Venezuela says it will restore diplomatic ties with Spain
CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuela said on Wednesday it will normalize relations with Spain and that the two countries will restore ambassadors after a spat in January that followed European Union sanctions against the South American nation.
Trump hails Pompeo-Kim meeting, says North Korea summit plans advancing
WASHINGTON/SEOUL (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that preparations were advancing for a first-ever summit with North Korea after CIA director Mike Pompeo visited Pyongyang and formed a “good relationship” with its leader Kim J…
Exclusive: Pakistan TV channel returning to air after negotiations with military – sources
ISLAMABAD/KARACHI (Reuters) – Pakistan’s largest TV station has been allowed back on the air at some major cable operators after talks with the military on demands it make changes in political coverage, two officials who work for the channel’s media gr…
Libya eyes fuel marking, boat seizures, to counter fuel smuggling
TUNIS (Reuters) – Libya’s National Oil Corporation (NOC) is considering using a chemical marking system to help trace oil products smuggled out of the country, its chairman said on Wednesday.
Castro nears retirement as Cuban president; successor proposed
HAVANA (Reuters) – Cuba’s Raul Castro moved closer to retiring as president on Wednesday as the country’s parliament proposed Miguel Diaz-Canel to replace him, in a shift that will usher in the island’s first non-Castro leader since the 1959 revolution…
Italy’s Berlusconi says has never put a veto on 5-Star
ROME (Reuters) – Conservative leader Silvio Berlusconi said on Wednesday he had never ruled out the possibility of governing with the anti-establishment 5-Star Movement, which is refusing to enter a coalition with him.
British PM May dealt embarrassing Brexit defeat in parliament’s upper house
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s upper house of parliament inflicted an embarrassing defeat on Theresa May’s government on Wednesday, challenging her refusal to remain in a customs union with the EU after Brexit.
India’s Modi: rape is a matter of shame for the country
LONDON (Reuters) – Rape is rape and should not be politicized, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Wednesday, adding that recent sexual assaults were a matter of shame for the nation.
Diaz-Canel formally proposed to replace Castro as Cuban president
HAVANA (Reuters) – Miguel Diaz-Canel was proposed in Cuba’s parliament on Wednesday as the sole candidate to replace Raul Castro as president, which will make him the island’s first non-Castro leader since the 1959 revolution.
Prime minister May loses Brexit legislation vote in upper parliamentary House
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s upper house of parliament inflicted an embarrassing defeat on Theresa May’s government on Wednesday, challenging her refusal to remain in a customs union with the European Union after Brexit.
