Factbox: Who could run for Venezuela’s presidency?
(Reuters) – Venezuela is to hold a presidential election before April 30, with the ruling socialists hoping to keep power against an opposition whose most popular figures are barred from standing.
Myanmar says Richardson dropped from advisory panel
YANGON (Reuters) – Veteran U.S. diplomat Bill Richardson was pursuing “his own agenda” when he was asked to step down from Myanmar’s international advisory board on the Rohingya crisis, the Myanmar government said on Thursday.
Catalan parliament set to vote for regional leader on Jan. 30
MADRID (Reuters) – The Catalan parliament will vote to choose a new regional leader on Jan. 30, the Catalan parliament said in a statement on Thursday.
EU signals some flexibility on Brexit transition
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Union is willing to be flexible on the duration and other terms of a Brexit transition period, EU diplomats said as Britain prepares to detail its hopes for what happens after it leaves the bloc in March 2019.
U.S. dismisses Pakistani assertion that American missiles hit Afghan refugees
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – The United States on Thursday dismissed a Pakistani allegation that an American drone had fired missiles at an Afghan refugee camp in Kurram district, in the lawless regions bordering Afghanistan.
U.S. President Trump plans to visit Britain this year
LONDON (Reuters) – Donald Trump and British Prime Minister Theresa May discussed finalizing the details of the first visit by the U.S. president to Britain later this year after a meeting in Davos on Thursday, May’s office said.
United States unlikely to lift sanctions on Russia: Dvorkovich
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Washington is unlikely to ease sanctions against Russia because of internal politics, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Arkady Dvorkovich said on Thursday after meeting U.S. investors and delegation members at the World Economic Forum in…
Brazil’s left sticks by wounded Lula; ‘no Plan B’
BRASILIA/SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Brazil’s Workers Party and labor leaders insisted on Thursday that left-wing hero Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva would be their candidate in this year’s presidential race, despite his failure to overturn a corruption convictio…
Senegal arrests 24 suspects in Casamance killings
DAKAR (Reuters) – Senegalese police have arrested and charged 24 people over an shooting attack in its restive southern Casamance region earlier this month that left 14 villagers dead, a regional prosecutor said on Thursday.
Syrian peace talks resume in Vienna as Russian meeting looms
VIENNA (Reuters) – U.N.-brokered peace talks with the Syrian government and opposition began on Thursday, a few days before separate negotiations hosted by Damascus’s close ally Russia that the West views with suspicion.
