Wary of Trump, China launches EU charm offensive: diplomats
BRUSSELS/BEIJING (Reuters) – China has launched a charm offensive with the European Union since U.S. President Donald Trump took office, shifting its stance on trade negotiations and signaling closer cooperation on a range of other issues, European dip…
‘No turning back’: PM May triggers ‘historic’ Brexit
LONDON (Reuters) – Prime Minister Theresa May formally began Britain’s divorce from the European Union on Wednesday, declaring there was no turning back and ushering in a tortuous exit process that will test the bloc’s cohesion and pitch her country in…
Iran’s Rouhani says Syrian peace talks to continue in Kazakhstan
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Tuesday that Syrian peace talks sponsored by Tehran, Russia and Turkey would continue in Kazakhstan without specifying a date for the next round of negotiations.
Germany arrests Afghan suspected of helping kill U.S. soldiers
BERLIN (Reuters) – German police have arrested a suspected Afghan Taliban commander believed to have taken part in an attack on a military convoy about a decade ago in which at least 16 U.S. and Afghan soldiers were killed.
Political, regional clouds gather over Israel even as economy booms
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel’s politics are darkening: the governing coalition, in power for barely two years, is in tumult and regional tensions are rising.
UK raises prospect of direct rule for Northern Ireland if talks fail
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain will consider all options for Northern Ireland including direct rule from London if politicians there fail to form a regional government in the next three weeks, the minister for the province said on Tuesday.
A year on, regal Suu Kyi struggles to move Myanmar on from conflict
YANGON/NAYPYITAW (Reuters) – At the beginning of this year, Myanmar’s leader Aung San Suu Kyi sat down with one of her advisers to go through priorities for the coming months. She began with an apology for the slow pace of economic reform.
Turkey warns Europe not to meddle in referendum, ‘mind its own business’, PM Yildirim says
ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkey was warning Europe not to interfere in a referendum next month on changing the constitution and expanding President Tayyip Erdogan’s powers, Prime Minister Binali Yildirim said on Tuesday, adding Europe should “mind its own bu…
U.S. wiretap allegations have not harmed ties: UK minister
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s relationship with the United States has not been harmed by unproven claims made on a U.S. television station that it helped eavesdrop on Donald Trump, foreign minister Boris Johnson said on Tuesday.
China army drills on Myanmar border amid tensions
BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s military carried out drills along the border with Myanmar on Tuesday, in a show of force to highlight its resolve to protect its people, state news agency Xinhua said, following clashes between Myanmar security forces and et…
