Renewed fighting in Lebanon Palestinian refugee camp kills one
BEIRUT (Reuters) – One person was killed and others injured late on Friday in a Palestinian refugee camp in south Lebanon after a dispute erupted into gunfire between rival political groups for the second time this week, Reuters witnesses and state med…
Vietnam parliament swears in top policeman as president
HANOI (Reuters) – Vietnam’s parliament swore in Tran Dai Quang as president on Saturday, elevating the head of a controversial internal security agency to one of the communist nation’s most powerful political posts.
Former British colony Australia says it wants Britain to stay in EU
SYDNEY (Reuters) – The former British colony of Australia wants Britain to stay in the European Union, Foreign Minister Julie Bishop said, weeks before Britain holds a referendum on EU membership.
Obama: troubled by trends in Turkey against free press, democracy
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama on Friday said he was troubled by trends in Turkey against a free press and said he had urged President Tayyip Erdogan not to pursue a strategy of repression and shutting down democratic debate in his …
U.S. to clarify Iran rules, but Tehran must reassure wary firms
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States will try to help foreign companies become more at ease doing business with Iran after last year’s nuclear deal, but Tehran must also reassure them it is a safe place to invest, President Barack Obama said on Fri…
Exclusive: U.S. weighs ramping up deployment of special forces to Syria
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. administration is considering a plan to greatly increase the number of American special operations forces deployed to Syria as it looks to accelerate recent gains against Islamic State, U.S. officials told Reuters.
U.N. Security Council asks for U.N. police options for Burundi
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The United Nations Security Council asked U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Friday to provide options for a police deployment to Burundi, where simmering political violence has stoked fears the small African state could s…
Poroshenko bemoans timing of Dutch vote on Ukraine
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko on Friday bemoaned the timing of an April 6 referendum in the Netherlands on a treaty on closer ties between the European Union and Ukraine saying it comes as Europe is debating its own future…
India furious as China blocks U.N. blacklisting of militant chief
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – China has put a hold on India’s request to add the head of the Pakistani militant group Jaish-e-Mohammad to the United Nations’ al Qaeda-Islamic State blacklist, U.N. diplomats said on Friday, eliciting an angry reaction from…
U.S. ‘concerned’ about Israel destroying Palestinian homes: spokeswoman
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States is “concerned” about Israel’s demolition of Arab buildings in East Jerusalem and the West Bank, a State Department spokeswoman said on Friday, adding that it raised questions about Israel’s commitment to a two-s…
