Venezuela assembly plan threatens Chavez legacy: prosecutor
CARACAS (Reuters) – President Nicolas Maduro’s plan for a new popular congress to rewrite Venezuela’s constitution threatens to destroy the political legacy of former leader Hugo Chavez, the chief state prosecutor said on Thursday.
U.S. wary of French push for U.N. to back Sahel force: diplomats
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The United States is wary of a French push for the U.N. Security Council to authorize a West African force to combat terrorism and trafficking in the Sahel region because it does not want the world body to help fund it, diplo…
Putin says Kremlin critic Senator McCain ‘lives in Old World’
MOSCOW (Reuters) – President Vladimir Putin has said U.S. Republican Senator John McCain, known for his anti-Kremlin rhetoric, lives in the “Old World” and that Russia and the United States must work together on common challenges.
UK police search Manchester property in bomb probe, release three
LONDON (Reuters) – British police searched a property in Manchester on Thursday in connection with a suicide bombing which killed 22 people in the northern English city last month and released another three people without charge.
With eyes on Libya, France cements Egypt security ties
CAIRO (Reuters) – France’s foreign minister said on Thursday he had firmed up security ties with Egypt, which was the “central element” to ensuring regional stability as the two countries seek to break the political impasse in neighboring Libya.
Macron’s party seen winning parliament majority: Harris poll
PARIS (Reuters) – French President Emmanuel Macron is seen winning an absolute majority in parliament in this month’s legislative elections, a Harris Interactive poll showed on Thursday.
Venezuela soccer coach urges Maduro: ‘Stop the weapons!’
CARACAS (Reuters) – Fresh from leading Venezuela’s Under-20 soccer squad to a World Cup final, coach Rafael Dudamel on Thursday urged President Nicolas Maduro to help stop political violence that has killed at least 67 people in the last two months.
Al Jazeera TV says it is combating hack, all entities operational: source
DOHA (Reuters) – Pan-Arab satellite network Al Jazeera is combating a large-scale cyber attack on its media platform, but all its entities remain operational, a company source said on Thursday.
Anger vies with hope as Macron’s France gears up to vote again
NICE/LYON, France (Reuters) – French voters handed power to a young, untested president a month ago, some hoping he can reboot the country, others simply judging that his far-right opponent was a worse prospect.
Fighters move cautiously into Islamic State-held Raqqa
RAQQA, Syria (Reuters) – At Raqqa’s eastern edge, a handful of Syrian fighters cross a river by foot and car, all the while relaying their coordinates to the U.S.-led coalition so they don’t fall victim to friendly fire.
