Cuban revolutionary leader Fidel Castro dies aged 90
HAVANA (Reuters) – Fidel Castro, the Cuban revolutionary who built a communist state on the doorstep of the United States and for five decades defied U.S. efforts to topple him, died on Friday. He was 90.
India’s rural economy hit hard as informal lending breaks down
MUMBAI (Reuters) – Life was good for Mitharam Patil, a wealthy money lender from a small village in the Indian state of Maharashtra.
Indonesia police make more arrests in foiled Jakarta bomb plot
JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesian police over the weekend arrested two more members of a militant group that had planned to bomb government buildings and the Myanmar embassy in Jakarta, having arrested the bombmaker earlier in the week, a police spokesman…
Militants kidnap six Pakistani workers of Polish oil company
DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan (Reuters) – Six Pakistani workers from a Polish oil and gas surveying company have been kidnapped in northwestern Pakistan, military sources told Reuters, years after a Polish engineer from the same company was beheaded by P…
Two mass graves of Iraq’s Yazidi minority found near Mosul: official
ERBIL, Iraq (Reuters) – Two mass graves of at least 18 members of Iraq’s Yazidi minority, thousands of whom have been killed and kidnapped by Islamic State, have been discovered as security forces fight to dislodge the militants from Mosul, a local off…
For top Iraqi commander, Mosul offensive is personal battle
JULUKHAN, Iraq (Reuters) – Major General Najm al-Jubbouri, a top commander in the offensive against Islamic State in the Iraqi city of Mosul, peered through binoculars at flames after his men shot dead an Islamic State suicide bomber.
Qatar will help Syrian rebels even if Trump ends U.S. role
DOHA (Reuters) – Qatar will continue to arm Syrian rebels even if Donald Trump ends U.S. backing for the multinational effort, Doha’s foreign minister said in an interview, signaling its determination to pursue a policy the U.S. President-elect may aba…
Cuba’s Fidel Castro made revolutionary mark on history
The son of a wealthy landowner, Fidel Castro turned his back on a life of privilege to lead a left-wing revolution in Cuba that endured for decades and was shaped by his political cunning, keen sense of destiny and boundless ego.
Najib cools snap election talk as Malaysia lacks ‘feel good factor’
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak said on Sunday that he will “not necessarily” call a snap election next year, amid talk that he would seek an early vote as splits in the opposition have hobbled efforts to oust him over a l…
France’s Fillon seen as favorite to beat Juppe for conservative nomination
PARIS (Reuters) – Former prime minister Francois Fillon looked on Friday to be in a strong position to claim his center-right party’s nomination to contest next year’s French presidential election as he and rival Alain Juppe held final rallies of the …
