Arab-Jewish segregation comments spark furor in Israel
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – A far-right Israeli politician has been admonished by his party and roundly condemned by commentators after suggesting Jewish and Arab women should be separated in maternity wards in apartheid-style segregation.
South Africa’s Zuma defeats impeachment vote
CAPE TOWN (Reuters) – South Africa’s scandal-plagued President Jacob Zuma on Tuesday survived an impeachment vote in parliament launched after the constitutional court ruled he had ignored an order to repay state funds spent on his private home.
Italian government calls confidence vote over decree to bolster banks
ROME (Reuters) – Italy’s government on Wednesday called a confidence vote over a decree that aims to provide state guarantees to banks seeking to sell bad loans and create a holding company for small credit cooperatives.
U.S., Iran keep Iraqi PM in place as he challenges ruling elite
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – The United States and Iran have formed an unlikely tacit alliance behind Iraq’s prime minister as he challenges the ruling elite with plans for a non-political cabinet to fight corruption undermining the OPEC nation’s economic and p…
Kidnapped Qatari royal released in Iraq: Qatar ministry
DOHA (Reuters) – A member of Qatar’s ruling family kidnapped in Iraq last year with 26 other Qataris has been freed, along with a Pakistani man who was traveling with them, Qatar’s foreign ministry said on Wednesday.
Ukraine president denies offshore trust set up to minimize tax
TOKYO (Reuters) – Ukraine President Petro Poroshenko said on Wednesday he had placed his assets in an offshore trust to separate his business and political interests after he took office and not to minimize tax, declaring the arrangements were transpar…
Turkey to work on rule to strip terrorism supporters of citizenship: minister
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkey will work on a new rule to strip citizenship from Turks found to be supporting terrorism, the justice minister said on Wednesday, a day after President Tayyip Erdogan said he wanted such a measure.
Rescuers search for 23 in Pakistani landslide; flood toll at 92
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Pakistani rescue workers searched on Wednesday for 23 people buried in a landslide in northern mountains as the number of people killed by unusually heavy rain rose to 92.
Russia says more than 1.5 thousand mines removed in Syria’s Palmyra
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian forces have helped remove more than 1.5 thousand mines in the Syrian city of Palmyra since it was taken from Islamic State militants by government forces in March, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on …
China probes mayor of provincial capital for suspected graft
BEIJING (Reuters) – Chinese authorities have begun a graft probe into the mayor of the major northern Chinese city of Jinan, the ruling Communist Party announced on Wednesday, the latest senior official caught up in a sweeping corruption crackdown.
