Britain hopes to raise NATO with Trump at early engagement: PM May’s spokeswoman
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain hopes to raise the issue of NATO with U.S. President-elect Donald Trump at any early engagement, Prime Minister Theresa May’s spokeswoman said on Tuesday.
Hong Kong court, in line with China ruling, bars pro-independence lawmakers
HONG KONG (Reuters) – A Hong Kong court on Tuesday disqualified two pro-independence lawmakers from taking office, ruling their oath of allegiance invalid in a judgment in step with Beijing, which last week intervened in the Chinese-ruled city’s legal …
France says Israeli bill on settlements a risk to two-state solution
PARIS (Reuters) – France said on Tuesday an Israeli bill supported by a ministerial committee allowing settlers in the occupied West Bank to remain in homes built on private Palestinian land was of a matter of deep concern and jeopardized a two-state s…
U.N. envoy urges Trump to back Syrian political devolution
GENEVA (Reuters) – U.N. Syria envoy Staffan de Mistura said on Tuesday that U.S. President-elect Donald Trump was right to seek to work with Russia to beat Islamic State in Syria, but urged him to help push for political reforms to stop the militant gr…
Turkey’s prime minister will meet Russia’s Putin in December: prime ministry sources
ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim will meet Russian President Vladimir Putin during a visit on Dec. 5 and 6, prime ministry sources said.
Swedish prosecutor arrives to question Assange for second day at Ecuador’s UK embassy
LONDON (Reuters) – Swedish Chief Prosecutor Ingrid Isgren arrived at Ecuador’s London embassy on Tuesday to question Julian Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks, in connection with a rape investigation, a Reuters photographer at the scene said.
Turkey-backed rebels close in on IS-held Syrian city al-Bab: Turkish PM
ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkey-backed rebels are nearing the Syrian city of al-Bab and the area will be cleared of Islamic State militants soon, Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim said on Tuesday.
South Korea’s Park retains lawyer as she tries to ride out her biggest crisis yet
SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korean President Park Geun-hye has retained a lawyer ahead of questioning by prosecutors investigating a favors scandal engulfing her administration, her office said on Tuesday, as she tries to ride out the biggest crisis of her…
Air strike hits third Syrian hospital in 24 hours: monitor
BEIRUT (Reuters) – An air strike hit a hospital in the rebel-held Syrian village of Awaijel, west of Aleppo killing at least one person in the early hours of Tuesday, a day after attacks on two other hospitals in the region, a war monitor said.
Police raid mosques, flats across Germany as government bans Islamist group
BERLIN (Reuters) – German police launched dawn raids on mosques, apartments and offices in ten German states on Tuesday, and the government banned a group it accused of trying to recruit fighters for Islamic State, the interior ministry said.
