Rouhani talks rights as Iran election nears, critic attacks him on economy
BEIRUT (Reuters) – President Hassan Rouhani should apologize to the Iranian people if he cannot show that the economy has improved, one of Iran’s most prominent hardliners said on Tuesday, setting a battle line for a presidential election in May.
State Department says working with White House on Israeli-Palestinian peace
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. State Department is working closely with the White House on formulating the next steps in seeking peace between Israel and the Palestinians, a spokesman said on Tuesday.
U.S. tells China that anti-missile system in South Korea not a threat to China
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States has told China that Washington’s deployment of the anti-missile defense system THAAD in South Korea is a defensive measure against North Korean threats and does not pose a threat to China, the U.S. State Departm…
Turkish foreign minister defiant on Germany rally, criticizes German authorities
HAMBURG/ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkey’s foreign minister arrived at the Turkish consulate in Hamburg on Tuesday to address a rally for Turkish voters in Germany despite what he called shameful actions by police to force the closure of the originally plan…
UK’s May defeated as lawmakers demand power to reject final Brexit terms
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s upper house of parliament voted on Tuesday to give lawmakers more power to reject the final terms of the country’s exit from the European Union, ignoring pleas from Prime Minister Theresa May’s government not to hamstring t…
Mexico worried by U.S. plan to separate mothers and kids: foreign ministry
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexico is concerned by a U.S. government proposal to separate migrant mothers and children at the southern U.S. border, the country’s foreign minister said on Tuesday, while recognizing that at this stage it was only a possibili…
Disputed Irish loughs present Brexit conundrum for fishermen
WARRENPOINT, Northern Ireland (Reuters) – Mussel fisherman Brian MacDonald shares many of the concerns about Britain’s divorce from the European Union that are felt by tens of thousands of people who earn a living along the border between Northern Irel…
Trump administration pledges ‘great strictness’ on Iran nuclear deal
VIENNA (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration pledged on Tuesday to show “great strictness” over restrictions on Iran’s nuclear activities imposed by a deal with major powers, but gave little indication of what that might mean for the…
Revised U.S. travel ban will still curtail tourism, U.N. tourism body says
BERLIN (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump’s move to revise a travel ban on citizens of certain Muslim-majority countries will not lessen its impact on tourism, the head of the UN World Tourism Organization said.
Bulgarian court acquits vigilante migrant tracker
SOFIA (Reuters) – A Bulgarian man who posted a video showing three Afghan migrants lying tied up on the ground near the Turkish border was acquitted on Tuesday of illegally detaining them, after a court ruled there was insufficient evidence against him…
