China says North Korea tension has to be stopped from reaching ‘irreversible’ stage
BEIJING/PYONGYANG (Reuters) – China said on Friday tension over North Korea had to be stopped from reaching an “irreversible and unmanageable stage” as a U.S. aircraft carrier group steamed toward the region amid fears the North may conduct a sixth nuc…
Russia and USA, after Tillerson talks, agree modest steps to mend ties
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia and the United States agreed to set up a working group to try to mend their battered ties on Wednesday after U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson held lengthy talks in Moscow with President Vladimir Putin and the Russian fore…
Londoners protest against ‘unprecedented’ anti-LGBT violence in Chechnya
LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Hundreds of people gathered outside the Russian embassy in London on Wednesday to protest after reports from human rights groups that up to 100 gay men are being held and tortured in “camps” in Russia’s southern re…
Russia blocks U.N. Security Council condemnation of Syria attack
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – Russia blocked a Western-led effort at the U.N. Security Council on Wednesday to condemn last week’s deadly gas attack in Syria and push Moscow’s ally President Bashar al-Assad to cooperate with international inquiries into t…
Germany’s Schaeuble says if Muslim migrants don’t like Europe, go elsewhere
BERLIN (Reuters) – Muslims who migrate to Europe should understand that there are better places for them to live if they do not want to accept the European way of life, German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble said on Wednesday.
Brazil’s Temer urges business as usual after massive bribery probe
BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazil’s President Michel Temer urged lawmakers on Wednesday to push ahead with business as usual, a day after a Supreme Court justice ordered corruption probes into 98 politicians, including leading legislators and a third of his …
Mexican court blocks drug lord’s extradition to U.S.
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – A Mexican court has blocked efforts by the foreign ministry to extradite jailed drug lord Hector Beltran Leyva to the United States, judicial authorities said on Wednesday, just a few months after top kingpin Joaquin “El Chapo” …
Man’s body, seen tossed from plane, found on roof of Mexican hospital
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – The body of a man, who witnesses said was tossed from a plane, landed on a hospital roof in Mexico’s northern Sinaloa state on Wednesday, according to a public health service official in the region, which is home to notorious dr…
Malala becomes honorary Canada citizen, praises refugee welcome
OTTAWA (Reuters) – Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai on Wednesday received honorary Canadian citizenship and praised Canada’s open embrace of refugees under the Liberal government of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
Germany’s Gabriel supports Serbia’s EU bid, says protests ‘part of democracy’
BELGRADE (Reuters) – Germany supports Serbia on its path to the European Union membership but the Balkan country must work on reforms and sort out ties with its former province Kosovo, German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel said on Wednesday .
