Macron’s party seen winning parliament majority: Harris poll
PARIS (Reuters) – French President Emmanuel Macron is seen winning an absolute majority in parliament in this month’s legislative elections, a Harris Interactive poll showed on Thursday.
Venezuela soccer coach urges Maduro: ‘Stop the weapons!’
CARACAS (Reuters) – Fresh from leading Venezuela’s Under-20 soccer squad to a World Cup final, coach Rafael Dudamel on Thursday urged President Nicolas Maduro to help stop political violence that has killed at least 67 people in the last two months.
Al Jazeera TV says it is combating hack, all entities operational: source
DOHA (Reuters) – Pan-Arab satellite network Al Jazeera is combating a large-scale cyber attack on its media platform, but all its entities remain operational, a company source said on Thursday.
Anger vies with hope as Macron’s France gears up to vote again
NICE/LYON, France (Reuters) – French voters handed power to a young, untested president a month ago, some hoping he can reboot the country, others simply judging that his far-right opponent was a worse prospect.
Fighters move cautiously into Islamic State-held Raqqa
RAQQA, Syria (Reuters) – At Raqqa’s eastern edge, a handful of Syrian fighters cross a river by foot and car, all the while relaying their coordinates to the U.S.-led coalition so they don’t fall victim to friendly fire.
U.S. shoots down pro-Syrian government drone firing on coalition forces: spokesman
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States shot down a pro-Syrian regime armed drone that was attacking U.S.-led coalition forces in Syria on Thursday, a U.S. military spokesman said, the first time the regime had attacked coalition forces.
Brazil court excludes Odebrecht testimony against Temer
BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazil’s top electoral court on Thursday excluded testimony of engineering company executives from an illegal campaign funding trial against President Michel Temer, a move that suggested it would throw out a case that had threatene…
Islamic State says it killed two Chinese teachers kidnapped in Pakistan
CAIRO/QUETTA, Pakistan (Reuters) – Islamic State has killed two Chinese teachers it kidnapped in Pakistan’s southwestern Baluchistan province last month, the militant group’s Amaq news agency said on Thursday, in a blow to Islamabad’s efforts to safegu…
Ethnic tensions bubble in Nigeria in echo of Biafra civil war
KADUNA, Nigeria (Reuters) – A northern Nigerian state’s governor on Wednesday ordered the arrest of activists for demanding the eviction of eastern Igbo people, amid rising tensions between ethnic groups that hark back to the country’s Biafra civil war…
Britain drops opposition to new EU military command center
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Union approved a new military command center for foreign training missions on Thursday after Britain dropped its opposition, the latest step in EU efforts to integrate its militaries and defense industries.
