Trump lays out new Iran strategy Friday, complicating European ties
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump will lay out a more confrontational strategy toward Iran by the United States on Friday in a speech in which he is likely to strike a blow at an international Iran nuclear deal, complicating U.S. relations…
Italy lower house passes new electoral law, moves on to Senate
ROME (Reuters) – The Italian Chamber of Deputies on Thursday gave its final approval to a contested electoral law that is likely to penalize the anti-establishment 5-Star Movement in next year’s election.
Former leader of Germany’s far-right kicks off new ‘Blue Party’
BERLIN (Reuters) – Frauke Petry, the former co-leader of the far right Alternative for Germany (AfD), will unveil her new “Blue Party” on Friday, promising a “reasonable conservative” agenda that would appeal to a broad base of Germans, she told a news…
EU to offer May hope of post-Brexit talks at summit: draft text
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – European Union leaders could hand Theresa May an olive branch in deadlocked Brexit negotiations next week by launching their own internal preparations for a transition to a new relationship with Britain.
Soccer star Weah leads most counties in Liberia presidential election vote
MONROVIA (Reuters) – Former soccer star George Weah leads in partial presidential election results in 11 of Liberia’s 15 counties, the electoral commission said on Thursday, after a vote meant to bring about the country’s first democratic transfer of p…
Soccer star and VP say heading for victory in Liberian vote
MONROVIA (Reuters) – Soccer star George Weah and Vice-President Joseph Boakai both signaled they were heading for victory in Liberia’s presidential elections, as they waited for early results on Thursday.
Iraq refuses talks with Kurds unless they commit to unity
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – The Iraqi government said on Thursday it would not hold talks with the Kurdish autonomous region on reopening its airports and providing dollars for its banks, unless the Kurds commit to “Iraq’s unity”.
Trump’s Iran plans driving EU toward Russia and China: Germany
BERLIN (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump’s expected move to “de-certify” the international nuclear deal with Iran is driving a wedge between Europe and the United States and bringing Europeans closer to Russia and China, Germany said on Thursday….
Russia’s Lavrov to Tillerson: Moscow readies lawsuits over seized property
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson on Thursday that Russia was preparing lawsuits to reclaim what Moscow says was illegally seized property in the United States, Russia’s foreign ministr…
Iraqi govt says Kurds must back country’s ‘unity’ before talks
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – The Iraqi government has a series of conditions that the Kurdish Regional Government (KRG) must meet before agreeing to hold talks on the crisis triggered by last month’s independence referendum, a government spokesman said on Thurs…
