Russia’s Putin, Germany’s Merkel discuss Iran nuclear deal: Kremlin
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin and German Chancellor Angela Merkel discussed the Iran nuclear deal after Washington announced its withdrawal from it, the Kremlin said on Friday.
Blow after blow dims re-election hopes of Pakistan’s ruling party
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Reeling from clashes with the judiciary and hobbled by media restrictions linked to the powerful military, Pakistan’s ruling party’s once-wide path to retaining power is narrowing ahead of a general election this summer.
France vows pushback against U.S. sanctions on Iran
PARIS (Reuters) – France pledged on Friday to push back against the threat of U.S. sanctions against French companies doing business with Iran, in the wake of Washington’s withdrawal from the international nuclear agreement with Tehran.
Russia, after Netanyahu visit, backs off Syria S-300 missile supplies
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia is not in talks with the Syrian government about supplying advanced S-300 ground-to-air missiles and does not think they are needed, the Izvestia daily cited a top Kremlin aide as saying on Friday, in an apparent U-turn by Mos…
Brexit group fined for breaking spending rules in EU vote
LONDON (Reuters) – One of the main Brexit campaign groups was fined 70,000 pounds ($95,000) on Friday by the electoral commission for breaking spending rules in Britain’s EU referendum and police may have to investigate criminal offenses, the commissio…
Blast kills one policeman, wounds 13 in northwest Pakistan
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) – A bomb blast ripped through a bus terminal in a Pakistani region bordering Afghanistan on Friday, killing one policeman and wounding 13, officials said, but there was no immediate claim of responsibility.
Two ex-Hong Kong lawmakers convicted of unlawful assembly, further sapping dissent movement
HONG KONG (Reuters) – A Hong Kong court on Friday found two pro-independence activists guilty of unlawful assembly inside the legislature while they were still lawmakers, dealing a further blow to waning political dissent in the Chinese-ruled territory…
China again flies bombers around Taiwan
BEIJING (Reuters) – Bombers and fighter jets from China’s air force conducted encirclement drills around Taiwan on Friday, the latest round of increasingly frequent military maneuvers near the self-ruled island that Taipei has denounced as intimidation…
Kenya’s top prosecutor orders dam disaster investigation
NAIROBI (Reuters) – Kenya’s chief prosecutor on Friday ordered police to investigate a dam-burst on a commercial farm in the Rift Valley that killed dozens of people as a wall of water tore down a hillside, obliterating everything in its path.
Iran’s foreign minister to meet counterpart in Moscow on May 14: RIA
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Iran’s foreign minister will travel to Moscow on May 14 and meet his Russian counterpart, the RIA news agency reported on Friday citing Zamir Kabulov, a Russian foreign ministry official.
