UK’s Johnson keeps hard Brexit stance in speech aimed at mending fences
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s foreign minister Boris Johnson showed little sign on Wednesday of softening his tough stance on Brexit in a speech billed as aiming to soothe concerns among voters about the economic impact of leaving the European Union.
Allies promise Iraq aid but amounts fall short of Baghdad’s appeal
KUWAIT (Reuters) – Iraq received promises of billions of dollars, mostly in credit facilities and investment pledges, on Wednesday from allies but has so far fallen short of the amount the government says is needed to recover from three years of war.
Small aid convoy reaches besieged Syrian zone: U.N.
GENEVA (Reuters) – An aid convoy of nine trucks carrying food, health and nutrition supplies for 7,200 people reached the besieged rebel-held Damascus enclave of Eastern Ghouta on Wednesday, the United Nations and Syrian Arab Red Crescent said on Twitt…
South African police raid Gupta home, ANC to sack Zuma via parliament
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – South Africa’s ANC unveiled plans on Wednesday to sack President Jacob Zuma via a parliamentary no-confidence vote, hours after armed police raided the luxury home of his friends, the Gupta brothers, as part of an anti-corrupti…
German SPD leader invokes Europe to sell coalition deal with Merkel
VILSHOFEN, Germany (Reuters) – Germany’s Social Democrats (SPD) must seize the opportunity to reform the European Union in a new governing alliance with Chancellor Angela Merkel, the party’s interim leader said on Wednesday in appealing to members to b…
UK tells charities: no more cash if you don’t come clean on abuse
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain will stop funding overseas aid agencies if they fail to learn the lessons from Oxfam’s sex abuse scandal, and the government will discuss possible prosecutions with law enforcement, the British development minister said on We…
Pakistan bans charities linked to U.N.-designated ‘terrorist’: official
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Pakistan has banned two charities linked to Islamist leader Hafiz Saeed, an official said on Wednesday, in a move against the U.N.-designated “terrorist” who the United States says was behind an attack on Mumbai in 2008 that kille…
Tillerson says U.S. Mideast peace plan ‘fairly well advanced’
AMMAN (Reuters) – The United States’s work on a new Middle East peace plan is “fairly well advanced”, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said on Wednesday, though he provided no details on an initiative which comes amid deep Palestinian scepticism about …
After bribery allegations, Netanyahu’s government stable – for now
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Key coalition partners said on Wednesday they would stick with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for now, pending a decision by the attorney general whether to indict him for bribery as recommended by police.
Man dies after vehicles collide at London’s Heathrow Airport
LONDON (Reuters) – A man died after two vehicles collided on the airfield at London’s Heathrow Airport, Europe’s biggest hub, police said on Wednesday.
