Italy’s League and 5-Star attack EU budget rules after vote
ROME (Reuters) – Italy’s far-right League party and the 5-Star Movement, which both performed strongly in this month’s inconclusive national election, attacked European Union budget rules on Tuesday, saying they must be overhauled.
Out in Africa? Tillerson trip leaves hosts nonplussed
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – From the outset, Rex Tillerson’s first trip to Africa looked half-hearted and token, but with the hindsight knowledge that the U.S. Secretary of State was fired just two days in, his African hosts who must be wondering why they…
Britain’s May gets EU support, cautious backing from Trump, in showdown with Russia
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain gave Russia until midnight on Tuesday to explain how a Soviet-era nerve agent was used against a former Russian double agent, and U.S. President Donald Trump said he would condemn Russia if British evidence incriminated Mosco…
Justice for atrocities in South Sudan just a signature away: U.N. investigator
GENEVA (Reuters) – U.N. investigators of war atrocities in South Sudan urged the African Union (AU) on Tuesday to make a final push to secure justice for millions of victims.
Austrian far-right chief, TV anchor settle lawsuit over fake news jibe
VIENNA (Reuters) – The far-right deputy leader of Austria’s government has agreed to apologize and pay damages to a top news anchor after accusing him and national broadcaster ORF of lying, the presenter said on Tuesday, announcing a settlement.
Russian associate of late tycoon Berezovsky found dead in Britain
LONDON (Reuters) – British counter-terrorism police were on Tuesday investigating the unexplained death of a Russian associate of late tycoon Boris Berezovsky but said the death was not thought to be linked to a nerve agent attack on a former Russian d…
Russian voting starts early for nomadic reindeer herders
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia holds a presidential election on Sunday but voting has already begun in the flat, snow-covered expanses of the Siberian Arctic, which are home to the nomadic Nenets people who herd reindeer.
Nigeria’s Buhari replaces head of Niger Delta amnesty program
ABUJA (Reuters) – Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari has replaced the head of an amnesty program for former militants who attacked energy facilities in the Niger Delta oil production heartland, the presidency said on Tuesday.
Sick and injured start leaving Syria’s besieged Ghouta
BEIRUT/ANKARA (Reuters) – Sick and injured civilians left a rebel enclave in Syria’s eastern Ghouta on Tuesday under the first medical evacuation since one of the deadliest assaults of the seven-year war began nearly a month ago.
Russia says U.S. plans to strike Damascus, pledges military response
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia said on Tuesday it had information that the United States planned to bomb the government quarter in Damascus on an invented pretext, and said it would respond militarily if it felt Russian lives were threatened by such an atta…
