Maduro is Venezuelan, top court rules
CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuela’s top court on Friday ruled that President Nicolas Maduro is indeed Venezuelan, responding to years of opposition speculation that the socialist leader was in fact born in neighboring Colombia and has dual citizenship.
France, Britain feud over young ‘Jungle’ migrants
CALAIS, France (Reuters) – France demanded on Friday that Britain take in hundreds of minors from war-torn countries after the British interior minister suggested that Paris should do more for them following the closure of the “Jungle” migrant camp in …
Exclusive: Rohingya women say Myanmar soldiers raped them amid crackdown on militants
U SHEY KYA/YANGON (Reuters) – Rohingya Muslims say Myanmar soldiers raped or sexually assaulted dozens of women in a remote village in the northwest of the country during the biggest upsurge in violence against the persecuted minority in four years.
Russia fails to win re-election to U.N. Human Rights Council
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – Russia failed to win re-election to the United Nations Human Rights Council on Friday, beaten out by Hungary and Croatia, following lobbying by rights groups against Moscow’s candidacy because of its military support for the …
Northern Irish court sides with UK premier over Brexit challenge
BELFAST (Reuters) – Northern Ireland’s High Court on Friday rejected an attempt to block Britain’s exit from the European Union, saying that neither the province’s parliament nor its laws could override a decision by the British government.
France’s Valls expresses ‘anger’ over Hollande comments: Le Monde
PARIS (Reuters) – French Prime Minister Manuel Valls voiced anger over unguarded comments by Socialist President Francois Hollande published in a recent book, Le Monde reported on Friday, dealing a further blow to the embattled leader.
France avoids nuclear plant closure decision as election looms
PARIS (Reuters) – France has delayed a decision on promised nuclear reactor decommissioning, effectively putting on hold a process that could ultimately be overturned with a change of government next year.
Colombia, rebels say incorporating new proposals into peace deal
HAVANA (Reuters) – Colombia’s government and FARC rebels are incorporating changes into the peace deal that was rejected in a referendum earlier this month in a bid to swiftly salvage the accord, both sides said on Friday.
Northern Irish Brexit ruling has ‘no automatic implications’ for Scotland: Scottish government
EDINBURGH (Reuters) – A ruling by Northern Ireland’s High Court to reject an attempt to block the United Kingdom’s exit from the European Union had no immediate read-across to Scotland’s situation, a spokesman for the Scottish government said on Friday…
Ex-Russian press minister’s 2015 Washington death ruled accidental
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The death last year in Washington of Mikhail Lesin, a Russian media executive and former adviser to President Vladimir Putin, was accidental and caused partly by alcohol poisoning after days of heavy drinking, U.S. authorities sa…
