Trump expected to decertify Iran nuclear deal, official says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump is expected to announce soon that he will decertify the landmark international deal to curb Iran’s nuclear program, a senior administration official said on Thursday, in a step that potentially could cause …
Libyan sides call Boris Johnson’s bodies remark ‘unacceptable’
BENGHAZI, Libya (Reuters) – Senior figures from across Libya’s political divides protested on Thursday against remarks by British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson about clearing dead bodies from the city of Sirte.
Trump plans to announce he will decertify Iran nuclear deal: Washington Post
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump plans to announce next week that he will decertify the Iran nuclear deal, saying it is not in the U.S. national interest and forwarding the issue to Congress to address, the Washington Post reported on Thur…
Saudi Arabia says it dismantles Islamic State cell in Riyadh
RIYADH (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia said on Thursday it had dismantled an Islamic State cell in the capital Riyadh, in connection with a plot to launch a suicide attack on the defense ministry.
Globalization, migration fears reawaken Germans’ interest in “Heimat”
BERLIN (Reuters) – Most Germans are wary of anything that smacks of nationalism given their Nazi history but the concept of “Heimat” (homeland) is enjoying a renaissance driven by rising anxiety about migration and globalization.
Russian hackers get U.S. cyber defense details from NSA: WSJ
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Russian government-backed hackers in 2015 stole U.S. secrets on how to penetrate foreign computer networks and protect against cyberattacks after a National Security Agency contractor put highly classified information on his home…
Russia hunting four people behind huge bomb hoax campaign
MOSCOW (Reuters) – The head of Russia’s FSB security service said on Thursday Moscow knew the identities of four Russian citizens responsible for a wave of bomb hoaxes.
U.S. poised to lift sanctions on Sudan: U.S. official
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States is preparing to lift longstanding economic sanctions against Sudan, citing improvement on human rights and progress on counter-terrorism, a U.S. official said on Thursday.
Austrian poll shows slip in center-left support since smear scandal
VIENNA (Reuters) – Support for Austria’s ruling Social Democrats has slipped slightly since they became embroiled in a smear scandal but they are still competing with the far right for second place 10 days before an election, the first poll since the s…
Spanish court suspends Catalan parliament session, throwing independence call in doubt
BARCELONA/MADRID (Reuters) – Spain’s Constitutional Court on Thursday ordered the suspension of Monday’s session of the regional Catalan parliament, throwing into doubt its plans to declare unilateral independence from Spain.




