UK PM May will face leadership challenge if she softens Brexit: Telegraph
LONDON (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Theresa May will face an immediate leadership challenge from eurosceptic lawmakers in her party if she seeks to water down her plans for Brexit, the Sunday Telegraph reported, citing senior Conservative sources…
Britain to hold special two-year parliament session to tackle Brexit
LONDON (Reuters) – The British parliament will hold a rare two-year legislative session to tackle the complexities of Britain’s departure from the European Union, the government said on Saturday.
Germany’s Greens open to almost all coalitions but price is gay marriage
BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany’s Greens are open to working with any party except the right-wing Alternative for Germany after a September vote but will list gay marriage as a condition, which could make it tricky to work with Chancellor Angela Merkel’s co…
U.N. chief set to name new Libya envoy after rare contentious search
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres was set to name a former Lebanese culture minister as new U.N. envoy to Libya, ending an unusually contentious four-month search that followed U.S. rejection of his first sugg…
Brazil’s Temer to sue billionaire foe over graft accusations
BRASILIA/SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Brazilian President Michel Temer denied allegations made by a billionaire businessman in a magazine interview published on Saturday that he led a corruption scheme in which politicians squeezed high-profile executives for…
Search goes on for seven U.S. sailors after collision off Japan
TOKYO (Reuters) – Rescue crews searched into the early hours on Sunday for seven American sailors missing after a U.S. destroyer collided with a container ship in the pre-dawn hours off the coast of Japan.
Russia claims it killed two more Islamic State commanders in Syria: Ifax
MOSCOW/ERBIL (Reuters) – The Russian defense ministry said on Saturday it had killed two Islamic State field commanders, named as Abu Omar al-Beljiki and Abu Yassin al-Masri, in air strikes near the eastern Syrian city of Deir al-Zor, Interfax news age…
Seven U.S. soldiers wounded in insider attack at Afghan base: official
MAZAR-I-SHARIF, Afghanistan (Reuters) – At least one Afghan was killed and seven American soldiers were wounded in an “insider attack” at a base in northern Afghanistan on Saturday, a U.S. military official said.
Brazil’s Temer led graft scheme, billionaire tells Época magazine
SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Brazilian President Michel Temer led a corruption scheme in which lawmakers squeezed high-profile executives for bribes, billionaire Joesley Batista told magazine Época in an interview published on Saturday.
Iraq VP accuses Qatar of having tried to split his country
CAIRO (Reuters) – Qatar promoted a plan to split Iraq along sectarian lines, Iraqi Vice President Iyad Allawi said on Saturday, voicing support for the isolation of Doha by some Arab states.
