Israeli police to recommend indicting Netanyahu over alleged bribery in two cases: media
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Police investigating Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu have recommended to Israel’s attorney general that he be charged with bribery in two cases, Israeli news media reported on Tuesday.
U.S. urges U.N. to hold Myanmar military accountable for ‘ethnic cleansing’
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The United States on Tuesday described Myanmar denials of ethnic cleansing of Rohingya Muslims as “preposterous” as it called on the U.N. Security Council to hold the military accountable and pressure leader Aung San Suu Kyi …
German SPD leader quits in bid to calm party after coalition deal
BERLIN (Reuters) – German Social Democrat leader (SPD) Martin Schulz stepped down with immediate effect on Tuesday, hoping to put an end to the turbulence that has rocked the center-left party since it agreed a coalition deal with Chancellor Angela Mer…
UK judge refuses to stop legal action against WikiLeaks’ Assange
LONDON (Reuters) – A British judge refused on Tuesday to halt legal proceedings against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange for jumping bail and fleeing to the Ecuadorean embassy in London in June 2012.
Exclusive: U.S. tables motion to put Pakistan on global terrorist – financing watchlist
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – The United States has put forward a motion to place Pakistan on a global terrorist-financing watchlist with an anti-money laundering monitoring group, according to a senior Pakistani official.
UK PM May to meet Germany’s Merkel on Friday
LONDON (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Theresa May will meet German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Berlin on Friday as Britain and its European Union partners head into crunch negotiations about Brexit.
U.S. intelligence chief says North Korea ‘decision time’ is near
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. director of national intelligence warned on Tuesday that time was running out for the United States to act on the threat posed by North Korea’s nuclear weapons program.
Dutch foreign minister quits after lying about Putin meeting
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – Dutch Foreign Minister Halbe Zijlstra resigned on Tuesday after admitting that he had lied about attending a meeting in 2006 at which he said Russian President Vladimir Putin had outlined a strategy for building a greater Russia.
Italy’s Northern League dangles EU exit in election campaign
ROME (Reuters) – The Northern League, a key partner in the coalition expected to win next month’s parliamentary election, would aim to pull Italy out of the European Union if Brussels refused to re-negotiate fiscal and immigration rules, its economics …
CIA director strongly denies report Russia bilked U.S. spies
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Central Intelligence Agency Director Mike Pompeo strongly denied on Tuesday a report that Russia bilked U.S. spies out of $100,000 by offering compromising information on President Donald Trump.
