GAZA (Reuters) – Egyptian naval forces fired on a Palestinian fishing boat and killed a fisherman on Wednesday, Gaza’s interior ministry said, but an Egyptian military source denied the report. Egypt’s navy…
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Palestinians say Egyptian fire kills Gaza fisherman; Cairo denies it
GAZA (Reuters) – Egyptian naval forces fired on a Palestinian fishing boat and killed a fisherman on Wednesday, Gaza’s interior ministry said, but an Egyptian military source denied the report. Citing security…
Saudi king shows support for heir on public tour despite Khashoggi crisis
RIYADH (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia’s King Salman has embarked on a domestic tour this week with his favorite son, demonstrating his support for his chosen heir despite the crisis spawned by the…
Trudeau apologizes for Canada’s 1939 refusal of Jewish refugee ship
OTTAWA (Reuters) – Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau formally apologized on Wednesday for the country’s 1939 refusal to take in a ship carrying more than 900 Jewish refugees, adding that the country…
Pakistani Christian woman freed after blasphemy death sentence reversed
ISLAMABAD/LAHORE, Pakistan (Reuters) – A Pakistani Christian woman has been freed from prison a week after the Supreme Court overturned her conviction and death sentence for blasphemy against Islam, and she is…
Yemen president appoints new minister of defense, chief of staff
CAIRO (Reuters) – Yemeni President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi appointed Mohammed al-Maqdishi as minister of defense, state news agency SABA reported on Wednesday. Hadi appointed Abdullah Al-Nakhi as new Chief of Staff, the…
Malawi’s Mutharika dumps vice pres Chilima ahead of 2019 elections
BLANTYRE (Reuters) – Malawian President Peter Mutharika sacked Vice President Saulos Chilima on Wednesday in a cabinet reshuffle, the government said, ahead of a presidential election next year in which Chilima is…
Russia asks U.N. Security Council to discuss North Korea sanctions Thursday
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – Russia has asked the United Nations Security Council to discuss North Korea sanctions on Thursday, diplomats said, a move that comes after a planned meeting between top U.S….
Trump expects Kim summit early next year despite Pompeo postponement
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he expects to meet again with North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un early next year and that a meeting between U.S. Secretary of…
U.S. ‘confident’ about North Korea talks despite meeting delay
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Top U.S. diplomat Mike Pompeo’s meeting with North Korean officials was postponed over scheduling issues, and talks between the two countries remain in a good place, a State Department…