U.S. judge rejects injunction bid in sanctuary cities fight
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – A U.S. judge on Monday rejected California’s request for a pretrial injunction to force the federal government to fund a law enforcement grant that has been delayed in a dispute over the state’s so-called sanctuary city polici…
Aid reaches Ghouta but retreats after shelling; Syria presses assault
BEIRUT/GENEVA (Reuters) – Aid trucks reached Syria’s eastern Ghouta region on Monday for the first time since the start of one of the war’s deadliest assaults, but the government stripped some medical supplies from the convoy and pressed on with its ai…
Former Russian spy critically ill in Britain after exposure to unidentified substance
LONDON (Reuters) – Former Russian spy Sergei Skripal, who was convicted by Russia of betraying agents to British intelligence, was critically ill on Monday after exposure to an unidentified substance in Britain, two sources close to the investigation t…
Greenland PM calls parliamentary vote in April
COPENHAGEN (Reuters) – Greenland’s Prime Minister Kim Kielsen has called parliamentary elections for next month, local media reported on Monday.
Germany to start work on trade, China, Syria war: Merkel
BERLIN (Reuters) – Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Monday she would work with France to tackle pressing issues such as trade policy, the war in Syria and competition with China after the Social Democrats (SPD) approved joining a coalition with her con…
With few illusions, Carlos the Jackal appeals last of three life sentences
PARIS (Reuters) – Carlos the Jackal, a left-wing revolutionary who was once one of the world’s most wanted militants, appeared in a French court on Monday to fight a life-in-jail conviction for a grenade attack that killed two people in a Paris store 4…
Irish PM says U.S.-Canada border not an example for N.Ireland border issue
DUBLIN (Reuters) – The border between the United States and Canada does not provide an example for how to solve the issue of the future border between Ireland and Northern Ireland after Brexit, Prime Minister Leo Varadkar said on Monday.
Former Russian spy critically ill in Britain after exposure to unidentified substance: source
LONDON (Reuters) – Former Russian military intelligence officer Sergei Skripal, who was convicted in 2006 of spying for Britain, was critically ill on Monday after exposure to unidentified substance in Britain, a source close to the investigation told …
West is responding to Putin’s ‘more assertive Russia’: NATO chief
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – President Vladimir Putin’s announcement of new nuclear weapons is part of a resurgent Russian assertiveness that the West is already responding to, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said on Monday, adding that he hoped to avoi…
Trump says he may travel to Israel for embassy move, Netanyahu calls out Iran
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday he might travel to Israel for the opening of the U.S. embassy in Jerusalem as he and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu presented a united front against Iran in White House talks….
