Four arrested west of Paris in counter-terrorism swoop
PARIS (Reuters) – Four people have been arrested in the west-of-Paris suburb of Trappes as part of a counter-terrorism operation, a judicial source said on Wednesday.
UK not seeking divide and rule approach in Brexit talks: minister
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain will not seek to take a divide and rule approach with the other 27 member states of the European Union in upcoming Brexit negotiations, Brexit minister David Davis said on Wednesday.
Syrian refugees must buy travel papers – from Assad
LUXEMBOURG (Reuters) – When Mohamed al-Khalaf escaped from Syria and won asylum in Luxembourg last year, his wife and children stayed behind in Raqqa, the hub of Islamic State’s so-called Caliphate. Khalaf applied for his family to join him, exercising…
Zambian court rejects application to dismiss opposition leader’s treason charge
LUSAKA (Reuters) – A Zambian court rejected a bid on Wednesday by lawyers for detained opposition leader Hakainde Hichilema to have treason charges against him dropped.
French intelligence says Assad forces carried out sarin attack
PARIS (Reuters) – French intelligence has concluded that forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad carried out a sarin nerve gas attack on April 4 in northern Syria and that Assad or members of his inner circle ordered the strike, a declassified…
Le Pen not an option as French far-left polls members on election round two
PARIS (Reuters) – Jean-Luc Melenchon, the far left candidate who came fourth in the first round of France’s presidential election with nearly 20 percent of the vote, is polling core supporters on whether they will back centrist Emmanuel Macron in the s…
EU Ankara negotiator calls for suspension of Turkey accession talks
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Leading European Union lawmakers called on Wednesday for a formal halt to Turkey’s long-stalled EU membership talks, citing President Tayyip Erdogan’s plans to assume much greater powers after a referendum this month backed a const…
HK police charge pro-independence activists with unlawful assembly
HONG KONG (Reuters) – Hong Kong police on Wednesday charged two disqualified pro-independence legislators with unlawful assembly and forceful entry over an attempt to barge into a Legislative Council meeting in November.
Fight for power takes new forms as Kenyan elections approach
KISUMU (Reuters) – A crowd of elated young men danced outside the market in Kenya’s southern Kisumu city, waving the crisp new 200 shilling ($2) notes that a local politician was distributing from behind a dusty speaker that pounded out music.
Turkey says detains 1,000 ‘secret imams’ in police purge
ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkish authorities said they had arrested more than a thousand “secret Imams” who had infiltrated police forces on behalf of a U.S.-based cleric accused by President Tayyip Erdogan of trying to topple him last July.
