Spanish police to take over Catalan polling stations to thwart independence vote
BARCELONA/MADRID (Reuters) – Spain’s government said on Tuesday police would take control of voting booths in Catalonia to help thwart the region’s planned independence referendum that Madrid has declared illegal.
Saudi king issues decree allowing women to drive: state media
RIYADH (Reuters) – Saudi King Salman on Tuesday ordered that women be allowed to drive cars, state media said, ending the conservative Islamic kingdom’s status as the only country where that is forbidden.
U.S. Secretary of State Tillerson to visit China Sept. 28-30
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson will visit China this week for talks that will include the crisis over North Korea and trade, the State Department said on Tuesday.
Trump: military option for North Korea not preferred, but would be ‘devastating’
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump warned North Korea on Tuesday that any U.S. military option would be “devastating” for Pyongyang, but said the use of force was not Washington’s first option to deal with the country’s ballistic and nuclear…
Tillerson to meet Cuba’s foreign minister in Washington as tensions climb
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson will meet with his Cuban counterpart Bruno Rodriguez later on Tuesday, the Department of State said, at a time of heightening tensions between the old Cold War foes.
Trump urges EU to sanction Maduro government in Venezuela
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump urged the European Union on Tuesday to join in sanctioning the government of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, after a meeting with Spain’s prime minister at the White House.
Iraqi Kurdish leader says ‘yes’ vote won independence referendum
BAGHDAD/ERBIL, Iraq (Reuters) – Iraqi Kurdish leader Masoud Barzani said on Tuesday that Kurds had voted “yes” to independence in a referendum held in defiance of the government in Baghdad and which had angered their neighbors and their U.S. allies.
Philippines’ Duterte wants U.S. help in fighting drugs, blames triads
MANILA (Reuters) – Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte urged the United States on Tuesday to help control drugs smuggling, blaming Taiwan and Hong Kong-based criminal gangs for using his country as a shipping hub.
No, m’lud: Brexit stymies EU judges’ English conversion
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Court of Justice could cut costs and speed up verdicts by letting judges speak English rather than only in French, an EU audit showed on Tuesday – but a plan to let them has been stymied by Brexit.
Syria producing more energy after army recaptures gas fields – ministry
DAMASCUS (Reuters) – Syria’s government has produced much more power in recent months as the army recaptured natural gas fields from militants, the electricity ministry said on Tuesday.
