Myanmar says two Reuters journalists remanded in custody
YANGON (Reuters) – The two Reuters journalists who were detained in Myanmar on Dec. 12 have appeared in court and been remanded in custody, a police spokesman said on Thursday.
Yazidi sisters reunited after three years in Islamic State captivity
SHARYA, Iraq (Reuters) – When Rosa, now 14, asked her Islamic State captors about her younger sisters Bushra, 12, and Suhayla, seven, she was told they had been killed for misbehaving.
British PM May says Russia trying to weaponize information
WARSAW (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Theresa May said on Thursday that Britain and Poland are concerned about Russian attempts to weaponise information.
A hard knock life for London’s rough sleepers
LONDON (Reuters) – Outside London’s Piccadilly theater where tickets cost up to 110 pounds and a banner advertising the musical “Annie” reads “It’s a hard knock life”, Bryan and Kevin sleep in small tents on the street.
Moment of truth for independence drive as divided Catalonia votes
BARCELONA (Reuters) – Voters in a deeply divided Catalonia flocked to the polls on Thursday with support for its separatist and unionist camps running neck-and-neck, leaving prospects of an end to Spain’s worst political crisis in decades looking slim….
Pope says foes make reforming Vatican as hard as cleaning Sphinx with toothbrush
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – Pope Francis issued a stinging new critique of the Vatican’s top administration on Thursday, saying “traitors” stood in the way of his reforms and made any change as hard as cleaning Egypt’s Sphinx “with a toothbrush”.
Critics accuse UK government of not taking Brexit preparations seriously enough
LONDON (Reuters) – Pro-European campaigners accused ministers of failing to take preparations for Brexit seriously enough on Thursday, after a committee of lawmakers published the government’s sector-by-sector analysis on the impact of leaving the Euro…
U.N. denies arrested Reuters reporters in Myanmar had given it information
YANGON (Reuters) – Two Reuters reporters arrested in Myanmar had not passed any information to the United Nations, the world body said, rejecting a report published in domestic media which suggested that could be the reason for their detention.
Erdogan says U.S. can’t buy Turkish support on Jerusalem
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkey told U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday he could not buy its support in a United Nations vote on Jerusalem, and said the world should teach the United States a “very good lesson” by resisting U.S. pressure.
Hariri says Gulf states not planning measures against Lebanon
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Lebanese Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri said on Thursday Gulf Arab countries were planning no action against Lebanon after a political crisis last month thrust it onto the front line of rivalry between Saudi Arabia and Iran.
