Saudi king reiterates support for Palestinians after Israel comments
RIYADH (Reuters) – King Salman reiterated Saudi Arabia’s support for a Palestinian state after his son and heir apparent said Israelis were entitled to live peacefully on their own land – a rare statement by an Arab leader.
Israel’s Netanyahu scraps African migrant relocation deal with U.N.
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Tuesday he was cancelling an agreement with the U.N. refugee agency to relocate thousands of African migrants, bowing to right-wing pressure to scrap the deal.
British Labour leader Corbyn criticized for spending Passover with anti-Israel group
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s opposition Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn risked further souring his relationship with the Jewish community by attending a Passover event with a left-wing Jewish group that has called for the destruction of Israel.
Singapore PM’s siblings attack panel’s findings over home at center of feud
SINGAPORE (Reuters) – The brother and sister of Singapore’s Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said on Tuesday that a ministerial panel’s declarations about the future of a home lived in by their late father, the modern island state’s founding father Lee K…
Israel’s Netanyahu cancels African migrant relocation deal with U.N.
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Tuesday he is cancelling a new agreement with the U.N. refugee agency to relocate thousands of African migrants, after announcing he had suspended the deal.
German prosecutors file for extradition of ex-Catalan leader Puigdemont
BERLIN (Reuters) – German prosecutors filed a request to a regional court on Tuesday for the extradition of former Catalan president Carles Puigdemont to Spain, where he faces charges of rebellion over the region’s campaign for independence.
French rail unions take on Macron with mass rolling strikes
PARIS (Reuters) – French railway services were thrown into chaos on Tuesday, the first day of rolling nationwide strikes that are set to run for months in the toughest test yet of President Emmanuel Macron’s determination to modernize the French econom…
China hopes U.S.-North Korea summit can avoid ‘disruptive factors’
BEIJING (Reuters) – China hopes that a planned meeting between the leaders of North Korea and the United States in May can advance smoothly and that all sides maintain focus and avoid “disruptive factors”, senior Chinese diplomat Wang Yi said on Tuesda…
Afghans bury civilians as U.N. probes air strike
KUNDUZ, Afghanistan/KABUL (Reuters) – Villagers in the northern Afghan province of Kunduz said they had buried dozens of victims of an air strike on a Taliban controlled district, in an incident the United Nations described as “disturbing.”
Russia, Assad give ultimatum to rebels northeast of Damascus
BEIRUT/AMMAN (Reuters) – Russian and Syrian military officers have told rebels in a besieged area northeast of Damascus they must accept state rule or leave, the spokesman for one rebel group said on Tuesday.
