Ireland open to adding to border text but clock ticking
DUBLIN (Reuters) – Ireland is open to adding to a tentative Irish border agreement that collapsed on Monday but movement will be needed by the end of the week if Brexit talks are to move onto the next phase this year, the country’s European Affairs Min…
U.S. energy chief says to start negotiations on nuclear pact with Riyadh
ADU DHABI (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia is interested in reaching a civilian nuclear cooperation agreement with Washington, the U.S. government’s energy chief said on Wednesday, a step which would allow American companies to participate in the kingdom’s civ…
EU exec proposes deeper euro zone integration to unite EU
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Commission proposed on Wednesday ideas for deeper euro zone integration in an effort to help unite the broader European Union, as eurosceptic sentiment grows across the EU and Britain prepares to leave the EU in 2019.
Turkish academic on lengthy hunger strike appeals jail term
ANKARA (Reuters) – A sacked Turkish professor who has been on hunger strike for almost nine months and is barely half her original weight said on Wednesday she had appealed a court ruling that linked her to a banned far-left group and handed her a six-…
Libya launches voter registration with election date unclear
TRIPOLI (Reuters) – Libyan electoral officials announced on Wednesday the opening of a two-month voter registration period, though it is unclear when elections will next be held in the divided nation.
South Africa’s ANC wants to avoid split after vote: senior official
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – South Africa’s ruling African National Congress (ANC) is doing everything possible to avoid a split in the party after elections for a new leader this month, a senior official running for the top job said on Wednesday.
Palestinian leader to respond to Trump’s Jerusalem announcement in TV speech
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas will deliver a televised speech on Wednesday in response to U.S. President Donald Trump’s anticipated announcement that Washington recognizes Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, a Palestinian official said.
Tillerson takes tough line on Russia, open to peacekeepers
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said on Wednesday there could be no normal relations with Russia until Moscow ended its support for separatists in Ukraine and returned Crimea, in comments likely to reassure Western allies.
Russia’s Olympic ban strengthens Putin’s re-election hand
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Opinion polls show Vladimir Putin is already a shoo-in to win a fourth presidential term. But a ban on Russia taking part in the Winter Olympics is likely to make support for him even stronger, by uniting voters around his message: T…
Mexico’s ruling party presidential hopeful trails leftist: poll
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Former Mexico finance minister Jose Antonio Meade, who resigned to seek the presidential nomination of the ruling party, is lagging far behind in public support ahead of next year’s election, according to a newspaper poll publis…
