Trump says decisions coming ‘fairly soon’ on Syria action
WASHINGTON/LONDON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said he was holding meetings on Thursday on Syria, where he has threatened missile strikes in response to a suspected poison gas attack, and expected to make decisions “fairly soon.”
Czech ANO party wants new shot at center-left coalition to avoid far-right
PRAGUE (Reuters) – The Czech ruling ANO party agreed on Thursday to restart negotiations with the center-left Social Democrats to form a new government to avoid a deal involving an anti-European far-right party.
Head of Nobel-awarding Swedish Academy steps down after criticism
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – The head of the Swedish Academy stepped down on Thursday after criticism of how the institution, which picks the winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature, handled a probe into allegations of sexual misconduct by a man married to o…
Sri Lanka’s president suspends parliament until May 8
COLOMBO (Reuters) – Sri Lanka President Maithripala Sirisena suspended parliament until May 8 late on Thursday, his secretary said, in a surprise move days after fractures appeared in the island nation’s ruling coalition government.
Ivory Coast inaugurates new senate amid opposition criticism
YAMOUSSOUKRO (Reuters) – Ivory Coast inaugurated on Thursday its first senate, an upper house to the West African nation’s parliament that President Alassane Ouattara called a “chamber of wisdom” but which the opposition says will tighten his grip on p…
Iran tells France not to be influenced by Saudi prince on nuclear deal
ANKARA (Reuters) – Iran urged France on Thursday not to be influenced by Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman over Tehran’s nuclear deal with world powers, the semi-official Tasnim news agency reported.
Trump says decisions ‘fairly soon’ on Syria
WASHINGTON/LONDON/MOSCOW (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said he was holding meetings on Thursday on Syria where he has threatened missile strikes in response to a suspected poison gas attack and he expected decisions to be taken “fairly soon.”…
Trump says meetings being set up with North Korea’s Kim
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump praised China on Thursday for its help with North Korea and said meetings were being set up between him and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.
Ex-Russian spy poisoned with nerve agent, watchdog confirms
THE HAGUE/LONDON (Reuters) – The lethal poison that struck down a former Russian spy and his daughter last month in England was a highly pure type of Novichok nerve agent, the global chemical weapons watchdog concluded on Thursday, backing Britain’s fi…
U.N. experts, Britain demand release of Reuters reporters in Myanmar
LONDON/GENEVA (Reuters) – Britain’s foreign minister and United Nations human rights rapporteurs separately called on Thursday for the release of two Reuters reporters detained in Myanmar, after a judge rejected a request for their case to be dismissed…
