Venezuela has freed U.S. missionary Josh Holt, Trump says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Venezuelan government on Saturday released an American, Josh Holt, whom it has held since 2016 on weapons charges, U.S. President Donald Trump and Utah Senator Orrin Hatch announced separately on Twitter.
Putin, after meeting Japan’s Abe, calls for restraint on North Korea
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday called on all sides involved in the situation around North Korea to show restraint, while Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said it was vital Pyongyang completely shed itself of all nucle…
Poland says EU needs more ’empathy’ toward U.S. over Iran deal
WARSAW (Reuters) – The EU should pay more heed to U.S. security concerns linked to Washington’s withdrawal from the 2015 Iran nuclear deal as the bloc decides how to address American sanctions against the Islamic Republic, Poland’s chief diplomat said….
Spain’s Ciudadanos party open to alternative candidate to oust PM Rajoy
MADRID (Reuters) – Spain’s center-right Ciudadanos party said on Saturday it would be willing to back an unspecified neutral candidate to oust Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy over a far-reaching graft case engulfing members of his People’s Party (PP).
Leaders of two Koreas hold surprise meeting as Trump revives summit hopes
SEOUL/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – South Korean President Moon Jae-in and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un held a surprise meeting on Saturday in an effort to ensure that a high-stakes summit between Kim and U.S. President Donald Trump takes place successfull…
Saudi-led coalition says foils attempted attack by drone near Abha airport: Arabiya
DUBAI (Reuters) – The Saudi-led coalition said it has foiled an attempted attack by an unmanned drone in Saudi Arabia’s southern city of Abha, the Saudi-owned Al Arabiya television channel reported on Saturday.
Dozens killed in Cameroon’s restive Anglophone region
YAOUNDE (Reuters) – More than two dozen people have been killed in one of Cameroon’s Anglophone regions, local sources said on Saturday, although the exact circumstances of their deaths were not immediately clear.
Ireland ends abortion ban as ‘quiet revolution’ transforms country
DUBLIN (Reuters) – Ireland’s prime minister on Saturday hailed the culmination of “a quiet revolution” in what was once one of Europe’s most socially conservative countries after a landslide referendum vote to liberalize highly restrictive laws on abor…
Jailed British-Iranian aid worker to face trial on security charges: Iran court head
DUBAI (Reuters) – A detained British-Iranian aid worker sentenced to five years in jail in Iran is to face a second trial on new security charges, the semi-official Tasnim news agency on Saturday quoted Tehran Revolutionary Court’s head Musa Ghazanfara…
Colombia to be NATO’s first Latin American global partner
BOGOTA (Reuters) – Colombia will next week formally join the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, making it the only Latin American nation in the alliance, President Juan Manuel Santos said late on Friday.
