New Russian ambassador to U.S. calls for resumed military contacts
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Moscow and Washington should re-establish direct contacts between their military and foreign policy chiefs, Russia’s new ambassador to Washington, Anatoly Antonov, said on Wednesday.
Muslims begin annual haj pilgrimage in Mecca
ARAFAT, Saudi Arabia (Reuters) – Hundreds of thousands of Muslims began the annual haj pilgrimage on Wednesday, donning traditional white garments and heading to a tent camp outside the holy city of Mecca in an itinerary retracing the route Prophet Moh…
Cameroon president orders case dropped against Anglophone protesters
YAOUNDE (Reuters) – Cameroon’s president on Wednesday ordered a military court to drop its prosecution of three Anglophone activists and some of their supporters in a bid to ease tensions in the central African nation’s minority English-speaking region…
U.S. acknowledges more troops in Afghanistan than previously stated
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – About 11,000 U.S. troops are serving in Afghanistan, the Pentagon said on Wednesday, thousands more than it has previously stated.
Frankfurt to evacuate 60,000 people to defuse British WWII bomb
FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Around 60,000 inhabitants of Germany’s financial capital Frankfurt will be ordered to leave their homes on Sunday while a large World War Two bomb discovered at a building site is made safe, the police said.
EU rebuffs British gripes on Brexit flexibility
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Union’s chief negotiator on Britain’s exit from the bloc hit back at British complaints about his “inflexible” approach to talks, saying on Monday that London still needed to make clear its positions.
Greece offers latest effort to reform public sector, a key bailout demand
ATHENS (Reuters) – Greece’s government presented a three-year plan to overhaul the country’s public sector on Wednesday, the latest attempt to fix a problem that helped plunge the country into its worst crisis in decades seven years ago.
Czech committee recommends letting police charge PM candidate Babis
PRAGUE (Reuters) – Czech lawmakers should allow police to charge Andrej Babis, the leader of the most popular party and candidate for prime minister, with subsidy fraud, parliament’s immunity committee recommended on Wednesday.
France sees talks on post-Iran nuclear deal, ballistic missile use
PARIS (Reuters) – France suggested on Wednesday that the nuclear deal Iran struck with world powers in 2015 could be supplemented through “future consultations” to include the post-2025 period and tackle Iran’s development of ballistic missiles.
Sore at Macron’s ‘dictatorship’ criticism, Venezuela blasts France
CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuela accused France on Wednesday of joining an “imperialist” campaign after President Emmanuel Macron portrayed the widely criticized socialist government as dictatorial.
