France to step up security before next protests after May Day violence: minister
PARIS (Reuters) – France will increase police numbers for the next round of protests over economic reforms after violent clashes marred the annual May Day rally in Paris, interior minister Gerard Collomb said on Wednesday.
Armenian protesters block routes to capital, road to airport
YEREVAN (Reuters) – Armenian protesters blocked some routes into the capital, Yerevan, and a road to the airport on Wednesday after Nikol Pashinyan, blocked in parliament from becoming prime minister, announced a nationwide campaign of civil disobedien…
Earthquake hits near southwest Iran’s Sisakht
BEIRUT (Reuters) – A magnitude 5.3 earthquake struck southwest Iran in the early hours of Wednesday, the National Earthquake Information Center said.
Turkish opposition parties to sign four-way election alliance on Thursday: NTV
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkey’s main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) and three other opposition parties will sign an electoral alliance deal on Thursday for snap elections on June 24, NTV and other broadcasters said on Wednesday.
A Lebanese city, and an election, feel effect of Saudi cold shoulder
SIDON, Lebanon (Reuters) – The last time Lebanon held a parliamentary election, Youssef Sanjar enjoyed a paid flight home from Saudi Arabia to vote for Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri’s party.
Hundreds gather near U.N. headquarters in Bangkok to protest against Thai military govt.
BANGKOK (Reuters) – Hundreds gathered outside the United Nations’ regional headquarters in Bangkok and two other locations on Wednesday to urge Thailand’s military government to end what they say is the intimidation of community activists by authoritie…
Angry urban Malaysians chip away at PM Najib’s dominance
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – Kasthuribai Sattayappan’s teenage son died in January when he was hit by a chair thrown from an upper level of the public housing flats in the Malaysian capital, Kuala Lumpur.
France’s Macron unsure whether Trump will stick to Iran deal
SYDNEY (Reuters) – French President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday said he did not know whether U.S. President Donald Trump would stick to the 2015 Iran nuclear deal that many in the West see as the best hope of preventing Tehran from getting a nuclear b…
Trickle of ‘caravan’ migrants seek asylum on U.S. soil
TIJUANA, Mexico (Reuters) – U.S. border officials processed a trickle of asylum applications on Tuesday from a caravan of Central American migrants camped at the U.S.-Mexico border, despite criticism from U.S. President Donald Trump of their attempt to…
France’s Macron does not know what Trump will decide on Iran deal
SYDNEY (Reuters) – French President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday said he did not know whether U.S. President Trump would stick with a 2015 nuclear deal that many in the West see as the best hope of preventing Iran from getting a nuclear bomb.
