Tillerson: U.S. holds Myanmar military leaders accountable for Rohingya crisis
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said on Wednesday the United States was “extraordinarily concerned” by what was happening to Myanmar’s Rohingya minority and held Myanmar’s military leadership accountable.
PM praises Italy’s migrant policy as U.N. cites humanitarian crisis
ROME (Reuters) – Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni said on Wednesday that Italy was a model for Europe on how to reduce migrant arrivals, a day after U.N. agencies said its policies had trapped tens of thousands of people in dire conditions in Libya.
Four Britons kidnapped in Nigeria’s Delta state: police
YENAGOA, Nigeria (Reuters) – Four Britons have been kidnapped in Nigeria’s southern Delta state, a police official said on Wednesday.
Pakistan, Afghanistan in angry tangle over chicken-wire border fence to keep out militants
Angoor Adda, PAKISTAN (Reuters) – Pakistan is betting that a pair of nine-foot chicken wire fences topped with barbed wire will stop incursions by Islamist militants from Afghanistan, which opposes Islamabad’s plans for a barrier along the disputed fro…
Return of Bangladesh opposition chief could herald more active politics
DHAKA (Reuters) – Bangladesh’s opposition leader, former prime minister Khaleda Zia, returned home on Wednesday to a rapturous welcome from her supporters after more than three months away for medical treatment in Britain.
Spain asks Catalan leader to ‘act sensibly’ as direct rule deadline nears
MADRID/BARCELONA (Reuters) – Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy urged Catalonia’s leader on Wednesday to “act sensibly” and renounce an independence bid to head off a threat by Madrid to impose direct rule, a prospect that has sent shock waves acros…
Vote may have put independence out of reach for Iraqi Kurds
ERBIL (Reuters) – The Kurdish independence vote championed by their leader Masoud Barzani was a gamble that may have made his quest for a homeland more elusive than ever.
Damages for Grenfell fire victims may total just $5 million: Reuters analysis
LONDON (Reuters) – The bill for compensating families of those who died in the Grenfell Tower fire in London may be as low as 4 million pounds ($5 million), according to several lawyers and a Reuters analysis of how damages laws apply in England.
Austria’s far-right stakes claim to interior ministry ahead of coalition talks
VIENNA (Reuters) – Austria’s far-right Freedom Party (FPO) on Wednesday named control of the interior ministry as its price for joining a future coalition government following its strong showing in a parliamentary election.
Saudi airplane arrives in Baghdad for first time in 27 years: Iraq
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – A Saudi Arabian airplane arrived in Baghdad on Wednesday for the first time in 27 years, a statement from the Iraqi transport ministry said.
