Colombia’s ELN rebels willing to extend ceasefire if talks progress
BOGOTA (Reuters) – Colombia’s leftist ELN rebels said on Sunday they are willing to extend a ceasefire set to expire next month if there is sufficient progress at peace talks with the government.
Italy 5-star party keeps option on euro referendum open
MILAN (Reuters) – The leader of Italy’s main opposition party said he was keeping the option of a referendum on the euro open in the event his party won elections and failed to convince Brussels of the need to change some of the euro zone’s economic ru…
Mexican human rights group mulls legal action against security law
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexico’s National Human Rights Commission (CNDH) may take legal action against a bill that would enshrine into law the use of the army in the country’s long war against drug cartels, saying it could ask that the measure be ruled…
Thousands protest in Romania against judicial changes
BUCHAREST (Reuters) – Thousands of Romanians protested in freezing weather across the country on Sunday against attempts by the ruling Social Democrats to overhaul the judiciary, which critics said would threaten the rule of law.
Female British embassy worker found strangled near Beirut
BEIRUT/LONDON (Reuters) – A female British embassy worker has been found strangled near a highway outside Beirut, a Lebanese security source said on Sunday.
SPD leader wants Merkel to relinquish finance ministry: Handelsblatt
BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany’s Social Democrats (SPD) leader Martin Schulz wants Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservatives to leave the powerful finance ministry to his center-left party in coalition talks, a report in business daily Handelsblatt said.
Fifty Chinese couples marry in mass ceremony in Sri Lanka
COLOMBO (Reuters) – Fifty couples from China tied the knot in the Sri Lankan capital on Sunday in a mass wedding ceremony, conducted in the island’s Buddhist traditions, as the island aims to woo more tourists.
U.N. to vote Monday on call for U.S. Jerusalem decision to be withdrawn
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The United Nations Security Council is due to vote on Monday on a draft resolution calling for the withdrawal of U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, diplomats said, a move l…
Kremlin says U.S. tip-off helped Russia halt terrorist attack
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin telephoned U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday to thank him for a tip-off that helped prevent a terrorist bomb attack on a cathedral in the Russia city of St Petersburg, the Kremlin said.
Ukrainian police clash with Saakashvili supporters in Kiev
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukrainian police clashed with backers of opposition leader Mikheil Saakashvili on Sunday and prevented them from forcing their way into Kiev’s October Palace after a rally against President Petro Poroshenko.
