Turkey detains more than 100 suspected PKK members ahead of Newroz spring festival
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkish authorities on Tuesday detained more than 100 suspected Kurdish militants on suspicion of planning illegal demonstrations or plotting attacks for the Newroz spring festival, police, state media and a security source said.
Slovak president rejects proposed government shuffle, wants new names
BRATISLAVA (Reuters) – Slovak President Andrej Kiska rejected prime minister-designate Peter Pellegrini’s proposed cabinet on Tuesday and asked for new names by Friday, calling for stronger government changes to calm a political crisis brought on by th…
Court rules in favor of case on Britain’s ability to reverse Brexit
EDINBURGH (Reuters) – A legal attempt by anti-Brexit campaigners to establish that Britain could unilaterally reverse Brexit was given a boost on Tuesday by Scotland’s top court, which said it wants to examine the case in greater depth.
Soviet-era scientist says he helped create poison in UK spy attack row
MOSCOW (Reuters) – A Cold War-era scientist acknowledged on Tuesday he had helped create the nerve agent that Britain says was used to poison an ex-spy and his daughter, contradicting Moscow’s insistence that neither Russia nor the Soviet Union ever ha…
Inquiry into Philippines not impacted by ICC withdrawal: criminal court
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – The withdrawal of the Philippines from the International Criminal Court will not impact an inquiry by prosecutors into killings related to President Rodrigo Duterte’s war against drugs, the court said in a statement on Tuesday.
Three buses leave Russian embassy in London as expelled diplomats head to Moscow
LONDON (Reuters) – Three buses with diplomatic number plates left the Russian embassy in London on Tuesday as 23 diplomats who were expelled by Prime Minister Theresa May over a military-grade nerve toxin attack headed back to Moscow.
Woman accused in Kim Jong Nam killing played prank on Vietnamese official, lawyer says
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – A woman accused of poisoning the North Korean leader’s half-brother played a prank on a Vietnamese government official in Hanoi less than two weeks before the sensational killing, her lawyer told a Malaysian court on Tuesday.
Former French leader Sarkozy held over Libyan funding inquiry
PARIS (Reuters) – Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy was held in custody on Tuesday and questioned by magistrates investigating whether late Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi helped finance his 2007 election campaign, an official in the French judicia…
Kremlin says Trump’s failure to congratulate Putin not ‘unfriendly act’
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Moscow does not regard as an unfriendly act U.S. President Donald Trump’s failure to congratulate Russian President Vladimir Putin on his victory in Sunday’s presidential elections, the Kremlin said on Tuesday.
China’s premier hopes trade war can be averted, pledges more open economy
BEIJING (Reuters) – Voicing hopes that Beijing and the United States could avoid a trade war, Premier Li Keqiang told the close of the annual parliament session that China would open its economy further, so that foreign and Chinese firms can compete on…
