In economic crisis, Putin helps a mogul he once attacked
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Last month, three major banks rescued industrialist Igor Zyuzin’s coal and steel firm Mechel from what would have been Russia’s biggest ever corporate collapse.
Islamic State says ‘minister of war’ Shishani killed
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Abu Omar al-Shishani, who the Pentagon described as Islamic State’s “minister of war”, was killed in combat in the Iraqi city of Shirqat, south of Mosul, a news agency that supports the militant group said on Wednesday.
Austria interior minister rejects proposed EU-wide asylum seeker right to work: paper
VIENNA – Austria’s conservative interior minister rejected a proposal for more unified asylum rules in the European Union under which all member countries would grant asylum seekers the right to work, according to a newspaper interview published on Thu…
Pro-Brexit Gove sacked from the British government: Sky News
LONDON (Reuters) – Prominent pro-Brexit campaigner Michael Gove has been sacked from his cabinet post of justice secretary by Britain’s new Prime Minister Theresa May, Sky News reported on Thursday citing sources.
Clashes with Kurdish rebels devastate Turkish World Heritage site
DIYARBAKIR, Turkey (Reuters) – When the United Nations inscribed the Roman-era walls of this mainly Kurdish city on its World Heritage list last year, it crowned a decade of efforts to rehabilitate a war-torn region.
Syria’s Assad says Putin has not talked about political transition
(Reuters) – Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said in an interview broadcast on Thursday that Russian President Vladimir Putin has never talked to him about leaving power, despite pressure from Washington for Assad to step down.
Bahrain wields travel curbs in crackdown on opponents: activists
DUBAI (Reuters) – After a border official stopped him leaving Bahrain last week, citing a security order, Mohammed al-Tajer said he checked with the departments in charge of passports and investigations and was told no travel ban was in place.
Exclusive: Yemen slides closer to famine as frozen bank funds curb food imports
LONDON/ABU DHABI (Reuters) – Many areas of Yemen are close to famine partly because importers are unable to buy new food stocks from abroad as over $200 million is stuck in banks due to the civil war disruption, trade and aid sources involved say.
Russia offers to fly warplanes more safely over Baltics
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Moscow offered to fly its jets over the Baltic region with their transponders engaged, an apparent concession to NATO powers who accuse Russia’s air force of endangering aviation by turning off the devices that allow them to be det…
Brazil’s Temer ally is new lower house speaker, eyes reforms
BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazil’s lower house of Congress elected an ally of interim President Michel Temer as its new speaker late on Wednesday, marking a victory for a government racing to approve unpopular economic reforms.
