Argentine mid-term campaign pauses after body found in Patagonia
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – Major parties running in Sunday’s mid-term congressional election in Argentina suspended their campaigns on Wednesday after a body, thought to be that a young protester who went missing more than two months ago, was found in a …
Russian TV personality Ksenia Sobchak announces presidential bid
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian TV personality Ksenia Sobchak said on Wednesday she planned to run in a presidential election next year, offering liberal voters unhappy with Kremlin rule someone to get behind, but will little prospect she will win.
‘Fake news!’: Ireland rebukes Trump over corporate tax claim
DUBLIN (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump’s assertion that he had heard Ireland was going to cut its already low corporate tax rate is “fake news”, Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar said on Wednesday.
EU’s Tusk proposes opening internal preparations of next phase of Brexit talks
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – European Council President Donald Tusk on Wednesday noted promising progress in Brexit talks and said he would propose to 27 EU leaders to open internal preparations for the second phase of negotiations about ties between London an…
U.S., Russia set for likely U.N. row over Syria toxic gas inquiry
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The United States said on Wednesday it would push the United Nations Security Council to renew within days an international inquiry into who is to blame for chemical weapons attacks in Syria, setting the stage for a likely sh…
Tillerson: U.S. holds Myanmar military leaders accountable for Rohingya crisis
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said on Wednesday the United States was “extraordinarily concerned” by what was happening to Myanmar’s Rohingya minority and held Myanmar’s military leadership accountable.
PM praises Italy’s migrant policy as U.N. cites humanitarian crisis
ROME (Reuters) – Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni said on Wednesday that Italy was a model for Europe on how to reduce migrant arrivals, a day after U.N. agencies said its policies had trapped tens of thousands of people in dire conditions in Libya.
Four Britons kidnapped in Nigeria’s Delta state: police
YENAGOA, Nigeria (Reuters) – Four Britons have been kidnapped in Nigeria’s southern Delta state, a police official said on Wednesday.
Pakistan, Afghanistan in angry tangle over chicken-wire border fence to keep out militants
Angoor Adda, PAKISTAN (Reuters) – Pakistan is betting that a pair of nine-foot chicken wire fences topped with barbed wire will stop incursions by Islamist militants from Afghanistan, which opposes Islamabad’s plans for a barrier along the disputed fro…
Return of Bangladesh opposition chief could herald more active politics
DHAKA (Reuters) – Bangladesh’s opposition leader, former prime minister Khaleda Zia, returned home on Wednesday to a rapturous welcome from her supporters after more than three months away for medical treatment in Britain.
