Central American migrants from caravan wait and worry at U.S. border
TIJUANA, Mexico (Reuters) – Some 140 Central American migrants waited anxiously on the Mexican side of the U.S. border on Tuesday following a second night in a makeshift camp, determined to remain until their asylum requests are processed after the fir…
UK lawmakers back ‘Magnitsky amendment’ on sanctions for human rights abuses
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain will be able to impose sanctions on people who commit gross human rights violations under a so-called “Magnitsky amendment” backed by members of parliament on Tuesday.
Trump says location, date of North Korea summit may be announced soon
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday the location and date of a summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un may be announced soon.
Mosque blasts kill at least 27 in northeast Nigeria
YOLA, Nigeria (Reuters) – Explosions in and around a mosque in northeast Nigeria killed at least 27 people on Tuesday, a hospital official said, in the latest in a spate of attacks by militants in the region.
Trump says he may visit Jerusalem for U.S. Embassy opening
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday said he may go to Jerusalem, where the United States is moving its embassy from Tel Aviv later this month after Trump broke with other world powers last year to recognize Jerusalem as Israel…
Venezuela presidential aspirant vows $75/month minimum wage
CARACAS (Reuters) – Presidential candidate Henri Falcon pledged on Tuesday to raise Venezuela’s minimum wage to $75 per month in a newly-dollarized economy should he beat the ruling socialists in a May 20 vote.
Armenia protest leader calls for general strike
YEREVAN (Reuters) – The leader of an Armenian protest movement that forced the country’s veteran leader to step down announced on Tuesday a nationwide campaign of civil disobedience after the ruling party thwarted his bid to take over as prime minister…
Armenia ruling party blocks protest leader’s bid to be PM
YEREVAN (Reuters) – Armenia’s ruling party on Tuesday blocked a bid by opposition leader Nikol Pashinyan to become prime minister, setting up a standoff between the elite that has run the state for over a decade and thousands of Pashinyan’s supporters …
Morocco severs ties with Iran, accusing it of backing Polisario Front
RABAT (Reuters) – Morocco will sever diplomatic ties with Iran over Tehran’s support for the Polisario Front, a Western Sahara independence movement, the Moroccan foreign minister said on Tuesday.
Riot police use teargas against anarchists at Paris May Day rally
PARIS (Reuters) – French riot police used water cannon and teargas on Tuesday against hundreds of hooded protesters after they smashed shop windows and hurled petrol bombs at the start of an annual May Day rally in Paris.
