EU leaders to recommit to Iran nuclear deal whatever Trump decides
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – European Union leaders will on Thursday reaffirm their full commitment to the 2015 nuclear deal between Iran and world powers, regardless of whether an increasingly critical United States pulls out.
Spain to suspend Catalonia’s autonomy as it threatens with formal independence
MADRID (Reuters) – Spain’s central government said on Thursday it would suspend Catalonia’s autonomy and impose direct rule after the region’s leader threatened to go ahead with a formal declaration of independence if Madrid refused to hold talks.
Ardern to be next New Zealand PM, spelling changes for economy, immigration
WELLINGTON (Reuters) – New Zealand will get its youngest prime minister in more than 150 years after the small, nationalist New Zealand First Party agreed to form a new government with Labour Party leader Jacinda Ardern, ending the National Party’s dec…
As battle rages, devastated Philippine city starts its long cleanup
MARAWI CITY, Philippines (Reuters) – War might still be raging in the ruins of the Philippine city of Marawi, but the cleanup has already began.
Ardern to be next New Zealand prime minister, spelling big change for economy
WELLINGTON (Reuters) – New Zealand’s next prime minister will be Jacinda Ardern, whose Labour party won the support of a small nationalist party to form the government, spelling big changes for a small but open economy, whose currency hit a 4-1/2-month…
Iran’s Guards say missile program will accelerate despite pressure
ANKARA (Reuters) – Iran’s elite Islamic Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) said on Thursday its ballistic missile program would accelerate despite U.S. and European Union pressure to suspend it, the semi-official Tasnim news agency reported.
U.S. carrier patrols off Korean peninsula in warning to Pyongyang
ABOARD USS RONALD REAGAN, Sea of Japan (Reuters) – The USS Ronald Reagan, a 100,000-ton nuclear powered aircraft carrier, patrolled in waters east of the Korean peninsula on Thursday, in a show of sea and air power designed to warn off North Korea from…
Malaysia in talks with U.S. firm Ocean Infinity to resume MH370 search
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – Malaysia is negotiating with U.S.-based seabed exploration firm Ocean Infinity to resume the search for the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370.
Spain threatens Catalonia with direct rule from Madrid
MADRID (Reuters) – Spain’s central government threatened on Thursday to suspend Catalonia’s autonomy after the region’s leader said it could go ahead with a formal declaration of independence if Madrid continued its “repression”.
Iran’s Guards say missile program will accelerate despite pressure: agency
ANKARA (Reuters) – Iran’s elite Islamic Revolutionary Guards said on Thursday that the country’s ballistic missile program would accelerate despite pressure from the United States and European Union to suspend it, the semi-official Tasnim news agency r…
