U.S. President Trump to visit Ireland in June: Newstalk radio
U.S. President Donald Trump will visit Ireland either side of a trip to France next month and will likely meet Prime Minister Leo Varadkar during his stay at a Trump golf resort, Ireland’s Newstalk radio station said on Wednesday.
Mnuchin says China trade talks likely to continue in Beijing
U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said on Wednesday he will likely travel to Beijing soon to continue negotiations with Chinese counterparts as the world’s two biggest economies try to salvage talks aimed at ending their months-long trade war.
Brazil prosecutors seek injunction to prevent Bolsonaro gun decree
Brazilian federal prosecutors are suing the government, seeking an injunction to block President Jair Bolsonaro’s gun decree that liberalized weapons regulation, according to a statement on Wednesday from the federal prosecutor’s office.
Factbox: How will Britain’s Conservative Party choose PM May’s successor?
British Prime Minister Theresa May has said she will stand down once her Brexit deal with Brussels is approved by parliament and the government has said it hopes to do this by the time lawmakers break for the summer in late July.
Rebels hope to kill off May’s Brexit deal in ‘last-chance’ vote
Brexit-supporting rebels in British Prime Minister Theresa May’s Conservative Party said on Wednesday they would vote down her European Union divorce deal when she brings it back to parliament next month.
UAE gives long jail terms to three Lebanese in Hezbollah trial: Amnesty
The United Arab Emirates sentenced three Lebanese men to jail on Wednesday but acquitted five others in a group accused of setting up a “terrorist cell” with links to Lebanon’s Hezbollah, Amnesty International said on Wednesday.
At least 17 Niger soldiers killed in ambush: government spokesman
Gunmen killed at least 17 Nigerien troops in an ambush near the Malian border, where several jihadist groups are active, and another 11 soldiers are missing, a government spokesman said on Wednesday.
Eurovision Village partying upsets nearby mosque worshippers in Ramadan
The Eurovision Song Contest has found few fans in a famous mosque in the Israeli host city, where worshippers have complained that the gaudy festivities are disrupting their observances of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.
Russia’s Putin says he may meet Trump next month at G20 in Japan
Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday that he may meet U.S. President Donald Trump on the sidelines of a gathering of G20 nations next month in Japan.
Nearly 50 Palestinians wounded in ‘Catastrophe’ anniversary protests on Gaza-Israel border
Israeli troops wounded nearly 50 Palestinians at the Gaza border on Wednesday during protests to mark the 71st anniversary of the “Nakba”, or catastrophe, when many Palestinians lost their homes in the fighting around Israel’s creation, Gaza officials …
