NewsReutersNetanyahu lobbies world powers to stem Iraqi Kurd setbacks
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is lobbying world powers to prevent further setbacks to Iraqi Kurds as they lose ground to Baghdad's army, Israeli officials say. Israel has been the only major power to endorse statehood for the Kurds, partly, say analysts, because it sees the ethnic group
NewsAFP NewsIraq army takes last Kurd-held area of Kirkuk province: army
Iraqi forces clashed with Kurdish peshmerga fighters Friday and retook control of the last sector of the disputed province of Kirkuk, near the capital of Iraqi Kurdistan, the military command said. A security source in the northern province said the peshmerga planted explosives that damaged one of the
NewsReutersBritish PM says will 'honour commitments' to EU
Prime Minister Theresa May said on Friday she had told fellow EU leaders that Britain would honour its commitments to the Union on Brexit and that other countries would not lose out in the current budget plan.
NewsReutersBritain's May sides with Madrid in Catalonia stand-off
British Prime Minister Theresa May said on Friday "people should be abiding by the rule of law and uphold the Spanish constitution", clearly siding with Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy in the central government's standoff with Catalonia. "I have spoken to Mariano Rajoy this morning as
NewsReutersRaqqa to be part of decentralized Syria, U.S.-backed SDF says
The Syrian city of Raqqa and surrounding province will be part of a decentralised federal Syria, the U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) militia that captured the city from Islamic State (IS) said on Friday. "We pledge to protect the borders of the province against all external threats,
NewsReutersObamacare whiplash leaves states, insurers with dueling price plans
President Donald Trump's reversals in the past week on maintaining Obamacare subsidies to insurers are sowing new confusion over what kind of health insurance will be available to consumers, and at what price, when enrollment for 2018 begins in two weeks. Trump said last week his administration
NewsAFP NewsEU leaders approve Brexit trade talks preparations
EU leaders agreed Friday to start preparatory talks on the bloc's relationship with Britain after Brexit, giving some progress for embattled Prime Minister Theresa May to take back home. EU President Donald Tusk said in a tweet the bloc's other 27 leaders meeting in Brussels had agreed to begin
NewsReutersFate of New Hampshire Indonesians goes before U.S. judge in Boston
The case of 47 Indonesian Christians, who fled violence in that country two decades ago and now live illegally in New Hampshire, heads to Boston federal court on Friday, where a judge will weigh whether she can intervene in an immigration matter. "Once these legal options and reviews are exhausted
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NewsReutersUgandan opposition leader held on murder charge after protests
Uganda's main opposition leader was arrested and charged with murder, police said on Friday, after they broke up a rally organised to protest moves to extend President Yoweri Museveni's rule. Kizza Besigye, who has contested and lost four elections against long-time leader Museveni, was detained
NewsReutersPrivate sector left in dust in Indonesia's infrastructure push
Soon after Indonesian President Joko Widodo took office in 2014, he ordered his ministers to give private companies first pick of profitable infrastructure projects, until then usually grabbed by state-owned enterprises (SOEs). Three years on, the private sector is estimated to be handling only one
NewsAFP NewsFootball: N. Korea, Malaysia to play in neutral venue
Asian Cup qualifiers between Malaysia and North Korea will take place at a neutral venue next month after a diplomatic row and nuclear tensions repeatedly delayed the first leg, football officials said Friday. North Korea's home match was postponed twice after the murder of the North Korean leader
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FinanceReutersRussia's Rosneft to take control of Iraqi Kurdish pipeline amid crisis
LONDON/MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's biggest oil company, Rosneft, has agreed to take control of Iraqi Kurdistan's main oil pipeline, boosting its investment in the autonomous region to $3.5 billion despite Baghdad's military action sparked by a Kurdish vote for independence. The move appears
StyleAFP RelaxUnder Armour jumps on the subscription box trend
Personalized sportswear subscription boxes are set to become available at Under Armour. The athleisure brand is launching a subscription box program that will see stylists collate selected products for subscribers on a regular basis, WWD reports.
NewsReutersJamaica or bust: Merkel launching crunch German coalition talks
German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Friday begins the first full round of talks on forming a three-way "Jamaica" coalition that she needs to work or else risk her time in power coming to an end after 12 years. The three-way combination, dubbed a "Jamaica" coalition because the three
NewsReutersSpain plans to force Catalonia into January elections - opposition
The Spanish government has secured opposition support to dissolve Catalonia's parliament and hold new elections there in January in an effort to defuse the regional government's push for independence. The main opposition Socialists said on Friday they would back a package of extraordinary measures
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NewsReutersEU's Tusk says 27 leaders open internal work on Brexit phase two
European Council President Donald Tusk said on Friday that 27 EU leaders meeting in Brussels had agreed to give the green light to internal preparations for the second phase of Brexit talks with London. The 27 EU states want to be ready to move to talks with London about their post-Brexit relations
NewsReutersMerkel sends positive signal to May on Brexit talks
German Chancellor Angela Merkel, in a markedly positive response on Friday to an EU summit appeal by Prime Minister Theresa May for help with Brexit, said talks with Britain were moving forward and were unlikely to break down. Merkel made her comments at the end of the first day of a European Union
NewsThe Malay Mail OnlineShafie Apdal remanded for four days
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StyleAFP RelaxYves Saint Laurent museum opens to the public in Marrakesh
Visitors crowded through the doors Thursday as a museum to legendary fashion designer Yves Saint Laurent opened to the public in the Moroccan city of Marrakesh. The museum's management said 1,000 people thronged through its exhibition halls in the first three hours to get a glimpse of some of Saint
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NewsReutersNorway appoints its first female foreign minister
OSLO (Reuters) - Norwegian Defence Minister Ine Eriksen Soereide was named minister of foreign affairs on Friday, making her the first woman to hold the post in the Nordic country.
NewsAFP NewsCatalan separatists in cash withdrawal protest
Catalan separatists were flocking to withdraw cash Friday in protest at the central government and at banks who have moved their headquarters out of the Spanish region over its independence crisis. Some protesters were making symbolic withdrawals of 155 euros ($183) -- a reference to Article 155 of
