West Libya factions raise doubts on Paris talks
TUNIS (Reuters) – Groups in western Libya have cast doubt on talks in Paris on Tuesday that aim to pave the way for elections in the divided country, fearing the meeting could play into the hands of their rival, eastern-based commander Khalifa Haftar.
Nicaragua protests erode pillars of support for Ortega
MANAGUA (Reuters) – A thuggish response to weeks of protests has eroded carefully constructed pillars of support in the Church, military and business world for Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega, emboldening calls for the ouster of the former Marxist g…
Czech president seeks to again name Babis as prime minister by mid-June
PRAGUE (Reuters) – Czech President Milos Zeman plans to name Andrej Babis as prime minister for a second time before the middle of June, he told Czech Television on Monday, a move to speed up the formation of a new government.
Northern Ireland rally calls on Britain’s May to ease abortion rules
BELFAST (Reuters) – Hundreds of women’s rights activist rallied in Belfast on Monday to put pressure on British Prime Minister Theresa May to reform Northern Ireland’s highly restrictive abortion rules after neighboring Ireland’s vote to liberalize its…
War crimes court due to start probes in Central African Republic: U.N.
GENEVA (Reuters) – A special criminal court to try the worst crimes committed in the Central African Republic (CAR) is due to start its formal investigations next week, the United Nations’ deputy representative in the country said on Monday.
France offers citizenship to Malian immigrant who scaled building to save child
PARIS (Reuters) – France on Monday offered citizenship to an illegal immigrant from Mali who scaled the facade of a Paris apartment block to save a boy who was about to fall from a fourth-floor balcony, President Emmanuel Macron said.
Without France, Lebanon would probably be at war, Macron says
PARIS (Reuters) – French President Emmanuel Macron has claimed credit for solving a political crisis in Lebanon last year and stated publicly that Saudi Arabia had held Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri for several weeks.
President readies Italy for snap polls to be fought on EU, euro
ROME (Reuters) – Italy’s president set the country on a path to fresh elections on Monday, appointing a former International Monetary Fund official as interim prime minister with the task of planning for snap polls and passing the next budget.
Italy’s fresh election risks being referendum on euro
ROME (Reuters) – The euro looked to have dodged a bullet when Italy’s would-be eurosceptic coalition government collapsed at the weekend, but it may turn out to have been the opening salvo in a war over Europe’s single currency.
Damascus gives U.N. list of nominees for constitutional committee
GENEVA (Reuters) – The Syrian government has submitted a list of names to the United Nations as candidates for inclusion in a constitutional committee, U.N. envoy Staffan de Mistura told Reuters on Monday.
