UK PM May says will consult widely on Brexit, but Britain will leave EU
LONDON (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Theresa May said on Tuesday that her government was committed to leaving the European Union and would listen to others’ views while delivering a Brexit that commanded “maximum public support”.
Britain’s May promises to listen harder on Brexit: Queen’s Speech
LONDON (Reuters) – Prime Minister Theresa May promised on Wednesday to listen more closely to business concerns about Britain leaving the European Union as she set out a Brexit-focused government program, pared back to reflect her weakened authority.
Qatar says news agency hacking linked to states boycotting Doha
DOHA (Reuters) – Qatar’s attorney general said on Tuesday his country has evidence that the hacking of Qatar’s state news agency was linked to countries that have severed ties with Doha.
‘You want war?’ Venezuela spars with rivals at OAS meeting
CANCUN, Mexico (Reuters) – Governments from across the Americas chastised Venezuela’s socialist leadership on Tuesday for its handling of a political and economic crisis, prompting the OPEC nation’s foreign minister to call the critics “lapdogs of impe…
London community shows solidarity after van attack on Muslims
LONDON (Reuters) – Around 200 people of all faiths gathered in front of London’s Finsbury Park Mosque on Tuesday to show solidarity after a van plowed into worshippers in a suspected attack on a Muslim prayer-gathering during Ramadan.
Brussels attacker may have supported Islamic State
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – A Moroccan national who attempted an attack on Brussels’ Central Station is suspected of supporting Islamic State militants, prosecutors said on Wednesday, a day after the man tried to detonate a suitcase bomb packed with nails and…
Iran’s leader warns Iraq not to weaken Shi’ite militias
LONDON (Reuters) – Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei warned the Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi on Tuesday against any measures that could weaken the Tehran-backed Shi’ite paramilitary groups, saying such actions would endanger Baghdad’…
Rebels say Syrian army, Iranian-backed militias launch offensive in eastern desert
AMMAN (Reuters) – Western-backed Syrian rebels holding a strategic swathe of the desert southeast stretching to the Iraqi border said they came under major attack on Tuesday from government forces and allied Iranian-backed militias backed by Russian ai…
U.S. State Department questions Gulf motives on Qatar boycott
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. State Department bluntly questioned on Tuesday the motives of Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates for their boycott of Doha, saying it was “mystified” the Gulf states had not released their grievances over Qatar.
Russia’s Lavrov: new U.S. sanctions ‘regrettable’, ‘Russophobia’ beyond all bounds
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Tuesday new sanctions imposed against Russian companies and individuals were “regrettable” and that “Russophobia” in the United States was raging “beyond all bounds”.
