Singapore PM’s siblings attack panel’s findings over home at center of feud
SINGAPORE (Reuters) – The brother and sister of Singapore’s Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said on Tuesday that a ministerial panel’s declarations about the future of a home lived in by their late father, the modern island state’s founding father Lee K…
Israel’s Netanyahu cancels African migrant relocation deal with U.N.
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Tuesday he is cancelling a new agreement with the U.N. refugee agency to relocate thousands of African migrants, after announcing he had suspended the deal.
German prosecutors file for extradition of ex-Catalan leader Puigdemont
BERLIN (Reuters) – German prosecutors filed a request to a regional court on Tuesday for the extradition of former Catalan president Carles Puigdemont to Spain, where he faces charges of rebellion over the region’s campaign for independence.
French rail unions take on Macron with mass rolling strikes
PARIS (Reuters) – French railway services were thrown into chaos on Tuesday, the first day of rolling nationwide strikes that are set to run for months in the toughest test yet of President Emmanuel Macron’s determination to modernize the French econom…
China hopes U.S.-North Korea summit can avoid ‘disruptive factors’
BEIJING (Reuters) – China hopes that a planned meeting between the leaders of North Korea and the United States in May can advance smoothly and that all sides maintain focus and avoid “disruptive factors”, senior Chinese diplomat Wang Yi said on Tuesda…
Afghans bury civilians as U.N. probes air strike
KUNDUZ, Afghanistan/KABUL (Reuters) – Villagers in the northern Afghan province of Kunduz said they had buried dozens of victims of an air strike on a Taliban controlled district, in an incident the United Nations described as “disturbing.”
Russia, Assad give ultimatum to rebels northeast of Damascus
BEIRUT/AMMAN (Reuters) – Russian and Syrian military officers have told rebels in a besieged area northeast of Damascus they must accept state rule or leave, the spokesman for one rebel group said on Tuesday.
More than 40,000 people returned to Syria’s Ghouta: agencies
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia’s defense ministry said on Tuesday that more than 40,000 civilians who had fled Syria’s eastern Ghouta have returned, Interfax agency reported.
Malaysia intercepts boat carrying Rohingya refugees, more perilous sea journeys expected
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – Malaysia has intercepted a boat carrying 56 Rohingya refugees from Myanmar off its northern island of Langkawi, authorities said on Tuesday, with rights groups expecting further perilous journeys by sea after last year’s surge …
China says it hopes U.S.-N.Korea summit can avoid ‘disruptive factors’
BEIJING (Reuters) – China hopes that a planned meeting between the leaders of North Korea and the United States in May can advance smoothly and that all sides maintain focus and avoid “disruptive factors”, a senior Chinese diplomat said on Tuesday.
