Kremlin says no preparations are underway yet for Putin-Trump meeting
MOSCOW (Reuters) – The Kremlin said on Wednesday that no preparations were underway yet for a meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Donald Trump.
Islamist militants strike heart of Tehran, Iran blames Saudis
LONDON (Reuters) – Suicide bombers and gunmen attacked the Iranian parliament and Ayatollah Khomeini’s mausoleum in Tehran on Wednesday, killing at least 13 people in an unprecedented assault that Iran’s Revolutionary Guards blamed on regional rival Sa…
Trump offers to help resolve Gulf crisis, UAE tightens squeeze on Qatar
DUBAI/DOHA (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump offered on Wednesday to help resolve a worsening diplomatic crisis between Qatar and other Arab powers as the United Arab Emirates invoked the possibility of an economic embargo on Doha over its allege…
Philippines says militants had planned much larger-scale attack
MARAWI CITY, Philippines (Reuters) – Philippines troops thwarted an original plan drawn up by the Islamist militants now holed up in Marawi City to “spread terror” in a rampage of violence that would have given them full control of the southern town, t…
British police arrest man in London Bridge attack investigation
LONDON (Reuters) – British police arrested a man under counter terrorism laws on Wednesday as part of an investigation into the London Bridge attack.
Prison riot in Mexico’s Tamaulipas state leaves four dead
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Four people were killed and six were injured on Tuesday in a riot in a prison in the Mexican city of Victoria in the drug gang-ravaged state of Tamaulipas on the U.S. border, authorities said.
Australia flags tougher parole laws in wake of Melbourne siege
SYDNEY (Reuters) – The Australian government signaled a drive to reform parole laws on Wednesday, including a ban on parole for violent offenders who have any links to extremism, after a deadly siege claimed by the Islamic State group.
MORENA leftist party calls for Mexico State election vote recount
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – The head of Mexico’s leftist National Regeneration Movement (MORENA) party, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, called on Tuesday for a recount, “vote by vote” of Sunday’s key State of Mexico gubernatorial election.
Brazil court opens case that could unseat President Temer
BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazil’s top electoral court (TSE) reopened a case on Tuesday about illegal campaign funding by the Rousseff-Temer ticket that could annul their 2014 election victory and unseat President Michel Temer.
UK police arrest man at Heathrow airport over Manchester attack
LONDON (Reuters) – British police said on Tuesday they had arrested a man at London’s Heathrow airport in connection with the investigation into the suicide bombing on a concert hall in Manchester last month which killed 22 people.
