U.S. prepares sanctions against senior Venezuelan officials: sources
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Trump administration is preparing sanctions against several senior Venezuelan officials, including the country’s defense minister and a ruling party leader, for alleged human rights violations and could announce the measures …
Congo park authorities say rangers were not killed in rescue
KINSHASA (Reuters) – Six Congolese killed in a wildlife reserve in eastern Congo last week were not on a mission to rescue a U.S. journalist, a spokeswoman for the reserve authorities said on Tuesday, contradicting Congolese officials’ earlier accounts…
Germany’s Merkel blasts Turkey’s arrest of rights activists
BERLIN/ANKARA (Reuters) – German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Tuesday blasted Turkey’s detention of six human rights activists including a German, and pledged to work for his release.
Israel’s Netanyahu tells Macron of doubts about U.S. peace push
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has doubts about U.S. Middle East peace efforts, according to a transcript of a conversation with French President Emmanuel Macron.
Suspected accomplice of German officer planning attack freed pending trial
KARLSRUHE, Germany (Reuters) – A suspected accomplice in the case of a German army officer accused of planning to attack one or more politicians and incriminate a Syrian asylum seeker for the deed has been freed pending trial, the chief federal prosecu…
Brexit on the rocks? ‘Halt the EU divorce,’ say prominent Scots
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain urgently needs a national debate on halting Brexit because it threatens economic prosperity and political stability, a group of prominent Scots said in one of the most overt appeals yet to overturn the 2016 referendum result….
U.S. prepares to sanction Venezuela officials, Maduro defies threat
WASHINGTON D.C./CARACAS (Reuters) – The Trump administration is preparing sanctions against several senior Venezuelan officials, U.S. officials said on Tuesday, to pressure President Nicolas Maduro to abort plans for a controversial congress foes say w…
North Korea lacks capacity to hit U.S. with accuracy: U.S. general
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – North Korea does not have the ability to strike the United States with “any degree of accuracy” and while its missiles have the range, they lack the necessary guidance capability, the vice chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Sta…
Arbitration panel: Russia must pay Netherlands $6 mln in Greenpeace Arctic Sunrise case
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – Russia must pay the Netherlands about 5.5 million euros ($6.4 million) in damages for seizing the Dutch-flagged Greenpeace vessel Arctic Sunrise in 2013, an international arbitration panel ruled on Tuesday.
Vatican hospital corruption trial starts with setbacks for defense
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – Two men who used to run a Vatican-owned children’s hospital were put on trial on Tuesday, accused of diverting nearly half a million dollars of funds to renovate a top cardinal’s luxury flat.
