Spain gives Catalan leader eight days to drop independence
MADRID/BARCELONA (Reuters) – Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy on Wednesday gave the Catalan government eight days to drop an independence bid, failing which he would suspend the Catalonia’s political autonomy and rule the region directly.
Protesters sentenced to jail in French ‘Kung Fu cop’ trial
PARIS (Reuters) – Youths who torched a police car and attacked the car driver with an iron bar as he fled the flames were sentenced to up to seven years in jail by a French court on Wednesday.
Moscow may demand U.S. cut diplomatic staff in Russia to 300 or below: RIA
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia does not rule out ordering the United States to cut its diplomatic staff in Russia to 300 people or fewer, RIA news agency quoted senior Foreign Ministry official Georgy Borisenko as saying on Wednesday.
Britain’s Queen Elizabeth bows out of Remembrance wreath-laying ceremony
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s 91-year-old Queen Elizabeth has asked her eldest son, Prince Charles, to lay a wreath on her behalf at London’s main war memorial on Remembrance Sunday, breaking with her usual custom of laying it herself.
Britain’s Queen Elizabeth bows out of Remembrance wreath-laying ceremony
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s 91-year-old Queen Elizabeth has asked her eldest son, Prince Charles, to lay a wreath on her behalf at London’s main war memorial on Remembrance Sunday, breaking with her usual custom of laying it herself.
U.S. still seeking explanation for arrest of staff in Turkey: ambassador
ANKARA (Reuters) – The United States is still seeking an explanation from Ankara for the detention of staff at U.S. missions in Turkey which led Washington to stop issuing visas and triggered a diplomatic crisis, the U.S. ambassador said on Wednesday.
U.S. still seeking explanation for arrest of staff in Turkey: ambassador
ANKARA (Reuters) – The United States is still seeking an explanation from Ankara for the detention of staff at U.S. missions in Turkey which led Washington to stop issuing visas and triggered a diplomatic crisis, the U.S. ambassador said on Wednesday.
Islamic State to fight ’till the end’ in Raqqa: U.S. coalition spokesman
KOBANI, Syria (Reuters) – Islamic State fighters in the Syrian city of Raqqa are expected to fight to the death, but some local militants have surrendered recently as U.S.-backed forces close in on their last strongholds, a U.S. coalition spokesman sai…
Islamic State to fight ’till the end’ in Raqqa: U.S. coalition spokesman
KOBANI, Syria (Reuters) – Islamic State fighters in the Syrian city of Raqqa are expected to fight to the death, but some local militants have surrendered recently as U.S.-backed forces close in on their last strongholds, a U.S. coalition spokesman sai…
Spanish diplomat proposed to head global chemical weapons watchdog: document
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – A Spanish diplomat has been proposed to head the world’s chemical weapons watchdog at a critical time for the organisation’s disarmament work in Syria, according to a document seen by Reuters.
