Hungary demands faster EU, NATO integration of West Balkans
BUDAPEST (Reuters) – Hungary wants the European Union to speed up integration of the Western Balkans and for NATO to include those countries, Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said on Wednesday.
Spain takes step toward direct rule over Catalonia’s independence move
MADRID/BARCELONA (Reuters) – Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy took the first step on Wednesday toward suspending Catalonia’s political autonomy and ruling the region directly to thwart a push for independence.
Trapped Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar get first substantial food aid in months
YANGON (Reuters) – Rohingya Muslim villagers cut off from food and threatened by Buddhist neighbors in Myanmar’s violence-racked Rakhine state received their first substantial food supplies in months on Wednesday after international pressure on the gov…
Iran president defends Guards in show of unity anticipating Trump
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Iran’s moderate president gave a full-throated defense of his one-time rivals in the Revolutionary Guards on Wednesday, as the country’s pragmatist and hardline factions rallied together in the face of threats from Donald Trump.
UK’s Hammond rejects call to fund plans for ‘no deal’ Brexit
LONDON (Reuters) – British finance minister Philip Hammond rejected calls on Wednesday to start spending on plans for a “no deal” Brexit as a way to put pressure on the rest of the European Union.
Trump to make working visit to UK in early 2018: report
LONDON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump will make a working visit to Britain in early 2018, with a full state visit to follow later at an unspecified date, the London Evening Standard newspaper reported on Wednesday.
Spain plans response to Catalan independence move
MADRID/BARCELONA (Reuters) – The Spanish cabinet was meeting on Wednesday to decide its response to Catalan moves to declare independence, but the prospect of dialogue to ease Spain’s worst political crisis in four decades already seemed remote.
Turkey says hopes U.S. will lift decision on visa embargo soon
ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkey hopes the United States will lift its decision on suspending visa services soon, the spokesman for the ruling AK Party said on Wednesday.
Exclusive: U.S. warship sails near islands Beijing claims in South China Sea – U.S. officials
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A U.S. Navy destroyer sailed near islands claimed by China in the South China Sea on Tuesday, three U.S. officials told Reuters, prompting anger in Beijing, even as President Donald Trump’s administration seeks Chinese cooperatio…
‘Cynical’ Myanmar army operation aimed at preventing Rohingya return, U.N. says
GENEVA (Reuters) – Myanmar security forces have brutally driven out half a million Rohingya from northern Rakhine state, torching their homes, crops and villages to prevent them from returning, the United Nations human rights office said on Wednesday.
