Colombian president says he left firm listed in leaked tax haven papers
BOGOTA (Reuters) – Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos, in response to his name appearing in a trove of leaked documents about offshore investments, said he left a company registered in tax haven Barbados before taking a ministerial post with a prev…
Britain says Johnson’s comments do not justify further charges against aid worker jailed in Iran
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain said on Monday that comments made by Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson about jailed Iranian-British aid worker Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe should not be used to bring additional charges against her.
U.S. restarts visa issuing in Turkey in first step to ease crisis
ANKARA (Reuters) – The United States has partially resumed issuing visas in Turkey after getting assurances about the safety of staff at its missions there, the U.S. embassy said on Monday, in the first step to ease a diplomatic crisis between the two …
Catalonia’s ex-leader granted freedom to campaign for independence
BRUSSELS/MADRID (Reuters) – Catalonia’s former leader Carles Puigdemont was spared custody on Monday, when a Brussels court ruled he could remain at liberty in Belgium until it had heard Spanish charges against him of rebellion.
Iraq cabinet plans to cut Kurdistan share in 2018 federal budget
BAGHDAD/ERBIL, Iraq (Reuters) – Iraq’s cabinet proposed on Sunday to slash the Kurdish share of the country’s revenue in the 2018 federal budget, a move that Kurdish officials said was aimed to further punish them for a Sept. 25 referendum on independe…
U.S. embassy in Turkey resuming visa issuing on ‘limited basis’
ANKARA (Reuters) – United States missions in Turkey have partially resumed processing visa applications, the embassy said on Monday, and a Turkish government source said Ankara could follow suit in the first step to ease a diplomatic crisis between the…
Lebanon president urges unity after PM quits, toppling ruling coalition
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Lebanon’s president appealed for national unity on Monday after Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri quit in a broadcast from Saudi Arabia, collapsing the coalition government and plunging the country into political crisis.
U.S. embassy in Turkey says resumes processing visas on ‘limited basis’
ANKARA (Reuters) – The United States has resumed processing visas at its missions in Turkey on a “limited basis”, the embassy said in an email on Monday, in what could signal a tentative improvement in the ongoing diplomatic crisis between the two coun…
Purge of Saudi princes, businessmen widens, travel curbs imposed
RIYADH (Reuters) – A campaign of mass arrests of Saudi Arabian royals, ministers and businessmen expanded on Monday after a top entrepreneur was reportedly detained in the biggest anti-corruption purge of the kingdom’s affluent elite in its modern hist…
Trump’s Seoul visit to put him at heart of North Korea nuclear standoff
TOKYO/SEOUL (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump will step directly into the shadow of the North Korean nuclear standoff on Tuesday on a visit to South Korea in which his words alone could risk further inflaming tensions with North Korean leader Kim…
