Italy’s 5-Star, League near deal, await president’s verdict
ROME (Reuters) – Italy’s 5-Star Movement and League neared a deal on Monday that would bring together two parties with very different election platforms, but which both want to challenge Europe’s rigid budget rules and boost spending.
Mexican leftist Lopez Obrador opens 20-point lead in presidential poll
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexican leftist presidential hopeful Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador has maintained the leading position in the race to win the July election, opening a 20-point lead ahead of his nearest competitor, a poll by newspaper El Financier…
Croatia’s Deputy PM Dalic resigns over Agrokor: PM Plenkovic
ZAGREB (Reuters) – Croatia’s Deputy Prime Minister Martina Dalic resigned on Monday over conflict of interest allegations linked to the restructuring of Croatia’s largest private firm Agrokor [AGROK.UL], which has been hit by a debt crisis.
Israeli forces kill 28 in Gaza protests as anger mounts over U.S. Embassy
GAZA BORDER (Reuters) – Israeli forces killed at least 28 Palestinians along the Gaza border on Monday, health officials said, as demonstrators streamed to the frontier on the day the United States prepared to open its embassy in Jerusalem.
‘The clock is ticking’, EU tells Brexit Britain
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Union on Monday warned Britain time was running out to seal a Brexit deal this autumn and ensure London does not crash out of the bloc next March adding to pressure on Prime Minister Theresa May.
Case against Russia in Skripal poisoning now stronger: MI5 chief
BERLIN (Reuters) – The head of Britain’s MI5 spy agency said on Monday Britain’s case that Russia was responsible for the poisoning of a former spy, Sergei Skripal, and his daughter had strengthened in recent weeks.
Cleric Sadr, in surprise comeback, seems set to win Iraq election
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Nationalist cleric Moqtada al-Sadr, a long-time adversary of the United States, led in Iraq’s parliamentary election with more than half the votes counted on Monday, the electoral commission said, in a surprise turn of fortune for t…
Catalonia votes on new leader, Spain to lift direct rule
BARCELONA (Reuters) – The Catalan parliament is expected to vote in a hard-line separatist as leader on Monday, heralding an end to seven months of direct rule from Madrid but also more political uncertainty in a region that retains a mandate to seek a…
Israeli forces kill ten in Gaza protests as anger mounts over U.S. Embassy
GAZA BORDER (Reuters) – Israeli troops killed at least 10 Palestinians along the Gaza border on Monday, health officials said, as demonstrators streamed to the frontier on the day the United States prepared to open its embassy in Jerusalem.
New Armenian PM tells Putin he wants closer military ties with Russia
SOCHI, Russia (Reuters) – New Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan told President Vladimir Putin on Monday he wanted to further develop relations with Russia in the military sphere and that nobody doubted the importance of strategic ties between the…
