Venezuela opposition candidate’s aide hit, suffers ‘severe’ head injury
CARACAS (Reuters) – The security boss of Venezuela opposition presidential candidate Henri Falcon was attacked during a campaign event and is being treated for a “severe” head injury, the campaign team said on Monday, and it blamed the leftist governme…
Migrant caravan heading to U.S. border puts Mexico in tough spot with Trump
IXTEPEC, Mexico/EDINBURG, Texas (Reuters) – In some of the Mexican towns playing host to a “caravan” of more than 1,200 Central American migrants heading to the U.S. border, the welcome mat has been rolled out despite President Donald Trump’s call for …
French rail unions in showdown with Macron in rolling strike
PARIS (Reuters) – France faces a first wave of rolling railway strikes on Tuesday that are expected to bring travel chaos in a test of President Emmanuel Macron’s resolve to modernize the French economy.
Israel suspends new relocation deal for African migrants
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Monday he was suspending a new agreement with the U.N. refugee agency to relocate thousands of African migrants, as right-wing pressure mounted on him to scrap the deal.
Mexican government says discussed migrants with U.S. homeland security secretary
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexico’s interior minister said on Monday that he spoke to the U.S. homeland security secretary Kirstjen Nielsen, agreeing to work together to study how to best address the flow of migrants.
Saudi crown prince says Israelis have right to their own land
RIYADH (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia’s crown prince said Israelis are entitled to live peacefully on their own land in an interview published on Monday in U.S. magazine The Atlantic, another public sign of ties between Riyadh and Tel Aviv appearing to grow …
Israel says it will send 16,000 African migrants to Western countries
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel said on Monday it has scrapped a plan to deport African migrants to Africa and reached an agreement with the U.N. refugee agency to send more than 16,000 to Western countries instead.
Turkey grants Rosatom construction license for first unit of Akkuyu nuclear plant
ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkey’s TAEK atomic energy authority on Monday granted Russian builder Rosatom a construction license to start work on the first unit of the Akkuyu nuclear power plant, the state-run Anadolu news agency said.
Winnie Mandela, ‘mother’, then ‘mugger’, of new South Africa
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – Hailed as mother of the ‘new’ South Africa, Winnie Madikizela-Mandela’s legacy as an anti-apartheid heroine was undone when she was revealed to be a ruthless ideologue prepared to sacrifice laws and lives in pursuit of revoluti…
Kazakh police raid local offices of Forbes magazine, news website Ratel.kz
ALMATY (Reuters) – Kazakh police raided the local offices of Forbes magazine and another news outlet on Monday and questioned three senior journalists as part of a libel probe begun at the request of a Kazakh businessman, the two outlets said.
