Croatian liberals change mind and opt to join conservative-led government
ZAGREB (Reuters) – In a sudden political turnaround, the Croatian liberals decided on Wednesday to join a coalition with the ruling conservatives, just a day after saying they would not.
Head of U.S. missile defense says North Korea missile advances a ‘great concern’
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The head of the U.S. Missile Defense Agency, Vice Admiral James Syring, said on Wednesday that technological advances demonstrated by North Korea in its ballistic missile program in the past six months had caused him “great conce…
Brazil court split over whether to accept new evidence in campaign
BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazil’s top electoral court on Wednesday was split over whether to allow new evidence in plea-bargain testimony from construction company Odebrecht in an illegal campaign funding case that could lead to President Michel Temer leav…
UK police arrest two more men over Manchester attack
LONDON (Reuters) – British police arrested two 20-year-old men in Manchester on Wednesday in connection with last month’s suicide bombing that killed 22 children and adults attending a concert by U.S. singer Ariana Grande, police said on Wednesday.
Funds shortage forces U.N. to cut emergency food aid for 400,000 in Nigeria
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters) – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has had to scale back plans for emergency feeding of 400,000 people in Boko Haram-hit northeast Nigeria due to funding shortfalls, a top U.N. official said on Wednesday.
Italy police chief says conscience clear over Islamist attacker
ROME (Reuters) – Italian police followed the correct procedures in flagging one of the London attackers to their British counterparts, Italy’s senior policeman said on Wednesday, but he understands why the warning went unheeded.
Guns, bombs and pleas for peace: the drawings of Marawi children
PANTAR, Philippines (Reuters) – Children evacuated from the Philippines town of Marawi, where fighting has raged since Islamist militants seized it two weeks ago, are drawing pictures of their harrowing experiences as a form of therapy.
Left, right rub shoulders as Macron’s France eyes parliamentary vote
ANGERVILLE-LA-CAMPAGNE, France (Reuters) – Eighty-year old Francois Bibes has voted for the left all his life. But the former mayor of a village in western France will back Economy Minister Bruno Le Maire, a long-time conservative, in Sunday’s parliam…
UK police carry out controlled explosion near site of new U.S. embassy
LONDON (Reuters) – British police said on Wednesday they had carried out a controlled explosion near where the United States is building a new embassy in southwest London, but the unattended vehicles which triggered the action turned out not to be susp…
Anyone could beat Egypt’s Sisi in a fair vote, says would-be candidate
CAIRO (Reuters) – Conditions are so dire in President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi’s Egypt that anyone could beat him in next year’s presidential election if the vote is held fairly, the highest-profile potential challenger told Reuters.
