Russian bikers, Crimeans cross ‘Putin’s bridge’ in inaugural drive
KERCH (Reuters) – Leather-clad bikers with Russian national flags joined motorists driving for the first time across a newly-opened bridge linking Crimea with Russia on Wednesday.
EU’s Tusk asks: ‘With friends like Trump, who needs enemies?’
SOFIA (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump has “rid Europe of all illusions” by quitting the Iran nuclear deal and driving trade disputes, the European Union chairman said on Wednesday, underlining the depth of trans-Atlantic discord.
Indian minister holds talks in North Korea, first trip in 20 years
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India has sent a government minister to North Korea for the first time in nearly two decades for talks on political and regional issues, the foreign ministry said on Wednesday, following signs of a thaw on the Korean peninsula.
Iraqi election commission says Kirkuk voting stations under siege, staff inside
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Gunmen in the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk were on Wednesday besieging several polling stations containing election staff, four days after a national vote, the head of the electoral commission said.
Philippines’ Duterte orders lifting of labor deployment ban to Kuwait
MANILA (Reuters) – Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte ordered on Wednesday the “total” lifting of a ban on Filipinos working in Kuwait after the two countries agreed on measures to regulate employment following a diplomatic row over alleged abuse of …
EU’s Tusk says with friends like Trump, who needs enemies?
SOFIA (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump has “rid Europe of all illusions” by quitting the Iran nuclear deal and seeking trade disputes, the European Union chairman said on Wednesday, underlining the depth of transatlantic discord.
Burundi to vote in referendum that could let president hold power to 2034
BUJUMBURA (Reuters) – Burundians vote on Thursday in a referendum that would let President Pierre Nkurunziza stay in power until 2034, raising fears of deeper political repression and ethnic conflict in the Great Lakes nation only a generation after th…
Families of detained Venezuela officers demand their release
CARACAS/MARACAIBO (Reuters) – Family members of Venezuelan army officers arrested in March for alleged conspiracy are demanding their release and denouncing procedural irregularities amid what critics call a growing purge of the crisis-stricken country…
Myanmar policeman denies planting documents on Reuters reporters
YANGON (Reuters) – A Myanmar policeman told a court on Wednesday he met two Reuters reporters on the night of their arrest in December, but denied giving them secret documents to incriminate them.
White House: U.S. still hopeful for North Korea summit
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States is still hopeful about a planned summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un but President Donald Trump is prepared for a tough negotiation process, White House spokeswoman Sarah Sanders said on Wednesday.
