Mexico Finance Minister has ‘nothing to add’ on house purchase report
ACAPULCO (Reuters) – Mexico’s Finance Minister Luis Videgaray said on Thursday he would not comment further on a report that a contractor who has embroiled the government in a conflict-of-interest scandal sold him a house without making a profit.
Peruvian mayor of town near giant copper project assassinated
LIMA (Reuters) – The new mayor of a small Andean town in Peru near a huge, multi-billion-dollar copper project was shot dead in an apparent ambush while traveling by car in the region, authorities said on Thursday.
Obama to Iran’s people: ‘Best opportunity in decades’ to pursue different future with U.S.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama, in a message to Iran’s people and leaders on Thursday, said this year represented the “best opportunity in decades” to pursue a different relationship between their two countries.
European negotiator says framework accord with Iran unlikely soon
LAUSANNE, Switzerland (Reuters) – Six world powers are unlikely to reach a framework agreement with Iran on its nuclear work in the coming days as the sides are still far apart on key issues, a senior European negotiator said on Thursday, blaming Tehra…
China, Japan agree to keep momentum alive for better ties
TOKYO (Reuters) – China and Japan held their first security talks in four years on Thursday and agreed to keep alive and foster a nascent recovery in bilateral ties plagued by the legacy of Japan’s wartime aggression and a territorial dispute.
Five dead babies found in house in southern France
PARIS (Reuters) – Police have found the corpses of four babies in the freezer at a house in southern France, after a man reported finding a dead baby in a cooler bag in his family’s home, a police source told Reuters on Thursday.
Islamic State says it killed tourists in Tunisia
TUNIS (Reuters) – Tunisia said it would deploy the army to major cities and arrested nine people on Thursday after 20 foreign tourists were shot dead in an attack on a museum which Islamic State militants called “the first drop of the rain”.
UK lawmakers warn government over arms sales to authoritarian regimes
LONDON (Reuters) – The British government should be “significantly more cautious” about approving licenses for arms exports to authoritarian regimes that may use those weapons for internal repression, a group of lawmakers said on Friday.
Obama tells Netanyahu U.S. to ‘reassess’ policy on Israel, Mideast diplomacy
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama told Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday that Washington would “reassess” its options on U.S.-Israel relations and Middle East diplomacy after the Israeli prime minister took a position against Palestinian state…
Obama to Iran’s people: ‘Best opportunity in decades’ to pursue different future with U.S.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama, in a message to Iran’s people and leaders on Thursday, said this year represented the “best opportunity in decades” to pursue a different relationship between their two countries.
