NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg speaks during an interview in Kabul, Afghanistan September 27, 2017. REUTERS/Mohammad Ismail November 7, 2017 By Robin Emmott BRUSSELS (Reuters) – NATO is set to agree on Thursday to increase its Afghanistan training mission by some 3,000 troops, alliance officials said, after the United States switched […]
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Greens, FDP make concessions in German coalition talks
Leaders of the German Green Party Simone Peter, Anton Hofreiter, Katrin Goering-Eckardt and Cem Ozdemir arrive for the second day of the exploratory talks with CDU/CSU about forming a new coalition government in Berlin, Germany, October 19, 2017. REUTERS/Axel Schmidt November 7, 2017 By Michael Nienaber and Andreas Rinke BERLIN […]
Lebanon’s Hariri visits UAE as home crisis escalates
Lebanon’s Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri is seen at the governmental palace in Beirut, Lebanon October 24, 2017. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir November 7, 2017 By Angus McDowall BEIRUT (Reuters) – Lebanese Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri visited the United Arab Emirates on Tuesday, his first trip outside Saudi Arabia, as regional tensions aggravated […]
Assad says Syria war does not end in Deir al-Zor
A man stands near military vehicles that belong to the Syrian army in Deir al-Zor, Syria September 21, 2017. REUTERS/Omar Sanadiki November 7, 2017 BEIRUT (Reuters) – Syrian president Bashar al-Assad said the victories of the Syrian army and its allies against terrorist organizations do not end in Deir al-Zor […]
Lebanon PM under house arrest in Saudi Arabia: pro-Hezbollah paper
Lebanon’s Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri is seen at the governmental palace in Beirut, Lebanon October 24, 2017. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir November 7, 2017 BEIRUT (Reuters) – Saad al-Hariri, who quit as Lebanese Prime Minister in a weekend broadcast from Saudi Arabia, has been held under house arrest in the kingdom, a […]
U.N. calls for Saudi-led coalition to re-open aid lifeline to Yemen
Women sit on cooking gas cylinders lined up outside a gas station amid supply shortage in Sanaa, Yemen November 7, 2017. REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah November 7, 2017 GENEVA (Reuters) – The United Nations called on the Saudi-led coalition on Tuesday to re-open an aid lifeline into Yemen, saying food and medicine […]
Japan nuclear regulator says restart approval pace unlikely to speed up
Japan’s Nuclear Regulation Authority (NRA) Chairman Toyoshi Fuketa speaks during an interview with Reuters in Tokyo, Japan November 7, 2017. REUTERS/Issei Kato November 7, 2017 By Osamu Tsukimori and Aaron Sheldrick TOKYO (Reuters) – The pace of approvals for nuclear reactor restarts in Japan, where most plants remain shut following […]
Britain’s trade minister says Johnson did not make a gaffe over aid worker jailed in Iran
Britain’s Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson gives a speech at the British Embassy during his European tour on Brexit, in Paris, France, October 27, 2017. REUTERS/Geoffroy Van Der Hasselt/Pool November 7, 2017 LONDON (Reuters) – British Foreign Minister Boris Johnson did not make a gaffe when he commented about the activities […]
Vietnam’s neighbors, ASEAN, targeted by hackers: report
A hooded man holds laptop computer as cyber code is projected on him in this illustration picture taken on May 13, 2017. REUTERS/Kacper Pempel/Illustration November 7, 2017 SINGAPORE (Reuters) – A hacking group previously linked to the Vietnamese government or working on its behalf has broken into the computers of […]
European shares rise, shrugging off disappointing earning updates
The German share price index, DAX board, is seen at the stock exchange in Frankfurt, Germany, November 1, 2017. REUTERS/Staff/Remote November 7, 2017 MILAN (Reuters) – European shares rose on Tuesday buoyed by exuberant markets in New York and Asia with early sluggishness in the euro boosting the export-oriented DAX […]