Kerry warns of climate threat at talks overshadowed by Trump
MARRAKESH, Morocco (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry had hoped his presence at a Marrakesh conference to decide on the finer points of a historic agreement to stave off climate change would be a victory lap.
UK denies exiled Chagos islanders the right to return
LONDON (Reuters) – Indian Ocean islanders expelled from the British-ruled Chagos archipelago during the Cold War to make way for a U.S. military base will not be given the right to return to resettle, the British Foreign Office said on Wednesday.
At least 20 troops dead in fighting in Libya’s Benghazi, hospital says
BENGHAZI, Libya (Reuters) – At least 20 members of the Libyan National Army (LNA) have been killed and 40 injured in two days of fighting in the eastern city of Benghazi, a hospital official said on Wednesday.
Bulgaria parliament approves center-right government resignation
SOFIA (Reuters) – The Bulgarian parliament endorsed on Wednesday the resignation of the center-right government of Prime Minister Boiko Borisov, which is likely to lead to months of political uncertainty and probably an early election in early 2017.
Italy arrests 15 in swoop on illegal Chinese immigration
ROME (Reuters) – Italy arrested 15 people and placed dozens more under investigation on Wednesday on suspicion of aiding illegal immigration and forging documents for mainly Chinese citizens, finance police said.
Germany alarmed about potential Russian interference in election: spy chief
BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany is alarmed that Russia may seek to interfere in its national elections next year, the domestic intelligence chief said, echoing concerns raised in the United States before Donald Trump’s presidential election victory.
Spain’s Rajoy gets taste of challenges ahead as opposition unites
MADRID (Reuters) – Spain’s opposition parties have scored their first victory against newly reinstated Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy, paralyzing an education bill, in a taste of the challenges he will face in his second term.
Parts of Mosul come back to life, but dangers are close by
MOSUL, Iraq (Reuters) – Emboldened by machinegun fire on Islamic State snipers along Mosul’s frontlines, a few residents are emerging from their homes in pockets of the city where Iraqi forces have dislodged the jihadists.
Bill to legalize settler-outposts advances in Israeli legislature
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel’s parliament gave preliminary approval on Wednesday to a disputed bill that would retroactively legalize Jewish ettlement outposts built on privately-owned Palestinian land in the occupied West Bank.
Brexit talks will take ‘a lot longer’ than two years, Eurogroup head says
LONDON (Reuters) – Negotiations over Britain’s departure from the European Union are very complex and are going to take longer than the scheduled two years, Eurogroup President Jeroen Dijsselbloem said on Wednesday.
