Vietnam set to tighten clamps on Facebook and Google, threatening dissidents
HANOI/SINGAPORE (Reuters) – A struggle over internet laws in Vietnam is pitting a government keen on maintaining tight control against U.S. technology companies trying to fight off onerous new rules – with the country’s online dissidents among the bigg…
Italy anti-system parties to boost spending, seek review of EU rules
ROME (Reuters) – Italy’s two anti-establishment parties on Friday promised to ramp up spending in a program for a new coalition government, putting them on a collision course with the European Union despite watering down some of their most radical prop…
Russia’s Putin, France’s Macron to discuss Iran in St Petersburg: Kremlin
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin and French President Emmanuel Macron will discuss Iran, Syria and Ukraine when Macron visits St Petersburg on May 24-25, the Kremlin said on Friday.
Boosted by Lebanon vote, Geagea eyes Hezbollah and reform
BEIRUT (Reuters) – A Christian party that made big gains in Lebanon’s general election says it will use its stronger position to press for Hezbollah’s weapons to be brought under government control and to root out corruption in the heavily indebted sta…
EU launches measures to protect European business in Iran
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Commission said on Friday it had started the process of renewing a sanctions-blocking measure to protect European businesses in Iran, after the United States pulled out of the Iran nuclear accord and reimposed sanction…
In Congo outbreak, Ebola vaccine faces reality tests
LONDON (Reuters) – An experimental Ebola vaccine to be deployed in an outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo has conquered some major scientific hurdles in giving high protection, but it now faces extreme real-world tests including heat, humidity, la…
North Korea ‘declines’ South Korea media for nuclear site event; China urges ‘stability’
SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korea has declined to accept a list of South Korean journalists hoping to observe the closure of its nuclear test site, South Korea said on Friday, raising new questions about the North’s commitment to reducing tension.
Countries should be prevented from following U.S. on Israel embassy, Turkey says
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkey called on Muslim countries to stop other nations from following the United States and opening embassies in Jerusalem, as it opened a meeting in Istanbul on Friday.
Israel keeps Gaza residents ‘caged in a toxic slum’: U.N.’s Zeid
GENEVA (Reuters) – Israel has systematically deprived Palestinians of their human rights, with 1.9 million in Gaza “caged in a toxic slum from birth to death”, U.N. human rights chief Zeid Ra’ad al-Hussein said on Friday.
League, 5-Star publish government pact, put Italy on collision course with EU
ROME (Reuters) – The anti-establishment 5-Star Movement and far-right League on Friday published their joint government program, promising a major spending spree that will likely put Italy on a collision course with the European Union.
