Egypt’s cabinet submits resignation to President Sisi: statement
CAIRO (Reuters) – Egypt’s cabinet submitted its resignation on Tuesday to President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, a statement from the presidency said.
Austria welcomes Putin but rebuffs his call for sanctions to be lifted
VIENNA (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin visited Austria on Tuesday in his first trip to the West since being re-elected to the Kremlin and was rebuffed when he called for European Union sanctions to be lifted.
Pressuring May, UK’s Labour tries to force new single market deal
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s opposition Labour Party threw down the gauntlet to Prime Minister Theresa May on Brexit on Tuesday, offering potential rebels in her Conservative Party a way to defy her by voting for a new single market deal with the EU.
Italian hard-line overshadows EU migration reform talks
LUXEMBOURG (Reuters) – European Union ministers searched in vain on Tuesday for a compromise on immigration reform, overshadowed by a new hardline government in Rome which has declared Italy will no longer be the continent’s “refugee camp”.
Trump-Kim summit set for Singapore’s Sentosa Island: White House
WASHINGTON/SINGAPORE (Reuters) – The summit between U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un will be on Singapore’s southern island of Sentosa, the White House said on Tuesday as preparations accelerated for next week’s event.
U.S. sets up task force over unexplained diplomatic health incidents
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States has set up a task force to help coordinate a response to unexplained health problems affecting a number of U.S. diplomats and their relatives in Cuba and China, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said in a stat…
Exclusive: In Syria, a Russian move causes friction with Iran-backed forces – officials
BEIRUT (Reuters) – A Russian troop deployment in Syria near the Lebanese border this week caused friction with Iran-backed forces including Hezbollah which objected to the uncoordinated move, two non-Syrian officials in the regional alliance backing Da…
Gazans send fire-starting kites into Israel; minister threatens lethal response
ISRAEL-GAZA BORDER (Reuters) – Palestinians are sending kites dangling coal embers or burning rags across the Gaza border to set fire to farmland and forests, in a new tactic that an Israeli minister said should be countered with “targeted assassinatio…
Trump’s North Korea summit may bring peace declaration – but at a cost
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – If Donald Trump’s summit next week with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un produces a peace declaration formally ending the Korean War as he has suggested, it could give the U.S. president a big headline-grabbing, made-for-TV moment on the world stage.
Italy’s new PM vows radical change, flanked by party bosses
ROME (Reuters) – Italy’s new prime minister promised on Tuesday to bring radical change to the country, including more generous welfare and a crackdown on immigration, as the two party bosses who hold the keys to his anti-establishment government nodde…
