Britain accelerates Brexit plans, divorce talks also to speed up
LONDON/BRATISLAVA (Reuters) – Britain is accelerating preparations for “all eventualities” when it leaves the European Union, but both sides are hopeful an agreement on stepping up talks to unravel more than 40 years of partnership will be sealed soon….
U.S. to vote against U.N. resolution calling for end to Cuba embargo
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The United States will vote against a U.N. General Assembly resolution on Wednesday calling for the lifting of the decades-old U.S. economic embargo against Cuba, reversing an abstention by Washington last year.
U.S. welcomes China, South Korea bid to improve ties despite anti-missile dispute
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. State Department welcomed a decision by China and South Korea on Tuesday to resume normal ties after a year-long standoff over a decision by Seoul and Washington to deploy a missile defense system to counter North Korea’…
Ousted Catalan leader agrees to election, summoned to Madrid court
BRUSSELS/MADRID (Reuters) – Catalonia’s ousted leader Carles Puigdemont agreed on Tuesday to a snap election called by Spain’s central government when it took control of the region to stop it breaking away, but he said the fight for independence would…
Merkel preaches tolerance, religious freedom at Reformation ceremony
WITTENBERG, Germany (Reuters) – Invoking the spirit of the Reformation, Chancellor Angela Merkel called for religious freedom and tolerance on Tuesday and said Germany should lend extra support to the children of refugees “who have experienced awful th…
Iraqi authorities gain first foothold at Kurdish frontier with Turkey
ANKARA/BAGHDAD/ERBIL, Iraq (Reuters) – Iraqi troops deployed on Tuesday at one of the main land crossings with Turkey, gaining a foothold at the Kurdish-held frontier for the first time in decades and imposing one of Baghdad’s central demands on the Ku…
Exclusive: Kenyan Supreme Court judges denied extra security after shooting – source
NAIROBI (Reuters) – Kenya’s government denied a request by Supreme Court judges for extra security after one of their bodyguards was shot, preventing them from holding a hearing that could have delayed last week’s presidential election, a senior judici…
Taliban increases influence, territory in Afghanistan: U.S. watchdog
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Taliban has increased the amount of territory it has influence over or controls in Afghanistan in the past six months, a U.S. watchdog agency reported on Tuesday, as the militant group has stepped up attacks in recent weeks.
Britain accelerates Brexit plans, talks also to speed up
LONDON/BRATISLAVA (Reuters) – Britain is accelerating preparations for “all eventualities” when it leaves the European Union, but both sides are hopeful an agreement on stepping up talks to unravel more than 40 years of partnership will be sealed soon….
Colombia authorizes air raids against dissident FARC, crime gangs
BOGOTA (Reuters) – Colombia’s armed forces have been authorized to launch air raids against crime gangs and FARC members who have refused to adhere to a peace accord with the former guerilla group and instead chose to continue drug trafficking and othe…
