Paris refuses demand for ‘unrealistic’ 2.5 billion euro French Guiana aid package
PARIS (Reuters) – France will not give in to demands for an “unrealistic” 2.5 billion euro ($2.7 billion) aid package for French Guiana, which has been swept by social unrest, Prime Minister Bernard Cazeneuve said on Monday.
Russia and Belarus heal ties in shadow of metro bombing
ST PETERSBURG (Reuters) – The presidents of Russia and Belarus said on Monday they had resolved all disputes over energy, signaling a rapprochement at a time when both leaders are grappling with street protests and the threat of new Western sanctions h…
U.S. set to clash with Russia, China over U.N. meeting on human rights
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The United States set up on Monday a likely showdown with Russia and China later in April over its plans to hold a U.N. Security Council meeting on human rights, an issue that Moscow and Beijing oppose being broadly discussed…
Trump tells Sisi U.S., Egypt will fight Islamic militants together
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump moved to reset U.S. relations with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on Monday after the prior Obama administration’s strained ties, giving him firm backing and vowing to work together to fight I…
Germany sees growing cyber threat but lacks legal means to retaliate
BERLIN (Reuters) – The German government is scrambling to respond to a serious and growing threat of cyber attacks, but it lacks the legal framework to retaliate with cyber attacks of its own, top officials said on Monday.
Venezuela representative storms from regional meeting
WASHINGTON/CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuela’s representative to the Organization of American States stormed out of a session of the 34-nation bloc on Monday, calling the meeting a “coup d’etat,” as regional pressure grew for President Nicolas Maduro to fu…
Gibraltar rock-steady against ‘Brexit bombshell’
GIBRALTAR (Reuters) – “Brexit Bombshell — but Gibraltar will not surrender” stated the Gibraltar Panorama on Monday as the British enclave’s future took center stage in the wrangling over Britain’s break from the European Union.
Germany to get consular access to jailed journalist in Turkey: officials
BERLIN (Reuters) – The Turkish government has agreed to give Germany consular access to a German-Turkish journalist whose arrest in February soured relations between the countries, German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel said on Monday.
EU naval force says seized Indian cargo dhow now in vicinity of Hobyo, Somalia
NAIROBI (Reuters) – An Indian registered cargo dhow that was hijacked by suspected Somali pirates on April 1 is now in the vicinity of Hobyo, a major meeting point of pirates when they were most active in 2011, the EU Naval Force said on Monday, giving…
Colombia starts to bury 273 landslide victims, search continues
MOCOA, Colombia (Reuters) – Scores of decomposing cadavers were being released for burial on Monday as rescuers continued to search for victims of weekend flooding and landslides that devastated a city in southern Colombia, killing at least 273 people….
