Singapore invites rights group to fake news hearing as dispute grows
SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Singapore on Wednesday invited Human Rights Watch to give evidence at a parliamentary hearing on “fake news” as a dispute grew between the New York-based group and the city state.
Kremlin: we’ll retaliate over diplomat expulsions in our own time
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia will definitely retaliate for the expulsions of Russian diplomats by multiple Western and east European governments, but will do so at the appropriate time, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Wednesday.
Poland, United States sign $4.75 billion deal on Patriot missiles
WARSAW (Reuters) – Poland signed the largest weapons procurement deal in its history on Wednesday, agreeing with the United States to buy Raytheon Co’s Patriot missile defense system for $4.75 billion as it modernizes its forces to face a bolder Russia…
Saudis likely to show restraint as Yemen crisis escalates
RIYADH (Reuters) – A missile attack this week on Riyadh has raised the risk of an escalation in the Yemen war in a region riven with interwoven conflicts, but a direct confrontation between arch-foes Saudi Arabia and Iran still appears unlikely.
Kremlin says still open to possible Trump-Putin meeting
MOSCOW (Reuters) – The Kremlin said on Wednesday that Russia was still open to the possibility of a meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin despite Washington’s expulsion of a slew of Russian diplomats.
UK’s post-Brexit immigration laws delayed, less urgent after transition deal: minister
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s plans to pass new immigration laws to control migration after it leaves the European Union have been pushed back, interior minister Amber Rudd said on Wednesday.
China says Kim pledges denuclearization during friendly visit
BEIJING/SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has pledged to denuclearize and meet U.S. officials, China said on Wednesday after an historic meeting with President Xi Jinping, who promised China would uphold friendship with its isolated nei…
Italian anti-terrorism police arrest Moroccan, investigate others
ROME (Reuters) – Italian anti-terrorism police said on Wednesday they had arrested an Italian citizen of Moroccan origin on suspicion of supporting Islamic State and were investigating his accomplices.
Zambia parliament delays debate on motion to impeach president
LUSAKA (Reuters) – Zambia’s parliament has delayed a debate due on Wednesday on a motion seeking to impeach President Edgar Lungu over accusations of breaching the constitution, according to a letter from the parliamentary clerk seen by Reuters.
Russia to judge hostility levels of West before acting on diplomatic expulsions: Ifax
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said on Wednesday that Moscow would assess the levels of hostility which Washington and London feel towards Russia before retaliating over the expulsion of Russian diplomats, the Interfax news a…
