Myanmar policeman who detained Reuters pair ‘did not know arrest procedures’
YANGON (Reuters) – A police officer who said he was part of the team that detained two Reuters reporters in Myanmar in December told a court on Wednesday that he was not familiar with police procedures for recording arrests.
France says Syria red line only crossed if gas attacks ‘lethal’: minister
PARIS (Reuters) – France’s foreign minister on Wednesday sought to clarify his government’s position on the use of chemical weapons in Syria saying that Paris would only strike if the attacks were lethal and carried out by government forces.
Mexico leftist pulls further ahead in presidential race: poll
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexican leftist Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador has seen his lead ahead of July’s presidential election increase, while the ruling party’s contender has slipped slightly, according to an opinion poll published in a local newspaper o…
Defying Macron, Juncker says sees no transnational lists for 2019 EU elections
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker said there was no time to implement transnational voting lists for European Parliament elections next year, putting himself at odds with French President Emmanuel Macron who has cal…
UK’s Johnson keeps hard Brexit stance in speech aimed at mending fences
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s foreign minister Boris Johnson showed little sign on Wednesday of softening his tough stance on Brexit in a speech billed as aiming to soothe concerns among voters about the economic impact of leaving the European Union.
Allies promise Iraq aid but amounts fall short of Baghdad’s appeal
KUWAIT (Reuters) – Iraq received promises of billions of dollars, mostly in credit facilities and investment pledges, on Wednesday from allies but has so far fallen short of the amount the government says is needed to recover from three years of war.
Small aid convoy reaches besieged Syrian zone: U.N.
GENEVA (Reuters) – An aid convoy of nine trucks carrying food, health and nutrition supplies for 7,200 people reached the besieged rebel-held Damascus enclave of Eastern Ghouta on Wednesday, the United Nations and Syrian Arab Red Crescent said on Twitt…
South African police raid Gupta home, ANC to sack Zuma via parliament
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – South Africa’s ANC unveiled plans on Wednesday to sack President Jacob Zuma via a parliamentary no-confidence vote, hours after armed police raided the luxury home of his friends, the Gupta brothers, as part of an anti-corrupti…
German SPD leader invokes Europe to sell coalition deal with Merkel
VILSHOFEN, Germany (Reuters) – Germany’s Social Democrats (SPD) must seize the opportunity to reform the European Union in a new governing alliance with Chancellor Angela Merkel, the party’s interim leader said on Wednesday in appealing to members to b…
UK tells charities: no more cash if you don’t come clean on abuse
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain will stop funding overseas aid agencies if they fail to learn the lessons from Oxfam’s sex abuse scandal, and the government will discuss possible prosecutions with law enforcement, the British development minister said on We…
