Iran in talks with Russia on heavy water sales
MOSCOW/DUBAI (Reuters) – Iran is holding talks with Russia to sell it about 40 tonnes of heavy water from its nuclear program, Iran’s deputy foreign minister was quoted as saying by the Fars news agency.
Congo police fire teargas, arrest opposition supporters
KINSHASA (Reuters) – Police fired shots and teargas to break up a crowd before a political rally by opposition leader and potential presidential candidate Moise Katumbi in Democratic Republic of Congo on Sunday, an official and the opposition said.
Egypt’s security forces disperse small protests against Sisi
CAIRO (Reuters) – Egyptian security forces fired tear gas and arrested scores of people to disperse small protests against President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on Monday, deterring what activists had hoped would be large demonstrations, witnesses and securit…
Bomb in eastern Baghdad kills at least 11
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – A suicide attacker detonated a bomb in a predominantly Shi’ite Muslim district of eastern Baghdad on Monday, killing at least 11 people and wounding 39 others, security and medical sources said, the third such blast in four days in …
Kurds and Shi’ites clash in northern Iraq despite ceasefire
TIKRIT, Iraq (Reuters) – Clashes between Kurdish and Shi’ite Turkmen fighters in an Iraqi town late on Monday cut the main road from Baghdad to the north for the second day in a row and threatened to undermine a ceasefire agreement reached by military …
U.N. calls North Korea’s missile test ‘extremely troubling’
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – North Korea’s submarine-launched ballistic missile test is “extremely troubling” and the United Nations urges Pyongyang to “cease any further provocative action,” U.N. spokesman Stephane Dujarric said on Monday.
Betting odds move sharply toward Britain staying in EU after Obama warning
LONDON (Reuters) – Bookmakers’ odds have shifted sharply toward Britain voting to remain in the European Union in a referendum in June, a move in sentiment also reflected by the pound rising on Monday to a near six-week high against the euro.
U.N. envoy says war goals in Iraq obscuring humanitarian crisis
GENEVA (Reuters) – A U.N. human rights envoy said on Monday Iraq was being run by a failed government and warned foreign powers not to be “complicit” in its neglect of the plight of normal Iraqis.
Large majority of U.S. Senate pushes Obama to boost Israel aid
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – More than four-fifths of the U.S. Senate have signed a letter urging President Barack Obama to quickly reach an agreement on a new defense aid package for Israel worth more than the current $3 billion per year.
Driven up the wall by Trump, Mexico looks to recast image in U.S.
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – At first, Mexico’s government did its best to ignore Donald Trump. Then it likened him to Adolf Hitler. Now it has appointed a new ambassador to come up with a better plan.
