Italy blocks EU summit agreement until migration demands met
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Italy’s prime minister refused to approve an EU summit statement on Thursday, telling fellow leaders that they must first meet his demands on migration, in an unusual showdown that underscored deep divisions over the sensitive issu…
Nigerian oil tanker fire kills nine in commercial capital Lagos
LAGOS (Reuters) – An oil tanker truck caught fire in Nigeria’s commercial capital Lagos on Thursday, killing nine people and burning out 53 other vehicles, an emergency agency official said.
First Trump-Putin summit has Cold War backdrop, U.S. allies nervous
WASHINGTON/MOSCOW (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin will meet for their first summit on July 16 in Helsinki, a venue famed for its Cold War diplomacy.
Police give all clear at mall in Russian World Cup city after bomb threat
SAMARA, Russia (Reuters) – Russian police carried out checks at a shopping mall in the soccer World Cup host city of Samara after receiving a bomb threat on Thursday, but found nothing dangerous on the premises, police told Reuters.
Pence urges Latin America to isolate Venezuela
QUITO (Reuters) – U.S. Vice President Mike Pence during a visit to Ecuador on Thursday urged Latin American countries to help isolate crisis-stricken Venezuela, an ideological adversary of Washington that is struggling under a severe and prolonged econ…
U.S. says 26 Americans at Cuba embassy had health problems, after another case confirmed
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. State Department said a total of 26 Americans have been affected by health problems at the U.S. Embassy in Cuba after the confirmation on Thursday of one additional case.
Italy sets high demands on EU migration deal Merkel needs
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Italy set high demands on Thursday for any European Union deal on migration, which German Chancellor Angela Merkel urgently needs to stave off a coalition crisis at home.
In Ecuador, U.S. Vice President Pence urges regional pressure on Venezuela
QUITO (Reuters) – U.S. Vice President Mike Pence urged Latin American nations to boost pressure on crisis-stricken Venezuela, following a meeting on Thursday with Ecuadorean President Lenin Moreno as part of a tour of the region.
U.S. lawmaker holds back support for munitions sale to Gulf allies due to Yemen
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A top U.S. Senate Democrat said on Thursday he cannot support for now a Trump administration plan to sell high-tech munitions to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates over concerns about the war in Yemen, a decision that coul…
Four militants involved in March bomb attack die in firefight, Egypt says
CAIRO (Reuters) – Egyptian police killed four suspected militants and captured two others accused of being involved in an attack on a local security chief two days before a presidential election in March, the interior ministry said on Thursday.
