Islamic State says it killed tourists in Tunisia
TUNIS (Reuters) – Tunisia said it would deploy the army to major cities and arrested nine people on Thursday after 20 foreign tourists were shot dead in an attack on a museum which Islamic State militants called “the first drop of the rain”.
UK lawmakers warn government over arms sales to authoritarian regimes
LONDON (Reuters) – The British government should be “significantly more cautious” about approving licenses for arms exports to authoritarian regimes that may use those weapons for internal repression, a group of lawmakers said on Friday.
Obama tells Netanyahu U.S. to ‘reassess’ policy on Israel, Mideast diplomacy
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama told Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday that Washington would “reassess” its options on U.S.-Israel relations and Middle East diplomacy after the Israeli prime minister took a position against Palestinian state…
Obama to Iran’s people: ‘Best opportunity in decades’ to pursue different future with U.S.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama, in a message to Iran’s people and leaders on Thursday, said this year represented the “best opportunity in decades” to pursue a different relationship between their two countries.
Former Australian leader Malcolm Fraser dead at 84
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Former conservative Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser, who led the country from 1975 to 1983, has died, his office said in a statement on Friday.
Islamic State says it killed tourists in Tunisia
TUNIS (Reuters) – Tunisia said it would deploy the army to major cities and arrested nine people on Thursday after 20 foreign tourists were shot dead in an attack on a museum which Islamic State militants called “the first drop of the rain”.
EU gears up for propaganda war with Russia
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Union is set to launch a first operation in a new propaganda war with Russia within days of EU leaders giving formal approval to the campaign at a summit on Thursday.
Senators seek U.S. strategy to stop China’s South China Sea reclamation
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Leading U.S. senators expressed alarm on Thursday at the scale and speed of China’s land reclamation in the South China Sea and said a formal U.S. strategy was needed to slow or stop the work.
EU agrees Russia sanctions to stay until Ukraine peace terms met
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – European Union leaders agreed on Thursday that economic sanctions imposed on Russia will stay in place until a Ukraine peace deal is fully implemented, effectively extending them to the end of the year if need be.
Netanyahu poised for governing coalition after final vote tally
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is poised to lead a heavily right-leaning coalition government with control of 67 of parliament’s 120 seats, according to final election results released on Thursday.
