North Korea suspends talks with South scheduled for Wednesday
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – North Korea said on Wednesday it had no choice but to suspend high-level talks with South Korea scheduled for later in the day due to U.S.-South Korean military exercises that went against the trend of warming North-South ties.
Struggling to agree on government pact, Italy’s League turns on EU
ROME (Reuters) – Italy’s far-right League, struggling to stitch together a coalition deal with the anti-establishment 5-Star Movement, said on Tuesday it was ready to wage war on European Union budget rules and put Italians first.
Toxic gases add to hazards near Hawaii’s erupting Kilauea volcano
PAHOA, Hawaii (Reuters) – Toxic gas emanating from steaming gashes on the flank of Hawaii’s erupting Kilauea volcano on Tuesday added to the danger facing residents, whose escape routes are threatened with closure because of lava flows, officials said….
Both British post-Brexit customs proposals unworkable: Irish PM
DUBLIN (Reuters) – Neither of Britain’s proposed future customs arrangements with the European Union are workable, Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar said on Tuesday, dismissing the option favored by hardline Brexiteers with a comic aside.
With few options, Iran and Europe try to save nuclear deal
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Europe sought on Tuesday to find a way to save the Iran nuclear deal without the United States but was short on details about how the accord could survive the reimposition of U.S. sanctions ordered by President Donald Trump.
Tears and joy as Egyptian Christians killed in Libya laid to rest
AL-OUR, EGYPT (Reuters) – Tears mixed with joy on Tuesday as the remains of 20 Christians were laid to rest in Egypt’s Minya province more than three years after they were kidnapped and beheaded in Libya in an attack that provoked rare Egyptian air str…
U.S. imposes sanctions against Iran central bank governor, Iraq-based bank
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States on Tuesday imposed sanctions on Iran’s central bank governor, Valiollah Seif, and Iraq-based Al-Bilad Islamic Bank for “moving millions of dollars” for Iran’s elite Revolutionary Guard Corps, as Washington seeks…
German court dismisses Erdogan’s appeal to ban mocking poem outright
HAMBURG, Germany (Reuters) – A German court on Tuesday rejected Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan’s appeal to ban outright a satirical poem recited by a comedian on German television, which had soured already-strained ties between Berlin and Ankara.
Saudi car show puts women in the driving seat
RIYADH (Reuters) – A car show in the Saudi capital is drawing in many women, who from next month will be allowed to drive in the kingdom as part of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s modernization plans.
French at growing odds with U.S. despite Macron’s ‘BFF’ tactics on Trump
PARIS (Reuters) – France’s foreign minister warned on Tuesday that President Emmanuel Macron was prepared to respond to U.S. moves in the Middle East, marking a sharp departure from the warm relations on show during Macron’s visit to Washington last mo…
