Another 49 Central Americans from caravan cross U.S. border
TIJUANA, Mexico (Reuters) – Forty-nine Central Americans from a migrant caravan that angered President Donald Trump crossed into the United States to seek asylum on Wednesday morning, while dozens more woke to a rainy, cold third day camped outside a U…
Algeria summons Morocco ambassador over Western Sahara comments
ALGIERS (Reuters) – Algeria summoned the Moroccan ambassador on Wednesday to reject accusations that Algiers had played any role in alleged Iranian support for the Western Sahara Polisario independence movement, the foreign ministry said.
Guinea opposition calls for parliamentary inquiry into Bollore
CONAKRY (Reuters) – Opposition lawmakers in Guinea on Wednesday called for a parliamentary inquiry into billionaire tycoon Vincent Bollore’s dealings in the West African nation, which are under investigation in France.
Malaysia’s Mahathir stirs 1MDB debate among rural voters ahead of election
BUKIT GOH, Malaysia (Reuters) – Just days ahead of an election, opposition leader Mahathir Mohamad worked a crowd of palm planters in Malaysia’s rural heartland to stir up debate about a financial scandal, hoping to shift their loyalty away from Prime …
UK government defeated as Lords back powers to prevent hard Irish border
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s upper house on Wednesday voted to give parliament the power to stop any Brexit deal that might restore a hard border across the island of Ireland, in the latest defeat for Prime Minister Theresa May’s government.
As Trump visits State Department, Pompeo says North Korea must denuclearize
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – North Korea must commit to dismantling its nuclear weapons program, new U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Wednesday during a swearing-in ceremony at the State Department where he was strongly endorsed by U.S. President…
Iran arrests second British-Iranian national since mid-April: Iran Wire agency
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Iran has detained a British-Iranian dual national who works as a security analyst, the independent news site Iran Wire reported on Wednesday, the second such arrest since mid-April.
Armenian protest leader pauses strike for talks with ruling party
YEREVAN (Reuters) – The leader of a protest movement that has rocked Armenia on Tuesday called a pause in a campaign of civil disobedience while he seeks assurances that the ruling party will back him to be the next prime minister.
Slovakia says unlikely Vietnam used its plane in ex-oil executive’s kidnapping
BRATISLAVA (Reuters) – Slovakia’s prime minister tried on Wednesday to distance his government from media reports that Vietnamese agents used a Slovak government plane to smuggle home a former oil executive they kidnapped in Germany last year.
‘I was part of the problem,’ pope quoted telling Chile abuse victims
ROME (Reuters) – Pope Francis told Chilean victims of clerical sexual abuse “I was part of the problem” and apologized for dismissing accusations of a cover-up by Catholic bishops, one of the victims said on Wednesday.
