Russia calls U.S. allegation it arms Taliban unsubstantiated
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Tuesday that a U.S. allegation Moscow was supplying arms to Taliban insurgents in Afghanistan was unsubstantiated.
U.N. seeks to avert famine in Yemen, where a child dies every 10 minutes
GENEVA (Reuters) – The United Nations needs massive funds to avert famine in Yemen and warring parties there must ensure humanitarian aid can be delivered, U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Tuesday as he opened a donor conference in Genev…
Drop ‘tribal politics’: Britain’s May takes election fight to Wales
LONDON (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Theresa May will call on voters on Tuesday to drop the “tribal politics” of the past and back her plan for leaving the European Union, bringing her election message of “strong leadership” to Wales.
Ivanka Trump rubs shoulders with Merkel, Lagarde at Berlin women’s summit
BERLIN (Reuters) – Ivanka Trump arrived for a G20 women’s summit on Tuesday in Berlin, where she is due to discuss support for women entrepreneurs with the likes of German Chancellor Angela Merkel and International Monetary Fund head Christine Lagarde….
Le Pen’s father criticizes her presidential campaign as she steps back from party
PARIS (Reuters) – French far-right veteran Jean-Marie Le Pen said on Tuesday his daughter Marine, who faces centrist Emmanuel Macron in a May 7 presidential runoff, should have campaigned more aggressively for Sunday’s first round, following the exampl…
At least 18 Kurdish YPG members killed in Turkish air strikes in Syrial: monitor
BEIRUT (Reuters) – At least 18 Kurdish YPG fighters and media officials were killed in Turkish air strikes on a headquarters of the militia in northeastern Syria on Tuesday, the British-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitoring group said.
Air strikes kill at least 12, damage hospital in Syria’s Idlib: medics, monitor
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Syrian or Russian air strikes killed more than a dozen people and severely damaged a hospital in and around a town in rebel-held Idlib province on Tuesday, local medical workers and a monitoring group said.
Spain arrests Moroccans suspected of links to Belgian Islamist attacks
MADRID (Reuters) – Spanish police arrested eight people and raided 12 properties in Barcelona, in an operation against suspected Islamist militants carried out in conjunction with Belgian police, police said on Tuesday.
Britain’s Labour to guarantee EU citizens rights if wins election
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s opposition Labour Party will immediately guarantee the rights of EU citizens living in the country if it wins a June election, it said on Tuesday, setting out a Brexit strategy aimed at eating into Prime Minister Theresa Ma…
Netanyahu snubs German minister over plan to meet rights groups
BERLIN/JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu canceled talks on Tuesday with Germany’s visiting foreign minister, snubbing Sigmar Gabriel over his decision to meet groups critical of Israel’s treatment of Palestinians.
