Catalonia postpones vote for new president, sticks with Puigdemont
MADRID (Reuters) – Catalonia on Tuesday postponed the election of a new regional president until further notice after Spain’s highest court said the sole nominee, separatist leader Carles Puigdemont, was ineligible while he remains a fugitive from just…
Stockholm truck attacker wanted to ‘run over unbelievers’: prosecutors
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – The man who mowed down pedestrians with a truck, killing five, in Stockholm last April had pledged allegiance to Islamic State and had planned his attack for months, prosecutors said in charges filed on Tuesday.
Woman sues Japanese government over forced sterilization as a teen
TOKYO (Reuters) – A Japanese woman who was forcibly sterilized as a teenager due to intellectual disabilities sued the government on Tuesday in the first case of its kind, seeking compensation because her basic human rights had been trampled on.
Catalonia postpones vote for new regional head, sticks with Puigdemont
MADRID (Reuters) – The Catalan parliament speaker said the vote for a new regional head, planned for Tuesday, had been postponed but insisted that self-exiled, former leader Carles Puigdemont was the only viable candidate to lead Catalonia.
Spread of fake news aims to silence dissent, says chief of embattled Philippine site
MANILA (Reuters) – The head of a Philippine online news site battling revocation of its licence on Tuesday said some governments have sought to “silence dissent” through the proliferation of fake news, flooding social media with hate messages.
Thousands gather in Nairobi for opposition leader’s ‘swearing in’ ceremony
NAIROBI (Reuters) – More than two thousand supporters of Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga gathered on Tuesday in a Nairobi park where he was due to take the presidential oath in an act of protest against President Uhuru Kenyatta.
Afghanistan says Taliban will have to be defeated, after Trump rejects talks
KABUL/PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) – Afghanistan said on Tuesday the Taliban would have to be defeated on the battlefield after U.S. President Donald Trump rejected the idea of talks with the militants following a series of deadly attacks.
Rocky start for Syria talks in Russia as some delegates refuse to leave airport
SOCHI, Russia (Reuters) – A Syrian peace conference in Russia got off to a rocky start on Tuesday after some delegates opposed to President Bashar al-Assad refused to leave the airport on arrival and the Russian foreign minister was subjected to hostil…
CIA director expects Russia will try to target U.S. mid-term elections
LONDON (Reuters) – CIA Director Mike Pompeo said Russia will target U.S. mid-term elections later this year as part of the Kremlin’s attempt to influence domestic politics across the West, and warned the world had to do more to push back against Chines…
Saudi closes hotel detention center as corruption purge winds down
RIYADH (Reuters) – Saudi Arabian authorities have released all remaining detainees from Riyadh’s opulent Ritz-Carlton Hotel, which had been used as an interrogation center in a crackdown on corruption, a Saudi official said on Tuesday.
