Final death toll from London’s Grenfell Tower fire is 71: police
LONDON (Reuters) – The final death toll from the fire that destroyed the Grenfell Tower social housing block in London in June is 71, police said on Thursday after five months of painstaking search and recovery operations.
British PM May preparing to raise Brexit divorce bill offer: Sun
LONDON (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Theresa May is preparing to offer up to 20 billion pounds ($26 billion) more to the European Union as part of a Brexit divorce bill, the Sun newspaper reported on Thursday.
Turkey expects EU to provide total 6 billion euros under migrant deal by end-2018: minister
ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkey expects the European Union to provide the remaining portion of the 3 billion euros ($3.53 billion) which the bloc pledged under a migrant deal by end-2017, according to the text of a speech by Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu…
Britain preparing to transfer 400 million pounds to Iran – Telegraph newspaper
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain is preparing to transfer over 400 million pounds ($527 million) to Iran as it seeks the release of a jailed Iranian-British aid worker, The Telegraph newspaper reported, citing unidentified British sources.
Same-sex marriage may be law in Australia by early December
MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Australian lawmakers on Thursday vowed to push through laws legalizing same-sex marriage by early December, after a national survey found the majority of Australians favored the move.
Libyans swap jewelry for medical treatment as crisis bites
TRIPOLI (Reuters) – In a square behind Libya’s central bank, black market dealers, some of them armed, carry small plastic bags filled with dollars and larger ones with dinars in and out of one of many informal exchanges.
China, Philippines agree to avoid force in South China Sea dispute
BEIJING/MANILA (Reuters) – China and the Philippines have agreed to avoid force to resolve their differences over the South China Sea, according to a joint statement issued on Thursday by China at the end of a visit to Manila by Chinese Premier Li Keqi…
U.S. Pacific Commander: Military-backed diplomacy needed to deal with North Korea
TOKYO (Reuters) – Diplomacy backed by military power is needed to deal with North Korea’s missile and nuclear development, the head of the U.S. military’s Pacific Command said on Thursday.
India’s Modi remains overwhelmingly popular, says Pew poll
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Nearly nine out of 10 Indians hold a favorable opinion of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and more than two-thirds are satisfied with the direction he is taking the country, a Pew survey has found, two years before he heads into a ge…
Human Rights Watch accuses Myanmar military of widespread rape
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – Human Rights Watch accused Myanmar security forces on Thursday of committing widespread rape against women and girls as part of a campaign of ethnic cleansing during the past three months against Rohingya Muslims in the count…
