U.S. congress members nominate Hong Kong’s Joshua Wong for Nobel Peace Prize
HONG KONG (Reuters) – A dozen members of the United States Congress have nominated Hong Kong’s pro-democracy movement, and its most prominent student leader, Joshua Wong, for this year’s Nobel Peace Prize, a move that is certain to provoke anger from B…
Reuters reporters arrested under Myanmar Secrets Act denied bail
YANGON (Reuters) – A court in Myanmar declined to grant bail on Thursday for two Reuters journalists accused of violating the country’s Official Secrets Act, although their defense lawyer said information in documents at the center of the case was publ…
Saudi billionaire Prince Alwaleed back at work after detention, company says
RIYADH (Reuters) – Saudi Arabian billionaire Prince Alwaleed bin Talal is back on the job as chairman of global investment firm Kingdom Holding after being released from detention in an anti-corruption campaign, the company said on Thursday.
Austrian Freedom Party politician resigns over neo-Nazi scandal
VIENNA (Reuters) – A high-ranking official from Austria’s far-right Freedom Party (FPO) resigned on Thursday, yielding to mounting pressure over his association with a group accused of being neo-Nazis.
German police arrest six far right supporters ahead of anti-refugee demo in east
BERLIN (Reuters) – German police arrested six members of the far right who were handing out tear gas bottles and flyers in the eastern city of Cottbus on Thursday and said they were stepping up security ahead of an anti-refugee protest there on Saturda…
Russian specialists to arrive at Iran’s Fordow nuclear facility: RIA
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian technical specialists are set to arrive this week at Iran’s Fordow nuclear facility, RIA Novosti news agency reported on Thursday.
Merkel allies hopeful of German coalition deal by end of weekend
BERLIN (Reuters) – Leading members of Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservatives expressed optimism on Thursday that coalition talks with the Social Democrats (SPD) would be wrapped up on Sunday, signaling an end to four months of political limbo in Germ…
France to finance exports to Iran, aims to sidestep U.S. sanctions
PARIS (Reuters) – France will start offering euro-denominated credits to Iranian buyers of its goods later this year, a move to bolster trade while keeping it outside the reach of U.S. sanctions, the head of state-owned investment bank Bpifrance said.
Polish lawmakers back Holocaust bill, drawing Israeli outrage, U.S. concern
WARSAW (Reuters) – Polish lawmakers approved a bill on Thursday that would impose jail terms for suggesting Poland was complicit in the Holocaust, drawing concern from the United States and outrage from Israel, which denounced “any attempt to challenge…
Russia says interception of U.S. spy plane posed no danger: TASS
MOSCOW (Reuters) – The interception of a U.S. surveillance plane by a Russian Su-27 fighter jet over the Black Sea this week posed no danger to the U.S. aircraft, Russia’s defense ministry was cited as saying on Thursday by the TASS news agency.
