Iran’s Guards flex muscle in Middle East despite Trump warning
BEIRUT (Reuters) – A week after U.S. President Donald Trump delivered a blistering speech about Iran’s Revolutionary Guards, the most powerful military and economic force in the Islamic Republic has shown it has no intention of curbing its activities i…
Britain’s May wins Brexit reprieve, faces tough weeks ahead
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Theresa May won a modest reprieve in stalled Brexit talks on Friday, with European Union leaders signaling their readiness to move the negotiations forward in the coming months.
Spain plans new elections in Catalonia to end independence bid: opposition
MADRID (Reuters) – The Spanish government has secured opposition support for dissolving Catalonia’s parliament and holding new elections there in January in its bid to check the regional government’s push for independence.
EU will cut some money for Turkey as ties sour
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Union will cut some of the money earmarked for Turkey to join the bloc, reflecting increasingly sour ties with Ankara but stopping short of killing membership bid of the country it still sees as a strategic partner.
South Sudan commander on trial for rape, murder of aid workers found dead
JUBA (Reuters) – A South Sudanese army commander on trial for his role in an attack on aid workers has been found dead in military custody, an army spokesman said on Friday.
No trade talks but May wins gesture, warm words at EU summit
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – EU leaders shunned Theresa May’s summit plea to negotiate a post-Brexit trade deal on Friday but sweetened the pill for the fragile British prime minister with warm words and a gesture toward future talks.
Having nuclear weapons ‘matter of life and death’ for North Korea: RIA
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Pyongyang does not plan to hold any talks with Washington about its nuclear program, a senior North Korean diplomat said on Friday, saying that possessing nuclear weapons was a matter of life and death for North Korea, the RIA news a…
Austrian coalition talks set to begin, far right likely partner
VIENNA (Reuters) – Austria’s president gave the green light to conservative leader Sebastian Kurz on Friday to form a government, but Kurz gave little away about his coalition plans, leaving a tie-up with the far right the most likely outcome.
Raqqa to be part of decentralized Syria, say Kurdish-led militia
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Raqqa will be part of a decentralized federal Syria now the city has been freed from Islamic State, the U.S.-backed militias that captured it said on Friday, tying its future to Kurdish-led plans to set up autonomous regions in the n…
Jamaica or bust: Merkel launching crunch German coalition talks
BERLIN (Reuters) – German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Friday begins the first full round of talks on forming a three-way “Jamaica” coalition that she needs to work or else risk her time in power coming to an end after 12 years.
