Mind the closing doors: echoes of Thatcher in UK railway battle
LONDON (Reuters) – Rona Jeff loved her job as a PR consultant for an education charity in central London. But last month she quit. Her train commute had become so unbearable it was ruining her health.
Britain and UAE launch joint military exercises
DUBAI (Reuters) – Britain and the United Arab Emirates launched a joint military exercise dubbed “Sea Dagger 2017”, Emirati state news agency WAM reported on Sunday.
Russia to upgrade its naval, air bases in Syria: Interfax
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia plans to improve and expand its naval and air bases in Syria, Interfax news agency reported on Sunday, citing an unnamed source, as Moscow cements its presence in the Middle Eastern country, its only overseas military deployme…
France’s Ayrault says Trump Jerusalem proposal provocation
PARIS (Reuters) – France’s foreign minister said on Sunday a proposal by U.S. President-elect Donald Trump to move the American embassy to Jerusalem would be a provocation with serious consequences.
Bodies of five migrants found off Spain’s southern coast
MADRID (Reuters) – Five migrants have been found dead off the southern Spanish coast this weekend, a Spanish police spokeswoman said on Sunday, after another at least eight were discovered off the coast of Libya on Saturday.
China appoints new Tibet governor: Xinhua
BEIJING (Reuters) – China has appointed a new governor of Tibet, one of the country’s most politically sensitive regions, state news agency Xinhua reported on Sunday.
Lufthansa says no evidence of bomb on board Eurowings plane landed in Kuwait
FRANKFURT (Reuters) – There was no evidence that a bomb was on board a plane operated by Lufthansa’s budget unit Eurowings bound for Cologne on Sunday, a company spokesman said in Germany, in reply to an enquiry.
Three men taken for questioning after Brussels anti-terror raid released
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Three men detained for questioning late on Saturday after an anti-terror raid in the Brussels district of Molenbeek were released without charges, Belgian prosecutors said on Sunday.
Northern Ireland elections would not delay Brexit timetable: British minister
LONDON (Reuters) – Likely snap elections in Northern Ireland will not delay the British government’s timetable for withdrawal from the European Union, Britain’s Northern Ireland minister James Brokenshire said on Sunday.
Russia’s Chechnya chief says over 50 suspected militants detained
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Ramzan Kadyrov, the hardline pro-Moscow head of Russia’s Northern Caucasus Republic of Chechnya, said on Sunday that more than 50 suspected militants were detained in the biggest sting operation of recent years.
