|  | | | | | World | | Southern Yemeni separatists took control of the port city of Aden after two days of fighting, residents said today, confining the internationally-recognized government of President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi to the presidential palace.
| | | | Commentary: The American strategy against Islamic State worked. What stands out now is the conspicuous absence of American influence in Baghdad and Iran "picking up the pieces, creating a new Lebanon out of the shell of what was once Iraq." If any of this does presage some future American conflict "then we shall have witnessed a true ironic tragedy," writes 24-year State Department veteran Peter Van Buren.
| | | | | | Turkey has ordered the detention of 11 top doctors over criticism of the Syrian offensive, add to that the more than 300 people that have been detained for social media posts since the campaign began. http://reut.rs/2FvYMFT 9:56 AM - JAN 30, 2018 | | | | | | | | | | | Business | | World stocks were in their biggest two-day dive in six months today and commodities were also jammed in reverse, as rising U.S. borrowing costs cooled financial markets’ euphoric start to the year. 6 Min Read | | | | Pfizer’s quarterly profit jumped almost 16 times compared to a year ago, as the largest U.S. drugmaker booked an $11 billion gain from the new tax law. 2 min read | | | | When Apple announces its first-quarter earnings on Thursday, investors will seek signs of whether the company’s $999 iPhone X launched last autumn was a Steve Jobs-style hit or, as more analysts suspect, a letdown. 4 min read | | | | | | | | | | | Top Stories on Reuters TV | | | | | | | |
