Trump, Australia’s Turnbull seek common ground on trade, China
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump and Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull held talks on Friday at the White House where the two leaders sought to put aside previous tensions, but divisions on trade remained.
U.N. Security Council delays vote on Syria ceasefire resolution
UNITED NATIONS/BEIRUT (Reuters) – The U.N. Security Council on Friday delayed a vote on a demand for a 30-day ceasefire in Syria, where pro-government warplanes have been pounding the last rebel bastion near Damascus in one of the deadliest bombing cam…
Over 100 Central American migrants rescued from truck in northern Mexico
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – More than 100 Central American migrants, including dozens of minors, were rescued from a truck found abandoned in a violent region of northern Mexico near the U.S. border, authorities said on Friday.
U.S. imposes more North Korea sanctions, Trump warns of ‘phase two’
WASHINGTON/SEOUL (Reuters) – The United States said on Friday it was imposing its largest package of sanctions to pressure North Korea to give up its nuclear and missile programs, and President Donald Trump warned of a “phase two” that could be “very, …
Chileans lose faith as Vatican scrambles to contain sex abuse scandal
SANTIAGO (Reuters) – To understand why Chile, one of Latin America’s most socially conservative nations, is losing faith in the Roman Catholic Church, visit Providencia, a middle-class area of Santiago coming to terms with a decades-old clergy sex abus…
Pakistan could evict, rather than kill, militants: U.S. official
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Pakistan need not kill or capture militants such as members of the Haqqani network that use its territory to launch attacks in Afghanistan but could push them across the border instead, a senior U.S. official said on Friday.
Support for independence drops to four-year low in Catalonia
MADRID (Reuters) – The number of Catalans in favor of their region becoming independent from Spain has dropped to a four-year low, a survey showed on Friday, casting renewed doubt over the secession campaign just as its leaders disagree on the way forw…
UK’s May to set out Brexit wishes; EU says ideas so far are ‘pure illusion’
LONDON (Reuters) – Prime Minister Theresa May will outline her wishes for Britain’s post-Brexit ties with the European Union next week after winning support from key ministers, although European Council President Donald Tusk on Friday called the ideas …
Syria’s eastern Ghouta bombed again before U.N. ceasefire vote
BEIRUT/UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – A new wave of bombs struck Syria’s eastern Ghouta district on Friday, witnesses said, ahead of a U.N. Security Council vote to demand a 30-day ceasefire to end one of the deadliest bombing campaigns of the seven-year-o…
U.S. ready to open Jerusalem embassy in May: State Department
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States said on Friday it will open its embassy to Israel in Jerusalem in May, a move from Tel Aviv that reverses decades of U.S. policy and is bound to trouble U.S. allies who have already objected.
