In Brexit poker, clock narrows transition options
By Alastair Macdonald, Gabriela Baczynska and Jan Strupczewski
Turkish court remands German journalist in custody over terrorism charges
ANKARA (Reuters) – A German journalist went on trial for terrorism charges in Turkey on Wednesday, saying she was innocent and demanding her immediate release, in a case that has damaged already sour relations with Berlin.
Trump sought nearly tenfold increase in U.S. nuclear arsenal: NBC
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump wanted what amounted to a nearly tenfold increase in the country’s nuclear arsenal, he told a meeting of his national security advisers in July, NBC News reported on Wednesday, but the president denied…
Hezbollah dismisses U.S. rewards for arrest of its operatives
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Lebanon’s Hezbollah group dismissed multi-million-dollar rewards offered by the United States for the arrest of two of its senior members, saying on Wednesday they would have no impact.
Facebook’s Sandberg to meet House intelligence leaders: sources
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Facebook Inc chief operating officer Sheryl Sandberg will meet with the leaders of the U.S. House of Representatives Intelligence Committee behind closed doors on Thursday, according to three sources familiar with the situation.
Spain gives Catalan leader eight days to drop independence
MADRID/BARCELONA (Reuters) – Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy on Wednesday gave the Catalan government eight days to drop an independence bid, failing which he would suspend the Catalonia’s political autonomy and rule the region directly.
Protesters sentenced to jail in French ‘Kung Fu cop’ trial
PARIS (Reuters) – Youths who torched a police car and attacked the car driver with an iron bar as he fled the flames were sentenced to up to seven years in jail by a French court on Wednesday.
Moscow may demand U.S. cut diplomatic staff in Russia to 300 or below: RIA
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia does not rule out ordering the United States to cut its diplomatic staff in Russia to 300 people or fewer, RIA news agency quoted senior Foreign Ministry official Georgy Borisenko as saying on Wednesday.
Britain’s Queen Elizabeth bows out of Remembrance wreath-laying ceremony
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s 91-year-old Queen Elizabeth has asked her eldest son, Prince Charles, to lay a wreath on her behalf at London’s main war memorial on Remembrance Sunday, breaking with her usual custom of laying it herself.
Britain’s Queen Elizabeth bows out of Remembrance wreath-laying ceremony
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s 91-year-old Queen Elizabeth has asked her eldest son, Prince Charles, to lay a wreath on her behalf at London’s main war memorial on Remembrance Sunday, breaking with her usual custom of laying it herself.
