At least two dead as train derails in northern Spain
MADRID (Reuters) – At least two people have died after a train derailed in Galicia, in northern Spain, a spokesman for the local emergency services said on Friday.
NATO chief says welcomes Turkey’s efforts against Islamic State: NTV
ANKARA (Reuters) – NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said on Friday he welcomed Turkey’s efforts against Islamic State and that Ankara had a right to defend itself.
Duterte says he told Obama he never insulted him, thinks U.N.’s Ban a fool
JAKARTA (Reuters) – Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte told Barack Obama he never called him a “son of a bitch”, he said on Friday, but he maintained a defiant stance on his war on drugs, saying U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon was a fool for bringing up human…
Iraq gears up for late-year push to retake Mosul from Islamic State
QAYYARA AIRBASE, Iraq (Reuters) – The U.S.-led war on Islamic State has depleted the group’s funds, leadership and foreign fighters, but the biggest battle yet is expected later this year in Iraq’s northern city of Mosul, where Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi dec…
Washington state will not charge police in Mexican laborer’s slaying
SEATTLE (Reuters) – The U.S. state of Washington has decided not to file criminal charges against the three police officers who fatally shot an undocumented Mexican farm worker in 2015 after he threw rocks at them and ran through a crowded intersection…
Duterte, Obama shake hands and chat after rift over insult
VIENTIANE (Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama and Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte shook hands and had a brief chat on Wednesday, officials said, easing a standoff after Duterte called Obama a “son of a bitch” ahead of a summit of Asian leaders…
China’s Li tells Duterte he hopes ties can get back on normal track
SHANGHAI (Reuters) – Chinese Premier Li Keqiang told Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte he hopes the two countries can work together to bring bilateral ties back to a normal track, the Chinese foreign ministry said in a statement posted on its websi…
Air strike kills top commander of former Nusra group in Syria
AMMAN (Reuters) – The top military commander of the militant group Jabhat Fateh al Sham, the former al Qaeda offshoot in Syria, was killed in an aerial raid that targeted a meeting of the group’s leaders, both the group and rebel sources said on Thursd…
Mexico’s new finance minister spurns Donald Trump
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexico’s new finance minister on Thursday delivered a stern reproach to Donald Trump, saying the only thing he agreed on with the U.S. Republican presidential candidate was that his predecessor in the ministry was an excellent p…
U.S. links Venezuelan official related to Maduro to drug probe
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration agent testified on Thursday that a probe of two nephews of Venezuela’s first lady began after a drug trafficker cooperating with authorities told him of a meeting arranged by her brother, a to…
