Catalonia postpones vote for new regional head, sticks with Puigdemont
MADRID (Reuters) – The Catalan parliament speaker said the vote for a new regional head, planned for Tuesday, had been postponed but insisted that self-exiled, former leader Carles Puigdemont was the only viable candidate to lead Catalonia.
Spread of fake news aims to silence dissent, says chief of embattled Philippine site
MANILA (Reuters) – The head of a Philippine online news site battling revocation of its licence on Tuesday said some governments have sought to “silence dissent” through the proliferation of fake news, flooding social media with hate messages.
Thousands gather in Nairobi for opposition leader’s ‘swearing in’ ceremony
NAIROBI (Reuters) – More than two thousand supporters of Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga gathered on Tuesday in a Nairobi park where he was due to take the presidential oath in an act of protest against President Uhuru Kenyatta.
Afghanistan says Taliban will have to be defeated, after Trump rejects talks
KABUL/PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) – Afghanistan said on Tuesday the Taliban would have to be defeated on the battlefield after U.S. President Donald Trump rejected the idea of talks with the militants following a series of deadly attacks.
Rocky start for Syria talks in Russia as some delegates refuse to leave airport
SOCHI, Russia (Reuters) – A Syrian peace conference in Russia got off to a rocky start on Tuesday after some delegates opposed to President Bashar al-Assad refused to leave the airport on arrival and the Russian foreign minister was subjected to hostil…
CIA director expects Russia will try to target U.S. mid-term elections
LONDON (Reuters) – CIA Director Mike Pompeo said Russia will target U.S. mid-term elections later this year as part of the Kremlin’s attempt to influence domestic politics across the West, and warned the world had to do more to push back against Chines…
Saudi closes hotel detention center as corruption purge winds down
RIYADH (Reuters) – Saudi Arabian authorities have released all remaining detainees from Riyadh’s opulent Ritz-Carlton Hotel, which had been used as an interrogation center in a crackdown on corruption, a Saudi official said on Tuesday.
Exclusive: Tests link Syrian government stockpile to largest sarin attack – sources
THE HAGUE (Reuters) – The Syrian government’s chemical weapons stockpile has been linked for the first time by laboratory tests to the largest sarin nerve agent attack of the civil war, diplomats and scientists told Reuters, supporting Western claims t…
Hundreds of Kenyan opposition supporters gather for ‘swearing in’ of leader
NAIROBI (Reuters) – Several hundred supporters of Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga gathered on Tuesday morning at a park in downtown Nairobi, determined to “swear in as president” their leader who boycotted a re-run election last year.
Saudi official says all detainees in corruption probe released from Ritz
RIYADH (Reuters) – A Saudi official said on Tuesday all detainees were released from Riyadh’s Ritz-Carlton hotel, where they were held as part of an anti-corruption campaign.
