China killed CIA sources, hobbled U.S. spying from 2010 to 2012: NYT
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – China killed or imprisoned 18 to 20 CIA sources from 2010 to 2012, hobbling U.S. spying operations in a massive intelligence breach whose origin has not been identified, the New York Times reported on Saturday.
Tunisia protesters shut oil transport pumping station: radio
TUNIS (Reuters) – Tunisian protesters on Saturday shut down an oil pumping station in southern Tatatouine province that feeds a coastal shipping terminal as part of their protests to demand jobs, local state radio and two witnesses said.
Brazil’s leader lambastes bribe accusations made by meat titans
BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazilian President Michel Temer on Saturday angrily challenged a recorded conversation implicating him in a corruption probe, saying he would continue as president and asking the Supreme Court to verify the integrity of the record…
Poland’s Kaczynski blames Merkel for EU’s migration issues
WARSAW (Reuters) – Poland’s ruling party leader Jaroslaw Kaczynski again criticized the European Union’s relocation scheme for refugees on Saturday, blaming Germany’s Angela Merkel for causing the bloc’s migration problems.
UK PM May’s Conservatives lead Labour by 13 points: Opinium poll
EDINBURGH (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Theresa May’s Conservative party has seen its lead narrow slightly ahead of a June 8 national election but it remains well ahead of its opposition, an Opinium poll showed on Saturday.
Taiwan’s opposition Nationalists pick former VP Wu as party chief
TAIPEI (Reuters) – Taiwan’s biggest opposition group, the China-friendly Nationalists, on Saturday picked as its chief the island’s former vice president Wu Den-yih, an advocate of improved and stable cross-strait relations.
Rescuers pull 2,121 migrants to safety in Mediterranean
MILAN (Reuters) – Rescuers pulled 2,121 migrants to safety from boats in the Mediterranean late on Friday and early on Saturday and recovered one dead body, the Italian coastguard said.
Russia asks WTO to look into sanctions by Ukraine on Moscow: agencies
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia has sent a request to the World Trade Organization asking to hold consultations over Ukraine’s sanctions against Moscow, in place since 2014, Russian Economy Minister Maxim Oreshkin was quoted as saying by Russian news agencie…
Islamic State kills villagers, captures fighters in Deir al-Zor: Syrian Observatory
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Islamic State militants killed nearly 20 people including two children in a village in Syria’s eastern Deir al-Zor province, and captured fighters participating in a U.S.-backed operation against the jihadists, a monitoring group sai…
Russia’s Lavrov says he did not discuss Comey with Trump: Interfax
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Saturday he had not discussed the firing of the former FBI Director James Comey with U.S. President Donald Trump, Interfax news agency reported.
