Venezuela representative storms from regional meeting
WASHINGTON/CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuela’s representative to the Organization of American States stormed out of a session of the 34-nation bloc on Monday, calling the meeting a “coup d’etat,” as regional pressure grew for President Nicolas Maduro to fu…
Gibraltar rock-steady against ‘Brexit bombshell’
GIBRALTAR (Reuters) – “Brexit Bombshell — but Gibraltar will not surrender” stated the Gibraltar Panorama on Monday as the British enclave’s future took center stage in the wrangling over Britain’s break from the European Union.
Germany to get consular access to jailed journalist in Turkey: officials
BERLIN (Reuters) – The Turkish government has agreed to give Germany consular access to a German-Turkish journalist whose arrest in February soured relations between the countries, German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel said on Monday.
EU naval force says seized Indian cargo dhow now in vicinity of Hobyo, Somalia
NAIROBI (Reuters) – An Indian registered cargo dhow that was hijacked by suspected Somali pirates on April 1 is now in the vicinity of Hobyo, a major meeting point of pirates when they were most active in 2011, the EU Naval Force said on Monday, giving…
Colombia starts to bury 273 landslide victims, search continues
MOCOA, Colombia (Reuters) – Scores of decomposing cadavers were being released for burial on Monday as rescuers continued to search for victims of weekend flooding and landslides that devastated a city in southern Colombia, killing at least 273 people….
Germany dismisses ‘Islam law’ as integration debate resurfaces
BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany has no plans to introduce an ‘Islam law’ codifying the rights and obligations of Muslims, a government spokesman said on Monday, dismissing an idea floated by allies of Chancellor Angela Merkel ahead of federal elections in S…
As Israeli settlement growth slows, some drift away
BEITAR ILLIT, West Bank (Reuters) – After five years, Batsheva Reback couldn’t take living in an Israeli settlement in the occupied West Bank any longer.
Brexit fever? Whiff of jingoism amid talk of blue passports and war
LONDON (Reuters) – Just days after Prime Minister Theresa May formally served the European Union with divorce papers, a powerful affliction appeared to strike some in Britain: Brexit fever.
Eleven killed in suspected suicide bombing on Russian metro train
ST. PETERSBURG, Russia (Reuters) – A blast in a St Petersburg train carriage on Monday that killed 11 people and wounded 45 was carried out by a suspected suicide bomber with ties to radical Islamists, Russia’s Interfax news agency cited a law enforcem…
Prosecutors seek to block release of Bosnian Serb Mladic for medical treatment
THE HAGUE (Reuters) – Prosecutors sought to deny on Monday a request by former Bosnian Serb military leader Ratko Mladic that he be released for medical treatment in Russia before a verdict in his genocide trial.
