Time is Netanyahu’s ally in weathering Israel legal storm
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has described the din of criminal investigations around him as “background noise” and dismissed speculation he will be forced to resign by saying simply on Facebook: “Won’t happen.” He mig…
Berlin threatens action in Vietnam kidnap case as demand not met
BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany said on Wednesday it was considering what steps to take after Vietnam failed to respond to its demand to return a former oil executive believed by Berlin to have been kidnapped by Vietnamese agents.
Referrals to UK counter-terrorism scheme double after recent attacks: police
LONDON (Reuters) – Referrals by members of the public to the British government’s counter-terrorism scheme have doubled since militants launched deadly attacks earlier this year in London and Manchester, a senior police official said on Wednesday.
Talks are only way for India, China to end standoff, Dalai Lama says
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India and China will have to resolve their prolonged military standoff in a remote Himalayan region through talks, the Dalai Lama said on Wednesday, ruling out the chance of war because it would be destructive to both parties.
German lawmaker wants security guarantees to visit Turkey: paper
BERLIN (Reuters) – A German lawmaker from the far-left Left party wants security guarantees from the German foreign ministry before embarking on a NATO-led trip to visit soldiers serving at an air base in Turkey next month.
South Africa’s opposition calls for dissolution of parliament
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – The opposition Democratic Alliance (DA) on Wednesday called for South Africa’s parliament to be dissolved and a national election to be held, one day after its no-confidence motion in President Jacob Zuma was defeated.
China hints at holding of key summer conclave ahead of party congress
BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s propaganda chief on Wednesday visited government workers holidaying at the resort of Beidaihe, state media said, in the first hint that an annual conclave there of senior leaders was happening before an autumn party congress…
Belgian minister blames Dutch for delays in egg safety scare
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Belgian officials waited a month for information from Dutch counterparts after finding traces of an insecticide in eggs, Belgium’s farm minister said on Wednesday, adding that the Netherlands had known about contamination since las…
Stop EU exit ‘catastrophe’, says UK Brexit minister’s ex-chief of staff
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s exit from the European Union will be the country’s biggest calamity since World War Two, the former chief of staff to Brexit minister David Davis said on Wednesday, calling for a new political movement to oppose the divorce…
Amid standoff with U.S., North Korea releases jailed Canadian pastor
BEIJING/SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korea freed a Canadian pastor serving a life sentence there on humanitarian grounds, the official KCNA news agency said on Wednesday, just hours after the United States warned it would counter any threat from the North w…
