Netanyahu to discuss ‘bad’ Iran deal with Trump, Kerry stresses settlements
JERUSALEM/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday he would discuss with Donald Trump the West’s “bad” nuclear deal with Iran after the U.S. president-elect enters the White House.
Fleeing Aleppo fighting, Syrians describe terrifying choices
BEIRUT (Reuters) – As Syrian government forces advanced into Aleppo’s rebel-held al-Sakhour district, Hasan al-Ali said he faced the choice of staying put and being caught by the army, or fleeing into a shrinking rebel enclave under relentless bombardm…
Demonstrators march in Brazil to support corruption crackdown
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – Demonstrators protested across Brazil on Sunday to denounce corruption and a congressional vote perceived as an effort to intimidate judges and prosecutors leading graft probes.
Local official, two journalists shot and killed in Finnish town
HELSINKI (Reuters) – A local politician and two journalists, all of them women, were shot dead with a rifle in front of a restaurant in the Finnish town of Imatra, police said on Sunday.
Rebels defiant as Syrian army nears Aleppo’s Old City
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Syria’s army and allied militia advanced towards rebel-held areas of Aleppo’s Old City on Sunday in an attack which a military source predicted would be over in a matter of weeks.
Women, children leave Islamic State holdout in Sirte: Libyan forces
MISRATA, Libya (Reuters) – Libyan forces said at least 10 women and children left the last cluster of buildings controlled by Islamic State in the group’s former stronghold of Sirte on Sunday, adding that they had edged closer to taking full control of…
Uzbekistan’s interim leader expected to win presidential election
TASHKENT (Reuters) – Uzbekistan’s prime minister and interim president, Shavkat Mirziyoyev, looked likely to win a presidential election on Sunday by a landslide and become the second leader of Central Asia’s most populous nation since independence.
Palestinian President Abbas gets boost in Fatah congress vote
RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) – Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas kept a strong grip on his Fatah movement in an election in which his loyalists remained dominant in its top decision-making body, final results showed on Sunday.
British PM heads to Bahrain to cement Gulf ties before Brexit
LONDON (Reuters) – Prime Minister Theresa May will travel to Bahrain this week for a meeting of the Gulf Cooperation Council that she hopes will cement stronger ties with Middle Eastern countries as Britain leaves the European Union.
Cash gifts and ‘crocodile holes’: Gambia’s outgoing ruler
BANJUL (Reuters) – Gambia’s President Yahya Jammeh was celebrating his 48th birthday in Banjul in May 2013 when he saw a poor street hawker selling peanuts with a child strapped to her back.
