India’s Modi goes to Washington as U.S. partner, but not yet full ally
NEW DELHI/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Two years ago there were questions over whether Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi could get a visa to enter the United States. Next week he visits Washington as one of President Barack Obama’s closest international pa…
U.S.-backed fighters advance to cut off Islamic State, win tacit Turkish support
NEAR THE EUPHRATES RIVER, northern Syria (Reuters) – U.S.-backed Syrian fighters in a major new offensive against Islamic State vowed on Thursday to cut off the last remaining access route to the outside world for the self-proclaimed caliphate, and won…
Suicide bomber kills several in Syrian coastal city Latakia: monitor
BEIRUT (Reuters) – A suicide bomber detonated explosives near a mosque in the Syrian coastal city of Latakia on Thursday, killing and wounding several people, a monitoring group and state media reported.
U.N. adds Saudi coalition to blacklist for killing children in Yemen
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon slammed the Saudi Arabia-led coalition fighting in Yemen for killing and maiming children by adding it to an annual blacklist of states and armed groups that violate children’s rig…
Cameron says would join EU if Britain was not a member, but not euro
LONDON (Reuters) – Prime Minister David Cameron said on Thursday he would take Britain into the European Union under the “special status” it now enjoys if it was not already a member, pressing his campaign to remain in the bloc in a live television per…
Burundi’s Nkurunziza asks criminal gangs to surrender in next 15 days
BUJUMBURA (Reuters) – President Pierre Nkurunziza has given armed gangs in Burundi 15 days to surrender to authorities and hand in their weapons or face unspecified action.
Brazil Congress signals approval of spending ceiling: Meirelles
BRASILIA (Reuters) – Finance Minister Henrique Meirelles said on Thursday that Congress has signaled it is willing to approve tough measures to control spending, as Brazil fights to emerge from its worst recession since the 1930s.
U.S. imposes sanctions on three Burundian nationals
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States Treasury said on Thursday it had imposed sanctions on two pro-government Burundian officials and a member of an armed opposition group for “engaging in actions or policies that threaten the peace, security, or s…
Tunisia’s president urges new unity government to tackle tensions
TUNIS (Reuters) – Tunisian President Beji Caid Essebsi on Thursday called for negotiations among political parties, unions and independents to form a new unity government to help advance economic reforms in an attempt to calm social tensions.
Egypt’s former top auditor to face trial after alleging mass corruption
CAIRO (Reuters) – Egypt’s former top auditor Hisham Geneina was referred for criminal prosecution on Thursday on a charge of spreading false news about the cost of the country’s corruption, judicial sources said.
