Turkey raises oil threat after Iraqi Kurds back independence
ERBIL, Iraq/ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkey threatened potentially crippling restrictions on oil trading with Iraqi Kurds on Thursday after they backed independence from Baghdad in a referendum that has alarmed Ankara as it faces a separatist insurgency from…
Saudi minister says adding women drivers will reduce car crashes
RIYADH (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia’s lifting of a much criticized ban on women drivers will reduce the number of car crashes in a country with one of the world’s worst traffic-related death rates, its interior minister said on Thursday.
Progress on Brexit, but not enough to open trade talks
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Union and Britain made progress in the latest round of divorce talks, but not enough to move to the next phase of discussions on a transition period after Brexit or a future trade deal, top negotiators said on Thursday…
Catalonia urges EU intervention in independence vote dispute
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The EU should do its duty as a repository of democratic values by telling Spain to allow a referendum on Catalan independence to take place, the region’s foreign affairs chief said.
Philippine leader changes his tune with praise for U.S. ‘allies’
MANILA (Reuters) – Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte voiced rare praise for the United States on Thursday, calling it an important security ally, and dismissing historic grievances and his slew of past tirades against Washington as “water under the …
Turkey’s Erdogan links fate of detained U.S. pastor to wanted cleric Gulen
ANKARA (Reuters) – President Tayyip Erdogan suggested on Thursday that Turkey could free a detained U.S. pastor if the United States hands over a Muslim cleric living in Pennsylvania whom Ankara blames for a failed military coup last year.
Congo naval boats battle rebels on Lake Tanganyika
ABIDJAN (Reuters) – Naval boats battled rebels on Lake Tanganyika in the east of Democratic Republic of Congo on Thursday as heavy fighting spread close to the lakeside city of Uvira, sources in the area said.
EU, Britain advance in Brexit talks, not enough to discuss transition or trade deal
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Union and Britain made progress in the latest round of divorce talks, but not enough to move to the next phase of discussions on a transition period after Brexit or a future trade deal, top negotiators said on Thursday…
Rising fear of volcanic eruption on Bali forces 100,000 to flee to shelters
KARANGASEM, Indonesia (Reuters) – Warned that an increasingly active volcano could erupt any time,
Turkey to give harshest response if border threatened after Iraq referendum: PM
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Prime Minister Binali Yildirim said on Thursday that Turkey will not shy away from giving the harshest response to a national security threat on its border, but that is not its first choice after this week’s Iraqi Kurdish independe…
