France tells Palestinian leader of concern at Mideast situation
PARIS (Reuters) – French President Francois Hollande on Thursday told Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas of his concern at the “fragility” of the situation in the Middle East in a context of mounting violence, the president’s office said.
Brazil arrests 10 for ‘amateur’ terror plot against Olympics
BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazil arrested 10 people on Thursday suspected of belonging to a poorly organized group supporting Islamic State (IS) and discussing terrorist acts during the next month’s Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro.
NATO commitment has no caveats: British defense secretary
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – NATO’s mutual defense guarantee is a commitment that comes without any “conditions or caveats,” British Defence Secretary Michael Fallon said on Thursday.
France’s Hollande urges UK to deliver Brexit soon but offers May some time
PARIS (Reuters) – French President Francois Hollande urged Prime Minister Theresa May on Thursday to quickly come up with a negotiating stance for Britain’s departure from the European Union but agreed she needed time to trigger the formal divorce.
U.S. warns of potential imminent threat to citizens in Jeddah
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Embassy in Saudi Arabia said on Thursday it had received reports of a “potential, imminent threat” against U.S. citizens in areas of the city of Jeddah frequented by Westerners.
Libyan forces launch new assault to oust Islamic State from Sirte
SIRTE, Libya (Reuters) – Forces aligned with Libya’s U.N.-backed government fought fierce exchanges with Islamic State militants in Sirte on Thursday in which 13 of their fighters were killed and more than 110 wounded, officials said.
Rescuers recover 17 bodies, pick up 1,128 boat migrants
ROME (Reuters) – An Irish navy ship recovered 17 dead bodies on Thursday when it went to the aid of migrants packed onto a wooden boat off the coast of Libya, Italy’s coastguard said, marking another deadly day of attempted sea crossings.
Father of EU divorce clause demands tough stance on British exit
ROME (Reuters) – A former Italian premier who wrote the European Union divorce clause that Britain is poised to trigger said on Thursday that Brussels should offer no concessions to London in looming negotiations to quit the trading bloc.
South Sudan’s president asks vice president to return to capital
JUBA (Reuters) – South Sudan’s president wants his vice president to return to the capital to try to salvage a peace agreement that was jeopardized by fighting earlier this month between forces loyal to the two long-time rivals.
Cuba objects to U.S. lawmakers’ attempts to stop flights
HAVANA (Reuters) – Cuba on Thursday objected to attempts by a small group of U.S. lawmakers to prevent scheduled flights between the two countries from going ahead on security grounds, underscoring its longstanding cooperation with U.S. authorities on …
