NATO says 'absolutely confident' of Trump leadership in alliance

For Syria rebels, Trump win adds to uncertain fate


BEIRUT/AMMAN On the eve of Donald Trump's election victory, members of a Western-backed Syrian rebel group met U.S. officials to ask about the outlook for arms shipments they have received to fight President Bashar al-Assad.




With Trump win, China looks to seize Asia free trade leadership


BEIJING China will position itself as free trade's new champion at an Asia-Pacific summit this weekend, with the Communist government seeking to project economic leadership as a U.S.-led Pacific Rim trade pact languishes under President-elect Donald Trump.




Suicide bombers kill two in northeast Nigeria's Maiduguri: police


MAIDUGURI, Nigeria Suicide bombers in the northeastern Nigerian city of Maiduguri, the heart of a seven-year-old insurgency by Islamist militant group Boko Haram, killed two people, the state police commissioner said on Friday.