Cyber expert’s arrest silences Russian contacts of some Western crime fighters
SAN FRANCISCO/MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian cyber-security experts have scaled back cooperation with Western contacts after one of their number was arrested in Moscow on treason charges, making it harder to fight global online crime, U.S. law-enforcement …
Rights groups challenge Israel’s new settlements law in court
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Rights groups petitioned Israel’s Supreme Court on Wednesday to annul a heavily criticized law that retroactively legalized some 4,000 settler homes built on privately owned Palestinian land in the occupied West Bank.
Germany plans four-way meeting on Ukraine crisis
BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany hopes to hold a meeting with Russia, Ukraine and France on the Ukraine crisis at a gathering of G20 foreign ministers in Bonn next week, a foreign ministry spokesman said on Wednesday.
Zimbabwe’s top court throws out case against Mugabe
HARARE (Reuters) – Zimbabwe’s Constitutional Court dismissed a case against President Robert Mugabe on Wednesday lodged by an activist who accused the aging leader of violating the southern African country’s supreme law during protests last year.
Romanian government survives no-confidence motion over graft debacle
BUCHAREST (Reuters) – Romania’s Social Democrat-led government easily survived a no-confidence motion in parliament on Wednesday, three days after mass street protests forced it into an embarrassing U-turn over a graft decree.
There should not be a second Scottish independence vote: UK PM May’s spokesman
LONDON (Reuters) – The British government does not believe there should be a second referendum on Scottish independence, Prime Minister Theresa May’s spokesman said when asked about a report it was preparing contingency plans for one.
Duterte defends drugs war, rejects advice of ‘idiot’ ex-Colombia president
MANILA (Reuters) – Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte made a vigorous defense of his war on drugs on Wednesday, rejecting not only allegations of extrajudicial killings, but the advice of a former Colombian leader who urged him not to repeat his mist…
U.N. seeks $2.1 billion to avert famine in Yemen
GENEVA (Reuters) – The United Nations appealed on Wednesday for $2.1 billion to provide food and other life-saving assistance to 12 million people in Yemen who face the threat of famine after two years of war.
Thailand’s next election in exactly one year: deputy PM
BANGKOK (Reuters) – An election to restore democracy in military-ruled Thailand will take place a year from now, the government said on Wednesday, affirming for the first time widespread expectations a vote the military had promised for this year will …
Poll shows Le Pen losing French presidential runoff
PARIS (Reuters) – A daily opinion poll publication continued to show far-right leader Marine Le Pen losing the French presidential runoff on May 7.
