U.S. to deploy officials in Qatar in counter-terrorism accord: sources
DOHA/DUBAI (Reuters) – The United States will post officials at the Qatari state prosecutor’s office as part of a Qatari-U.S. agreement signed this month to fight the financing of terrorism, people familiar with the matter said.
On Israel’s Syria front, aid turns into hearts-and-minds drive
GOOD NEIGHBOUR ADMINISTRATIVE CENTER, Golan Heights (Reuters) – Israel has shifted from low-key humanitarian aid for Syrian civil war victims into a hearts-and-minds campaign billed as fostering new friends across a frontier that has been hostile for d…
Baltics need anti-aircraft protection against Russia, Lithuania says
SIAULIAI AIR BASE, Lithuania (Reuters) – NATO should permanently deploy anti-aircraft weapons in the Baltics to deter Russia, Lithuania’s president said on Thursday as the United States put Patriot missiles on display after including them in an exercis…
Gangsters, politicians, officials convicted in Italy ‘Mafia Capital’ trial
ROME (Reuters) – The two leaders of a crime ring that plundered Rome city coffers were convicted along with some 40 politicians, officials and businessmen on Thursday at the end of one of the biggest corruption trials in the Italian capital.
Poland’s lower house of parliament passes contested Supreme Court bill
WARSAW (Reuters) – Poland’s lower house of parliament passed a contested Supreme Court law on Thursday which the opposition says would erode the independence of the judiciary and undermine democracy.
EU seeks U.N. alliance against torture trade, lethal drugs
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Union is rallying dozens of countries to stop the trade of torture equipment and lethal-injection drugs, which could make it harder for the United States to perform executions, a top EU official said on Thursday.
Moscow in talks with U.S. to create cyber security working group: RIA report
MOSCOW/LONDON (Reuters) – Moscow and Washington are in talks to create a joint cyber security working group, Russia’s RIA news agency reported on Thursday, citing Andrey Krutskikh, a special presidential envoy on cyber security.
In beer halls and boardrooms, the Brexit diaspora gets organized
BERLIN (Reuters) – Robert Anderson was enjoying a drink with a compatriot in a Munich beer hall a few weeks before Britain’s referendum on leaving the European Union when he realized he and other Britons who stood to lose a lot of rights would have to …
Germany steps up economic pressure on Turkey in rights row
BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany told its citizens on Thursday to exercise caution if traveling to Turkey and threatened measures that could hinder German investment there, in a sign of growing impatience with a NATO ally after the detention of rights activi…
Few compromises at Brexit talks, minister says UK can survive without deal
BRUSSELS/LONDON (Reuters) – The European Union and Britain offered few compromises at their first full round of Brexit talks which ended on Thursday, and the pound fell on worries that British ministers were prepared to walk away without a deal.
