EU keeps up Brexit talks pressure, Davis signals cash offer
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Britain’s withdrawal negotiations with the European Union failed to make the kind of progress needed to move into a new phase in October, chief EU negotiator Michel Barnier said on Thursday after four days of talks.
Mattis signs orders to send additional troops to Afghanistan
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said on Thursday he had signed orders to send additional troops to Afghanistan, the most concrete step yet by President Donald Trump’s administration in tackling America’s longest war.
U.S. retaliates against Russia, orders closure of consulate, annexes
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States has told Russia to close its consulate in San Francisco and buildings in Washington and New York that house trade missions, the State Department said on Thursday, in retaliation for Moscow cutting the U.S. diplo…
North Korea sentences South Korean reporters to death over review of book about country
SEOUL (Reuters) – A North Korean court sentenced two South Korean journalists and their publishers to death for “seriously insulting the dignity” of the country by reviewing and interviewing the British authors of a book about life in the North, its st…
Holocaust survivor celebrates bar mitzvah in Israel, 80 years later
HAIFA, Israel (Reuters) – Eighty years after he missed the Jewish coming-of-age ceremony, 93-year-old Holocaust survivor Shalom Shtamberg celebrated his bar mitzvah on Thursday with his family and friends in the northern Israeli city of Haifa.
London’s Oval cricket stadium evacuated after crossbow bolt lands on pitch
LONDON (Reuters) – The Oval cricket stadium in London was evacuated on Thursday after a crossbow bolt was fired onto the pitch during a match.
Rohingya women, children die in desperate boat escape from Myanmar
SHAH PORIR DWIP ISLAND, Bangladesh (Reuters) – On a remote beach looking out onto the Bay of Bengal, a baby boy lies swaddled in cloth, his face smeared with wet sand. The bodies of nine more children and eight women lie alongside. Another woman and a …
Vietnam protests at Chinese military drill in South China Sea
HANOI (Reuters) – Vietnam on Thursday opposed what it said was a Chinese announcement of military exercises in the disputed South China Sea, amid rising tension between the neighboring countries.
Indian government rushes to defend bank note ban as doubts grow
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India’s government scrambled to defend its attempt to crack down on the shadow economy by banning high denomination banknotes, after data showed almost all of the abolished currency had made it back into the banking system.
Kuwait emir announces state visit to Washington, talks with Trump
RIYADH (Reuters) – Kuwait’s ruler will travel to Washington on Friday and hold talks with U.S. President Donald Trump, the state news agency KUNA announced on Thursday.
