In Hungary, one fence came down, another went up
BACSSZENTGYORGY, Hungary (Reuters) – During her long life, Terez Majsztrovics has never left her small village, hidden at the end of an asphalt track amid the rolling hills of the Hungarian lowlands.
Germany’s Merkel to visit Trump, as trade, Iran deadlines loom
BERLIN (Reuters) – German Chancellor Angela Merkel will visit U.S. President Donald Trump on April 27, a senior U.S. official said on Thursday, as differences over a nuclear deal with Iran and trade cast a shadow over the transatlantic relationship.
Russian historian who exposed Stalin’s crimes cleared of child pornography: TASS
MOSCOW (Reuters) – A Russian historian whose exposure of Soviet leader Josef Stalin’s crimes angered state officials was cleared of child pornography charges on Thursday, the TASS news agency reported.
Vietnam jails prominent human rights lawyer, five other activists
HANOI (Reuters) – Vietnamese human rights lawyer and activist Nguyen Van Dai was jailed for 15 years on Thursday, his wife said, along with five other activists who were given prison terms of 7-12 years.
U.N. quietly steps up inspection of aid ships to Yemen
GENEVA (Reuters) – The United Nations is beefing up its inspections of ships bringing humanitarian aid to Yemen to ensure that no military items are being smuggled and to speed delivery of desperately-needed relief supplies, U.N. and Saudi officials sa…
Exclusive: Pathologist challenges Philippine officials’ view that U.S. cameraman committed suicide in jail
(Reuters) – An American cameraman and filmmaker who died in December in a jail in the Philippines suffered blunt-force trauma, and his body had markings inconsistent with the official account by Philippine authorities that he hanged himself, a private …
Italian government talks show no sign of breaking deadlock
ROME (Reuters) – Italian President Sergio Mattarella faced an uphill task trying to put together a new government on Thursday, with centre-right parties split on their priorities and the centre-left vowing to head into opposition.
Niece of ex-spy poisoned in UK wants to bring his daughter home to Russia
MOSCOW (Reuters) – The niece of Sergei Skripal, a former Russian spy poisoned in Britain with his daughter, says she plans to travel to England and try to bring back Yulia, Skripal’s daughter, to Russia.
North Korea’s Kim told Xi he wanted to resume six-party disarmament talks: Nikkei
TOKYO (Reuters) – North Korean leader Kim Jong Un told Chinese President Xi Jinping during talks in Beijing last week that he agreed to return to six-party talks on his nation’s nuclear program and missile tests, the Nikkei newspaper said on Thursday.
Germany’s Merkel plans to visit Trump as trade deadline looms: Bild
BERLIN (Reuters) – German Chancellor Angela Merkel plans to visit U.S. President Donald Trump on April 27, just before the expiry of an exemption for the European Union from U.S. import duties on steel and aluminum, mass-selling daily Bild reported on …
