Russia says ready to exert influence on North Korea: RIA
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia has communication channels with North Korea open and Moscow is ready to exert its influence on Pyongyang, RIA news agency quoted Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Igor Morgulov as saying on Tuesday.
Venezuela’s former ambassador to U.N. leaves the United States: source
HOUSTON (Reuters) – Venezuela’s former ambassador to the United Nations, Rafael Ramirez, has left the United States after being forced to resign by President Nicolas Maduro’s government, according to a source with knowledge of his travel plan.
Exiled son of Yemen’s Saleh takes up anti-Houthi cause
SANAA/DUBAI (Reuters) – The powerful exiled son of Yemen’s slain ex-president Ali Abdullah Saleh vowed on Tuesday to lead a campaign against the Houthi movement that killed his father after he switched sides in the civil war.
Trump tells Abbas of intention to move embassy to Jerusalem: Palestinian spokesman
WASHINGTON/GAZA (Reuters) – President Donald Trump told Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Tuesday that he intends to move the U.S. Embassy in Israel to Jerusalem, a Palestinian spokesman said, amid a growing outcry across the Middle East against a…
Saudi says most people detained in anti-corruption sweep have settled
RIYADH (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia’s public prosecutor said on Tuesday most of the people detained in a sweeping anti-corruption campaign launched last month have agreed to settlements to avoid prosecution while the rest could be held for months.
British PM May faces pressure to soften Brexit divorce after EU exit deal crumbles
LONDON (Reuters) – Hours after a Brexit deal collapsed, British Prime Minister Theresa May came under pressure on Tuesday from opposition parties and even some allies to soften the EU divorce by keeping Britain in the single market and customs union af…
Italy police arrest woman mafia boss, 24 others in Palermo dragnet
PALERMO, Italy (Reuters) – Police in the Sicilian capital of Palermo scooped up 25 suspected mobsters on an array of charges on Tuesday, including a woman accused of filling in as boss for her imprisoned husband.
Trump tells Abbas intends to move embassy to Jerusalem: Abbas spokesman
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump informed Palestinian President Mahmolud Abbas on Tuesday that he intends to move the U.S. Embassy to Jerusalem, Abbas’s spokesman said.
Lebanon’s Hariri rescinds resignation, drawing line under crisis
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Lebanese Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri rescinded his resignation on Tuesday, drawing a line under a month-long crisis triggered when he announced from Riyadh that he was stepping down and remained outside Lebanon for weeks.
Turkish academics to be tried in April over Kurdish letter
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – A Turkish court on Tuesday adjourned for four months the trial of 10 academics who signed a letter to the Turkish government last year calling for violence against Turkey’s Kurds to end.
