Syrian general says Aleppo offensive in final stages
ALEPPO, Syria/BEIRUT (Reuters) – The Syrian army and its allies are in the “last moments before declaring victory” in Aleppo, a Syrian military source said, after rebel defenses collapsed on Monday, leaving insurgents in a tiny, heavily bombarded pocke…
Brazil’s Federal Police asks prosecutors to charge Lula for more crimes: media
SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Brazil’s Federal Police asked prosecutors to charge former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva for more crimes in the country’s widest-ever corruption probe, Globo’s G1 news site reported on Monday.
Iraqi police say ready to join assault on east Mosul
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Several thousand Iraqi federal police are ready to join the assault against Islamic State in east Mosul, a spokesman said on Monday, reinforcing troops who have faced weeks of fierce counter-attacks from the militants.
Portugal’s Guterres sworn in as next U.N. secretary-general
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – Former Portuguese Prime Minister Antonio Guterres was sworn in on Monday as the ninth United Nations Secretary-General, pledging to personally help broker peace in various conflicts and reform the 71-year old world body to be…
UK must set out plans for transitional deal with EU: lawmakers
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain will need a transitional trade agreement with the European Union, and the government should set out plans for it before beginning formal divorce talks with the bloc, members of parliament’s upper house said on Tuesday.
Brazil’s Temer, in battle for survival, plans economic stimulus
BRASILIA (Reuters) – President Michel Temer, fighting for survival over corruption allegations against him and his government, is planning new measures to jump start Brazil’s stalled economy, improve his dismal approval ratings and stifle calls for his…
Nigeria sends surgeons to treat people injured in church collapse
UYO, Nigeria (Reuters) – Nigeria rushed plastic surgeons and other specialists on Monday to a city in the south to treat more than one hundred people injured when a church collapsed in one of the worst recent building accidents in the West African cou…
Wonder Woman stint as U.N. ambassador ending after outcry
NEW YORK (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Wonder Woman’s reign as a United Nations honorary ambassador comes to an end this week, the U.N. said on Monday, in an unexpected departure less than two months after appointment of the scantily clad, curvaceous …
U.S. calls Gambia crisis ‘very dangerous’ ahead of presidents’ visit
BANJUL/UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The United States said on Monday Gambia had reached “a very dangerous moment” as West African leaders prepared to travel there to tell long-ruling leader Yahya Jammeh to accept his election defeat and step down.
Syrian Observatory reports suspected gas attack in Islamic State area near Palmyra
BEIRUT (Reuters) – The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said there had been a suspected gas attack in Islamic State-held territory near Palmyra on Monday, amid heavy aerial bombardment of the same area which together killed at least 53 people.
