Polish president pardons former head of anti-corruption agency
WARSAW (Reuters) – Polish President Andrzej Duda has pardoned a former head of the country’s anti-corruption agency who was found guilty of abuse of power, a gesture slammed by the opposition as politically motivated.
McConnell says discussing Syrian refugee legislation with White House
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell said on Tuesday a pause or moratorium was needed in President Barack Obama’s plan to admit refugees from Syria and Iraq and he was discussing legislation about the refugees with the W…
Israel outlaws Islamist group it sees as part of surge in violence
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel outlawed on Tuesday an Islamist group it says has played a central role in stirring up violence over a Jerusalem holy site in a wave of bloodshed that began seven weeks ago.
Northern Ireland parties agree deal to salvage power-sharing government
BELFAST (Reuters) – The leaders of Northern Ireland’s Irish nationalist and British unionist communities clinched a deal to prevent its power-sharing administration from collapsing, the British and Irish governments said on Tuesday.
Once-jailed lawmaker again uses Kurdish in Turkey’s parliament
ANKARA (Reuters) – A member of Turkey’s parliament spoke Kurdish while taking her oath of office on Tuesday, but the acting speaker said her vow was invalid.
Morocco says expels Dutch reporter over lack of accreditation
RABAT (Reuters) – Morocco has expelled a Dutch reporter for working without accreditation, state media said on Tuesday.
Exclusive: Egypt detains two airport staff over Russian air crash – security sources
CAIRO (Reuters) – Two employees of Egypt’s Sharm al-Sheikh airport have been detained for questioning over the crash of a Russian airliner that killed all 224 people aboard, two security officials and an airport employee said on Tuesday
Brazil’s Temer not a presidential candidate for 2018
BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazil’s Vice President Michel Temer said on Tuesday he is not seeking to run for president in 2018, but his PMDB party is keen to launch its own candidate and has released a pro-business economic agenda as its platform.
Ban on Israeli Islamist group raises risk of Arab minority backlash
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – In outlawing its most strident Islamist group, Israel risks angering its largely quiescent Arab citizens as it confronts a wave of Palestinian violence powered by religious and political tensions.
Putin vows payback after confirmation of Egypt plane bomb
MOSCOW (Reuters) – President Vladimir Putin vowed to hunt down those responsible for blowing up a Russian airliner over Egypt and intensified air strikes against militants in Syria, after the Kremlin concluded a bomb had destroyed the plane last month,…
