Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Trump offered to pardon Assange if he denied Russia helped leak Democrats' emails: lawyer
LONDON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump offered to pardon WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange if he said that Russia had nothing to do with WikiLeaks' publication of Democratic Party emails in
Feb 20, 2020
Flare-up in fighting in northwest Syria pulls in Russian, Turkish and Syrian forces
By Khalil Ashawi and Orhan Coskun AZAZ, Syria/ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkish forces and Syrian rebels fought government troops in northwest Syria on Thursday and Russian warplanes struck back in an sharp
Feb 20, 2020
Georgia, backed by U.S. and Britain, blames Russia for 'paralyzing' cyber attack
By Margarita Antidze and Jack Stubbs TBILISI/LONDON (Reuters) - Britain and the United States joined Georgia on Thursday in blaming Russia for a large-scale cyber attack last year that knocked
Feb 20, 2020
No 'smoking gun' in wartime archives of Pius XII on Holocaust, Vatican says
By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - The Vatican will on March 2 open up its archives on the wartime pontificate of Pius XII to allow scholars to probe accusations that he turned a blind eye to
Feb 20, 2020
No 'smoking gun' in wartime archives of Pius XII on Holocaust, Vatican says
By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - The Vatican will on March 2 open up its archives on the wartime pontificate of Pius XII to allow scholars to probe accusations that he turned a blind eye to...
Feb 20, 2020
Trump's acting intel chief Grenell says won't be nominated for job permanently
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Richard Grenell, U.S. President Donald Trump's former ambassador to Germany tapped as acting director of intelligence, on Thursday said Trump would not be nominating him for the
Feb 20, 2020
Trump's acting intelligence chief Grenell says won't be tapped for permanent post
By Jonathan Landay and Steve Holland WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Richard Grenell, U.S. President Donald Trump's ambassador to Germany who was tapped to be acting director of national intelligence, said on ...
Feb 20, 2020
Lesotho PM faces charge of murdering first wife, says to step down
By Tim Cocks MASERU (Reuters) - Lesotho's Prime Minister Thomas Thabane will be charged with the murder of his late wife, the deputy police commissioner said on Thursday, the latest twist in a love
Feb 20, 2020
U.S. targets five Iranians in latest sanctions action
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States on Thursday imposed sanctions on five Iranians in its latest action targeting Tehran, according to a notice posted Thursday on the U.S. Treasury Department's
Feb 20, 2020
U.S. blacklists five Iranian officials for impeding 'fair' elections
By Daphne Psaledakis and Humeyra Pamuk WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States on Thursday blacklisted five Iranian officials, accusing them of preventing free and fair elections, a day before a parl...
Feb 20, 2020
