North Korean diplomat heads to Finland ahead of possible U.S. talks
SEOUL/BEIJING (Reuters) – A senior North Korean diplomat left for Finland on Sunday for talks with former U.S. and South Korean officials, Yonhap News Agency reported, amid a series of diplomatic encounters ahead of a possible U.S.-North Korean summit….
Republican senator expects Trump to pull out of Iran deal: CBS
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Republican U.S. Senator Bob Corker, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, said he expects President Donald Trump to pull out of the Iran nuclear agreement in May.
Incoming Slovak PM expects to name new ministers in coming week
BRATISLAVA (Reuters) – Slovakia’s ruling coalition aims to select new ministers this week, incoming Prime Minister Peter Pellegrini said on Sunday as the government seeks to navigate its way through a political crisis sparked by the murder of a journal…
Gaza security shuts mobile company’s main office in PM bomb probe
GAZA (Reuters) – Hamas-run security services in Gaza have shut down a cellular company’s headquarters over its alleged failure to cooperate in their investigation of a suspected attempt to assassinate the Palestinian prime minister, security officials …
Philippines’ Duterte calls for mass withdrawal from ICC
MANILA (Reuters) – Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte on Sunday called for other signatories of the Rome Statute that established the International Criminal Court (ICC) to join his country in withdrawing from the treaty.
German spy agency said North Korean rockets can reach Europe: paper
BERLIN (Reuters) – North Korean rockets can now be fitted with nuclear weapons and could reach Germany and central Europe, a top official with Germany’s foreign intelligence agency told lawmakers this week, according to a report in the Bild am Sonntag …
Turkish forces and rebel allies take Afrin town center from Kurds
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkish forces and their Syrian rebel allies swept into the northwestern Syrian town of Afrin on Sunday, raising their flags in the town center and declaring full control after an eight-week campaign to drive out Kurdish YPG forces…
President says Zimbabwe to hold elections in July
HARARE (Reuters) – Zimbabwe’s first presidential and parliamentary elections since the end of former strongman Robert Mugabe’s long rule will take place in July, President Emmerson Mnangagwa said on Saturday.
Rebels in Syria’s eastern Ghouta discussing ceasefire with U.N.: statement
BEIRUT (Reuters) – The main rebel group in the southern pocket of Syria’s opposition-held eastern Ghouta said on Sunday it was negotiating with a United Nations delegation about a ceasefire, aid and the evacuation of urgent medical cases.
Britain accuses Russia of secretly stockpiling deadly nerve agent used in attack
LONDON (Reuters) – British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson said on Sunday that Russia has been stockpiling the deadly nerve agent used to poison a Russian former double agent in England and has been investigating how such weapons can be used in assassi…
