Geneva to meet Russia’s Lavrov
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry will meet Russia’s foreign minister in Geneva about a ceasefire deal for Syria, the State Department said on Thursday in a sudden about-face after saying it did not believe a meeting was worthwh…
Syria ready to cooperate with U.N. watchdog on gas attack accusations
AMMAN (Reuters) – Syria said on Thursday it was ready to cooperate with the global chemical weapons watchdog over accusations it had used poison gas against insurgent held areas.
