CIA director warns of Venezuela weapons transfers
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – CIA Director Mike Pompeo said on Thursday there are large caches of weapons in Venezuela and a risk of them falling into the wrong hands as the country grapples with economic crisis and street protests.
Southern Yemen leaders launch body seeking split from north
ADEN (Reuters) – Senior tribal, military and political leaders have formed a new council seeking the secession of southern Yemen, the former governor of the area’s main city Aden said on Thursday, threatening to bring more turmoil to a two-year-old civ…
Brexit will be so damaging that UK will try to rejoin EU, Scottish minister says
EDINBURGH (Reuters) – The United Kingdom’s exit from the European Union will be so damaging that it will try to rejoin in 20 years, Scotland’s Brexit minister said on Thursday.
France’s Macron names half of parliamentary candidates from civil society
PARIS (Reuters) – French President elect Emmanuel Macron on Thursday fulfilled his promise to draw half of the candidates for his Republic on the Move party for June legislative elections from civil society .
Hamas says it has caught killer of a top Gaza militant
GAZA (Reuters) – The Hamas Islamist group that runs the Gaza Strip said on Thursday it has apprehended the killer of one of its senior commanders and that he carried out the assassination on Israel’s orders.
Czech court adjourns hearing on Russian hacking suspect wanted by U.S, Russia
PRAGUE (Reuters) – A Czech court adjourned a hearing on Thursday in an extradition tug of war over Russian citizen Yevgeniy Nikulin, whom the United States want to try for hacking social networks including LinkedIn and whom Russia accuses of a minor cy…
Spanish parliament urges government to exhume Franco’s remains
MADRID (Reuters) – Spain’s opposition parties voted on Thursday to move the remains of fascist dictator Francisco Franco out of a state-funded mausoleum, in a non-binding parliamentary motion the government is likely to resist.
Somalia and its backers seek security pact to beef up army
LONDON (Reuters) – Somalia’s government and its foreign backers said on Thursday they were hammering out a plan to try and strengthen the army to take over the fight against al Shabaab militants from over-stretched African Union troops.
Skirmishes over culture strain alliance between Saudi rulers, clerics
JEDDAH (Reuters) – When senior Saudi cleric Abdulaziz al-Tarifi told his almost one million Twitter followers that musical instruments were ungodly, it helped spark a hashtag among like-minded Saudis that “the people reject music academies”.
U.N. has ‘a million questions’ on Syria after Astana deal
GENEVA (Reuters) – The United Nations still has a million questions about a Syria deal struck last week by Russia, Turkey and Iran, with aid convoys almost totally stalled despite a reported reduction in the fighting, a U.N. aid official said on Thursd…
