Mexican Congress approves package of anti-corruption bills
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexico’s Congress passed a package of anti-corruption bills on Friday, including stiffer penalties for graft, but the legislation was stripped of a provision that would have required public officials to make public their asset d…
Saudi deputy crown prince due to meet on Yemen with U.N. chief
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia’s powerful deputy crown prince is due to meet U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Wednesday, the kingdom’s ambassador said, after the United Nations infuriated Riyadh by briefly blacklisting a Saudi-led coaliti…
Seven decapitated bodies found on home turf of Mexican drug lord ‘El Chapo’
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – The decapitated bodies of seven men were found in Mexico’s western Sinaloa state, near the heart of jailed drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman’s old home turf, a state law enforcement official said on Friday.
Remain leads by almost 7 points for Britain’s EU referendum: BMG phone poll
(Reuters) – Support for Britain to stay in the European Union was leading by almost 7 points over those advocating withdrawal from the 28-member bloc, not quite a week before the June 23 referendum, according to a telephone poll released on Friday.
UK police examine right-wing extremism link to murder of lawmaker
BIRSTALL, England (Reuters) – British police said on Friday that right-wing extremism was an important line of inquiry in the murder of lawmaker Jo Cox, after a man with suspected neo-Nazi links and a history of mental illness was arrested over the kil…
Chile’s government, in major defeat, will cease work on key labor reform
SANTIAGO (Reuters) – Chile’s government admitted defeat on a major bill on Friday, saying it will not try to revive any measures of President Michelle Bachelet’s landmark labor reform that were struck down by a court.
Obama, despite dissent on Syria, not shifting toward strikes on Assad
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. administration sought on Friday to contain fallout from a leaked internal memo critical of its Syria policy, but showed no sign it was willing to consider military strikes against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s force…
Morocco offers to let some U.N. Western Sahara mission staff back
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – Morocco has proposed allowing around 25 civilian staff to immediately return to the United Nations peacekeeping mission in disputed Western Sahara in a sign that tensions between Rabat and the U.N. may be easing, diplomatic s…
Iraqi PM declares victory over Islamic State in Falluja
FALLUJA/BAGHDAD, Iraq (Reuters) – Iraqi forces on Friday entered the center of Falluja, the Iraqi city longest held by Islamic State, nearly four weeks after the start of a U.S.-backed offensive that cleared out the tens of thousands of residents still…
Obama, Saudi prince focus on Iraq and Syria in Washington meeting
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama and the deputy crown prince of Saudi Arabia on Friday discussed ways to support Iraqis in their fight against Islamic State militants and the importance of a political transition in war-torn Syria, the Whit…
