Danish submarine entrepreneur denies journalist’s murder as trial starts
COPENHAGEN (Reuters) – Danish inventor Peter Madsen denied murdering Swedish journalist Kim Wall aboard his homebuilt submarine in August, telling a court on Thursday he disposed of her body after she died breathing in exhaust fumes.
South Koreans in Washington to brief on talks with North Korean leader
WASHINGTON/SEOUL (Reuters) – Two senior South Korean officials arrived in the United States on Thursday to brief U.S. officials on their meeting this week with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and Pyongyang’s apparent willingness to discuss denucleariza…
Italy’s 5-Star, far right seek partners after election success
ROME (Reuters) – Italy’s inconclusive parliamentary election leaves open a wide range of possible alliances, putting the anti-establishment 5-Star Movement in the driver’s seat as the largest party.
UK, Saudi to strengthen U.N. inspection regime for Yemen: Johnson
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain and Saudi Arabia want to strengthen a United Nations inspection regime for ships headed to Yemen, the British foreign minister said after meeting his Saudi counterpart in London.
If Russia role in nerve attack proved, Britain will respond: PM May
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain will respond appropriately if evidence shows Moscow sponsored a nerve agent attack on a Russian ex-spy and his daughter in southern England, Prime Minister Theresa May said on Thursday, in the highest-level warning of action …
UNIFIL says ‘no appetite’ for war as Lebanon, Israel talk about border dispute
NAQOURA, Lebanon (Reuters) – Lebanon and Israel have been holding talks nearly every day over a border dispute that has raised tensions between the two enemy states, according to the U.N. peacekeeping force on the frontier that is mediating their discu…
Saudi Crown Prince commits to interfaith tolerance, says Anglican church
LONDON (Reuters) – Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman met the head of the Anglican church in London on Thursday and promised to promote interfaith dialogue as part of his domestic reforms, the British faith leader’s office said.
Indian govt’s coalition partner pulls out its two federal ministers: sources
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – An Indian political party on Thursday pulled out its two lawmakers from Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government in a dispute over concessions to lure investors to a southern state, two sources said.
UK says it will respond robustly to nerve agent attack on Russian ex-spy
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain will methodically work out who carried out a nerve agent attack on a Russian ex-spy and his daughter, then take robust action, interior minister Amber Rudd said on Thursday.
Northern Ireland’s Foster sees no return to devolution for months
LONDON (Reuters) – The leader of Northern Ireland’s Democratic Unionist Party (DUP), Arlene Foster, said on Thursday she saw little chance of a return to devolved government in the British province in the coming weeks or months.
