Momentum grows for another grand coalition in Germany
BERLIN (Reuters) – Members of Germany’s Social Democrats (SPD) will likely approve a renewed coalition with Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservatives if party leaders present a convincing proposal, a member of the party’s executive leadership said on Sa…
Hope fades after 9 days of searching for Argentine submarine
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – Families of the 44 crew members of a missing Argentine submarine gave up hope and went home on Friday after days of waiting at the sub’s Mar del Plata naval base, saddened and angered by evidence that the vessel may have explod…
Fire in hotel on Georgia’s Black Sea coast kills 11
TBILISI (Reuters) – A fire in a hotel in Georgia’s Black Sea resort city of Batumi killed 11 people, an official said on Saturday.
Peru prosecutors say ex-president Toledo bribed by Brazil’s Camargo
LIMA (Reuters) – The Peruvian attorney general’s office accused former president Alejandro Toledo on Friday of taking bribes from Brazilian construction firm Camargo Correa SA [PMORRC.UL] in exchange for a lucrative highway contract during his 2001-200…
Syrian opposition picks chief negotiator ahead of new Geneva talks
RIYADH/AMMAN (Reuters) – Syria’s main opposition group selected a new chief negotiator on Friday ahead of a new round of U.N.-backed peace negotiations with the Damascus government set to kick off next week.
Argentine protester Maldonado died of drowning, hypothermia: judge
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – An activist whose disappearance in southern Argentina in August captured the country’s attention in the months before mid-term elections died of drowning and hypothermia, the judge investigating the case said on Friday.
Militants kill more than 230 at Sinai mosque in Egypt’s deadliest attack
CAIRO (Reuters) – Militants killed more than 230 people at a mosque in North Sinai on Friday, detonating a bomb and gunning down worshippers in the deadliest such attack in Egypt’s modern history, state media and witnesses said.
Castro meets North Korea minister amid hope Cuba can defuse tensions
HAVANA (Reuters) – Cuban President Raul Castro met with North Korean Foreign Minister Ri Yong Ho on Friday amid hopes the Communist-run island might be able to convince its Asian ally to avert a showdown with the United States.
Ten days to crack Brexit deal, EU tells May
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Union handed Prime Minister Theresa May a 10-day “absolute deadline” to improve her Brexit divorce offer or face failure in persuading EU leaders to open trade talks with Britain at a December summit.
Britain has 10-day “absolute deadline” to deliver on key Brexit issues: Tusk
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Britain has only 10 days left to deliver on all three areas of its divorce terms with the European Union if London wants to start talks on a transition period after Brexit and a future relationship, the chairman of EU leaders Donal…
