Canada apologizes to ex-Guantanamo inmate, pays compensation
OTTAWA (Reuters) – Canada on Friday formally apologized to a Canadian citizen held at Guantanamo Bay for a decade and said it had reached a financial settlement with him, a decision that could prove unpopular for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
UK’s Johnson arrives in Middle East to help ease Qatar tension
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s foreign minister Boris Johnson arrived in the Middle East on Friday to meet representatives from Qatar, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Kuwait in a bid to heal a rift between Qatar and other Arab states.
Facebook meets Pakistan government after blasphemy death sentence
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – A senior Facebook official met with Pakistan’s interior minister on Friday to discuss a demand the company prevent blasphemous content or be blocked.
Trump and Putin find chemistry, draw criticism in first meeting
HAMBURG (Reuters) – In a meeting that ran longer than either side had planned, U.S. President Donald Trump and Russia’s Vladimir Putin discussed alleged Russian meddling in the U.S. election on Friday but agreed to focus on better ties rather than liti…
Not many good North Korea options if pressure fails: Tillerson
HAMBURG (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said on Friday there would not be many good options left on North Korea if the peaceful pressure campaign the United States has been pushing to curb Pyongyang’s nuclear and missile programs fail…
Venezuela’s Maduro orders state workers to vote for controversial assembly
CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuela’s unpopular president Nicolas Maduro has said all state workers must take part in a vote on July 30 for candidates to his controversial new superbody assembly, seeking to avoid an embarrassingly low turnout in a country se…
Total of at least 600 civilians killed by coalition strikes in Iraq, Syria: report
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – At least 600 civilians have been killed in strikes in Iraq and Syria by the U.S.-led coalition fighting Islamic State since the campaign began in 2014, according to a report released by the coalition on Friday.
Turkish opposition head says will step up struggle as march nears end
TUZLA, Turkey (Reuters) – Turkey’s main opposition leader said on Friday his three-week “justice march” from Ankara to Istanbul had helped Turks “cast off a shirt of fear” under emergency rule, and vowed to stiffen his party’s challenge to the governme…
Trump hails NAFTA progress, Mexico eyes general deal by end-2017
HAMBURG (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump hailed progress on trade after meeting his Mexican counterpart on Friday, as Mexico’s government said it expected a general agreement on reworking the North America Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) by the end…
UNHCR chief urges Myanmar to grant Rohingya citizenship
BANGKOK (Reuters) – The head of the U.N. refugee agency urged Myanmar on Friday to grant citizenship to the Rohingya, a stateless Muslim minority in the Asian country where sectarian violence has displaced tens of thousands since 2012.
