Promise of relaxed gun laws casts shadow over Tasmania’s state election
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia’s smallest state Tasmania began voting on Saturday in a local assembly election, with the incumbent conservative Liberal Party stirring controversy by promising softer regulations for gun ownership if it is returned to powe…
Mexico prepares to make arrests in disappearance of student teachers
(Reuters) – Mexican authorities are preparing to arrest dozens of people implicated in the kidnapping and alleged murder of 43 student teachers in southern Mexico more than three years ago, the prosecutor in charge of the case said on Friday.
Honduras arrests alleged mastermind behind activist’s murder
TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) – Honduran authorities on Friday said they arrested a high-ranking executive of a hydroelectric company on Friday on charges of helping plan the murder of indigenous environmental activist Berta Caceres two years ago.
Majority of SPD members seen backing re-run of German coalition
BERLIN (Reuters) – A leading Social Democrat on Saturday predicted 55 percent or more of SPD members would back a renewed coalition with Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservatives, and warned that a ‘no’ vote would spell disaster for the party, Germany a…
Italy’s 5-Star rallies voters as rivals fret
ROME (Reuters) – Italy’s 5-Star Movement told roaring supporters it was close to winning a looming election at the end of campaigning on Friday as its main rivals worried about the anti-establishment party’s popularity.
At U.N., China delays U.S. bid to blacklist ships, companies over North Korea
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – China delayed a U.S. request for a United Nations Security Council committee to blacklist 33 ships, 27 shipping companies, and a Taiwan man for violating international sanctions on North Korea, diplomats said on Friday.
Trump, Merkel and Macron concerned about Putin’s nuclear comments: White House
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump spoke in separate phone calls on Thursday with French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Angela Merkel and the leaders “shared their serious concerns” over Russian President Vladimir Putin…
At least 950 attacks on Muslims reported in Germany in 2017: report
BERLIN (Reuters) – German authorities registered at least 950 attacks on Muslims and Muslim institutions such as mosques in 2017, the Neue Osnabrueckner Zeitung reported in Saturday editions, citing data provided to lawmakers by the Interior Ministry.
Putin, before vote, says he’d reverse Soviet collapse if he could: agencies
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Friday he would reverse the collapse of the Soviet Union if he had a chance to alter modern Russian history, news agencies reported.
Attack on French embassy, army in Burkina Faso kills eight
OUAGADOUGOU (Reuters) – Attackers in Burkina Faso’s capital killed eight people and wounded dozens more in a coordinated assault on the army headquarters and French embassy that France’s foreign minister said was likely carried out by “terrorist groups…
