Isolated Maduro revels in Erdogan’s backing ahead of Venezuela vote
CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuela’s diplomatically-isolated president received a show of support from Turkish counterpart Tayyip Erdogan on Thursday ahead of a weekend election boycotted by the opposition coalition and decried by Washington.
Macron rules out trade war over Iran deal as firms head for exit
SOFIA (Reuters) – French President Emmanuel Macron ruled out on Thursday any trade war with the United States over its withdrawal from the Iranian nuclear deal as a wave of European companies quit business with Tehran, fearing the global reach of U.S. …
Palestinian minister suggests Arabs recall ambassadors in Washington
CAIRO (Reuters) – Palestinian Foreign Minister Riyad al-Maliki suggested on Thursday that Arab countries should recall their ambassadors to the United States in response to Washington moving its Israel embassy to Jerusalem.
Colombia evacuates nearly 5,000 people amid fears dam may burst
BOGOTA (Reuters) – Colombia has ordered the evacuation of nearly 5,000 people living along the Cauca river in the northern part of the country after construction problems at a hydroelectric dam prompted fears of massive flooding.
Mexico rejects Trump’s comments that some immigrants are ‘animals’
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexico’s Foreign Minister said on Thursday that recent remarks by U.S. President Donald Trump describing some undocumented immigrants as “animals” were unacceptable, and that a formal complaint would be filed with the State Depa…
France to seek backing for new mechanism to assign blame for chemical attacks
PARIS (Reuters) – France will on Friday seek commitments from some 30 countries to support the creation of a new mechanism at the world’s chemical weapons watchdog to enable it to assign blame for attacks carried out with banned munitions, French diplo…
Rocket siren in Golan a false alarm: Israeli military
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Rocket warning sirens went off on Thursday on the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, but the Israeli military quickly said it was a false alarm.
Safe-crackers called in to bust open safe at home of Malaysia’s former PM
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – Locksmiths were called in to break open an old safe inside the grand private home of Malaysia’s ousted prime minister on Thursday, as the spectacle of a police search at his residence drew the world’s media and onlookers from a…
Protest camps quiet as Gazans fast and fill sandbags
GAZA (Reuters) – Young men filled sandbags to prepare for future protests at encampments along Gaza’s Israeli border on Thursday, though tents were mostly empty as Palestinians joined Muslims around the world observing the daylight fast at the start of…
A year after Myanmar madrassas shuttered, street prayer organizers face Ramadan in jail
YANGON (Reuters) – When Cho Nwe Soe went to a Yangon court last month with her husband, she expected he would be fined for organizing prayers in the street without a permit last year, and that they could go back home to prepare for Ramadan – the Muslim…
