EU’s Barnier sees most difficult Brexit issues to come at the end of talks
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – European Union Brexit negotiator, Michel Barnier said on Tuesday he expected the most difficult negotiations with London to come at the end of the process.
Slovak PM-designate to rework cabinet list after president rejects proposals
BRATISLAVA (Reuters) – Slovakia’s prime minister-designate Peter Pellegrini said on Tuesday he would propose a new list of ministers on Wednesday after the president rejected his cabinet proposals.
Sweden to tighten rape legislation, outlawing non-consensual sex
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – The Swedish government on Tuesday sent a bill that would outlaw sex not based on mutual consent to parliament for approval, widening the circumstances that could constitute rape or other sex crimes.
Senators criticize U.S. support for Saudi campaign in Yemen as crown prince visits
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. senators debated a resolution seeking an end to U.S. support for Saudi Arabia’s campaign in Yemen’s civil war on Tuesday, the same day President Donald Trump was due to meet with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman at the…
Former French president Sarkozy held over Gaddafi cash inquiry
PARIS (Reuters) – Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy was questioned on Tuesday by police investigating whether late Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi helped finance his 2007 election campaign.
Hungary defends anti-immigration stance at U.N. rights body
(In March 19 story, corrects second paragraph to say .. U.N. Human Rights Committee ..not.. U.N. Committee on Civil and Political Rights.)
Russia hopes Putin re-election win to help thaw U.S.-Russia ties: RIA
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said on Tuesday he hoped President Vladimir Putin’s landslide re-election victory would pave the way for a thaw in battered U.S.-Russia relations, the RIA news agency reported.
Slovak president calls for stronger cabinet shuffle as protests continue
BRATISLAVA (Reuters) – Slovak President Andrej Kiska rejected prime minister-designate Peter Pellegrini’s proposed cabinet on Tuesday and called for stronger changes to the government by Friday to help calm a political crisis brought on by the murder o…
Expelled Russian diplomats leave Britain in nerve agent crisis
LONDON/MOSCOW (Reuters) – Twenty three expelled Russian diplomats and their families left London for Moscow on Tuesday as Britain and Russia traded recriminations over a nerve agent attack in England that has plunged relations into their worst crisis s…
Britain withdraws offer to lead EU military force after Brexit
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain has withdrawn its offer to lead a European Union military force next year because of Brexit, the Ministry of Defence said on Tuesday.
