Islamist militants exploit chaos as combatants pursue peace in Yemen
CAIRO/DUBAI (Reuters) – Islamic State efforts to exploit chaos may have brought Saudi-backed forces and Iran-allied Houthis tentatively closer at peace talks in Yemen’s civil war, but a deal seems unlikely in time to avert collapse into armed, feuding …
‘In’ leads in ICM phone poll, ‘Out’ leads in online poll ahead of Britain’s EU referendum
LONDON (Reuters) – The “remain” camp was ahead of “leave” by eight points in the latest ICM telephone poll ahead of Britain’s EU referendum next month, but an online poll conducted by the same pollster at the same time found “leave” ahead by four point…
Trump says unlikely to have good relationship with UK’s Cameron
LONDON (Reuters) – Donald Trump said he was unlikely to have a good relationship with David Cameron because the British prime minister cast the U.S. presidential candidate as “divisive, stupid and wrong” for proposing a temporary ban on Muslims enterin…
Greek parliament to vote on bailout reforms on Sunday
ATHENS (Reuters) – Greece’s parliament will vote on a new package of tax hikes and reforms demanded by its international lenders on Sunday, two days before euro zone finance ministers assess whether Athens qualifies for much-needed bailout loans.
Bloodshed blurs Middle East borders set 100 years ago by UK-French pact
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – A century after Britain and France secretly mapped out a Middle East they would control upon defeating the Ottomans in World War One, its borders have been blurred by sectarian bloodshed – and some in the region see opportunity in…
White male cabinet raises fears of backsliding in diverse Brazil
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – To the people who benefited most from the long, recently truncated rule of Brazil’s leftist Workers Party, the look of the successor government could not be more disheartening.
U.N. urges Greece to stop detaining migrant children
ATHENS (Reuters) – A top United Nations official urged Greece on Monday to stop detaining refugee and migrant children, some of whom are locked up in police cells for weeks, and to develop child protection services instead.
Americans traveling to North Korea risk ‘unduly harsh sentences’: U.S.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Americans who travel to North Korea despite ongoing warnings risk “unduly harsh sentences” for actions that would not be considered a crime in the United States, the U.S. State Department said in its latest travel warning on Mond…
Kenyan police fire tear gas at stone-throwing protesters
NAIROBI (Reuters) – Kenyan police fired tear gas and water cannon on Monday at stone-throwing protesters during a demonstration in the centre of Nairobi against an electoral oversight body which the opposition want scrapped, a Reuters witness said.
Thousands of Afghan Hazaras join power line protest in Kabul
KABUL (Reuters) – Thousands of demonstrators from Afghanistan’s Hazara minority marched in protest through Kabul on Monday, accusing President Ashraf Ghani’s government of cutting them out of a multi-million dollar power transmission line project.
