Catalonia’s leader rules out snap election, crisis deepens
MADRID/BARCELONA (Reuters) – Catalonia’s leader Carles Puigdemont on Thursday said he would not hold a new regional election to break the deadlock between Madrid and separatists wanting to split from Spain, sharpening a political crisis that could tur…
Putin ally wins right to develop prime Moscow plot: sources
MOSCOW (Reuters) – A company with ties to an ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin has won the right to develop a prime piece of Moscow real estate near the Kremlin, two sources familiar with the deal told Reuters.
Islamic State claims responsibility for attack in Nigeria
CAIRO (Reuters) – Islamic State has claimed responsibility for an attack in northeast Nigeria that killed eight soldiers and a civilian and injured five other people on Tuesday, a statement by the group said on Thursday.
Somalia’s al Shabaab stones woman to death for cheating on husband
MOGADISHU (Reuters) – Somalia’s Islamist group al Shabaab on Thursday publicly stoned a woman to death in a town in the south for cheating on her husband, an official told Reuters.
U.S. sanctions North Koreans over forced labor, other alleged abuses
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States on Thursday imposed sanctions on seven North Korean individuals and three entities over what it called serious human rights abuses, including forced labor and hunting down of asylum seekers.
Russian helicopter missing at sea off Arctic island
OSLO/MOSCOW (Reuters) – Norwegian rescuers searched on Thursday for a Russian helicopter missing at sea with eight people on board off the coast of the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard.
Twitter bans ads from two Russian media outlets, cites election meddling
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Twitter Inc on Thursday accused Russian media outlets Russia Today (RT) and Sputnik of interfering in the 2016 U.S. election and banned them from buying ads on its network, after criticism the social network had not done enoug…
Cars torched in attack on French police housing complex
LYON, France (Reuters) – Attackers set fire to vehicles beneath a housing complex for police and their families in a suburb of Grenoble, eastern France, on Thursday.
Boycott, shooting and tear gas mar Kenya election re-run
KISUMU, Kenya (Reuters) – Kenyan opposition supporters skirmished with police and threw up burning barricades in pockets of the country on Thursday, seeking to derail President Uhuru Kenyatta’s likely re-election with a low voter turnout.
Venezuelan anti-Maduro governor sacked, opposition in chaos
MARACAIBO/CARACAS, Venezuela (Reuters) – The newly elected opposition governor of Venezuela’s western Zulia state was dismissed on Thursday by the pro-government local state legislature, adding to disarray among foes of the ruling socialists.
