EU to ban business ties with Pyongyang over nuclear tests
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Union is set to agree on Monday to ban business ties with North Korea, part of a new package of sanctions to isolate Pyongyang over its nuclear and missile programs.
Myanmar army opens probe amid reports of killings, abuse of Rohingya Muslims
YANGON (Reuters) – Myanmar’s military has launched an internal probe into the conduct of soldiers during a counteroffensive that has sent more than half a million Rohingya Muslims fleeing to Bangladesh, many saying they witnessed killings, rape and ars…
Teenager to stand trial in March over London bomb attack
LONDON (Reuters) – A teenager who moved to Britain after his parents were killed in Iraq will go on trial in March over a bomb attack on a packed commuter train that injured 30 people in London in September.
Joy mixed with caution in Gaza after Palestinian unity deal
GAZA (Reuters) – It didn’t take long after the firework smoke cleared in Gaza for some Palestinians to start questioning whether a unity deal between their two most powerful factions would hold.
Germany, France, Austria say internal EU border checks still needed
LUXEMBOURG (Reuters) – The European Union’s free-travel zone still needs the temporary border controls set up by some countries in recent years, ministers from Germany, France and Austria said on Friday, citing the continued terrorist threat.
Pakistan official details car chase that freed kidnapped U.S.-Canadian family
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Pakistani troops shot out the tires of a vehicle carrying a kidnapped U.S.-Canadian couple and their children in a raid that led to the family’s release after five years of being held hostage, a Pakistani security official said on…
Allies press Catalan leader to declare full independence, ignore Madrid deadlines
MADRID (Reuters) – Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont came under pressure from one of his key allies on Friday to declare full independence and ignore a threat of direct rule from the Spanish government.
Arrested U.S. consulate worker in Turkey meets lawyer
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – A U.S. consulate worker detained by Turkish authorities last week saw his lawyer on Friday.
Myanmar’s Aung San Suu Kyi ‘appalled’ at Rohingya crisis: adviser
GENEVA (Reuters) – Myanmar’s leader Aung San Suu Kyi is “appalled” at the Rohingya refugee crisis in her country and is determined to fix it, but needs to be careful not to inflame the situation further, an adviser to Suu Kyi told reporters on Friday.
Trump to target Iran nuclear deal, Revolutionary Guard in speech
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump will outline a tougher U.S. strategy for countering Iran on Friday that will seek to strengthen the enforcement of what he considers a flawed nuclear deal and deny funding for Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary G…
