Brexit or not? Five weeks to go and pollsters ‘don’t know’
LONDON (Reuters) – Just over five weeks before a referendum on whether Britain should stay in the European Union, the message from opinion polls is simple: It is impossible to predict how Britons will vote on June 23.
Major powers fail to agree new date for Syria peace talks
VIENNA/BEIRUT (Reuters) – Major power foreign ministers failed to agree a new date to resume Syrian peace talks at a meeting on Tuesday, and the opposition said it would not come back to Geneva negotiations unless conditions improved on the ground.
U.S. eases sanctions on Myanmar in bid to promote reforms
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States eased some sanctions on Myanmar on Tuesday to support ongoing political reforms, but maintained most of its economic restrictions in an effort to punish those Washington sees as hampering the country’s newly ele…
Senate passes bill allowing Sept. 11 victims to sue Saudi Arabia
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Senate passed legislation on Tuesday that would allow victims of the Sept. 11 attacks to file lawsuits seeking damages from Saudi Arabia, setting up a potential showdown with the White House, which has threatened a veto….
Muslim states block gay groups from U.N. AIDS meeting; U.S. protests
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – A group of 51 Muslim states has blocked 11 gay and transgender organizations from attending a high-level meeting at the United Nations next month on ending AIDS, sparking a protest by the United States, Canada and the Europea…
Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny and supporters attacked
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny and fellow anti-corruption activists were attacked, thrown to the ground and kicked by a group of men at an airport in southern Russia on Tuesday, according to video posted on social media.
German lawmakers risk Erdogan ire with Armenia ‘genocide’ vote
BERLIN (Reuters) – German lawmakers risk angering Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan and jeopardizing an EU-Turkey migrant deal by backing a planned resolution branding as “genocide” the mass killings of up to 1.5 million Armenians by Ottoman Turkish for…
New police force finds old habits die hard in Ukraine
KIEV (Reuters) – The launch of Ukraine’s new police patrol force last year sparked an internet craze of citizens posting selfies with newly recruited officers.
After fist fights, Turkish parliament set to vote on immunity for MPs
ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkey’s ruling AK Party on Tuesday faces the first test of its unity since Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu announced he was stepping down, as parliament prepares to vote on a divisive bill to lift lawmakers’ immunity from prosecution…
Canada oil sands producers disrupted anew as wildfire shifts north
CALGARY, Alberta (Reuters) – Canadian energy producers were hit with fresh disruptions on Tuesday after a massive wildfire burning around the oil sands hub of Fort McMurray, Alberta, shifted north, forcing the evacuation of about 4,000 people from work…
