Promise of handouts by India’s Congress could dent Modi’s momentum
The main opposition Congress party’s promise to give sizable cash handouts to India’s poorest families if voted to power could reenergize its campaign to oust Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the general election starting in two weeks.
UK’s Rees-Mogg says he hopes DUP will back May’s Brexit deal
Jacob Rees-Mogg, a leading Brexiteer in Theresa May’s Conservative Party, said he was in favor of the prime minister’s Brexit deal and he hoped the Northern Irish DUP that props up the government would come on side.
Kremlin rejects Trump’s call for Russia to pull out of Venezuela: RIA
The Kremlin on Thursday rejected a call from U.S. President Donald Trump for Russia to pull out of Venezuela and said its actions there were lawful and agreed with the Latin American country’s legitimate government, RIA news agency reported.
Thailand’s pro-army party won popular vote: election commission
Thailand’s chaotic election took another turn on Thursday when the Election Commission announced that the pro-army party, which is seeking to keep the current junta leader in power, had won the popular vote, with 100 percent of ballots counted.
Algeria constitutional council has not met on Bouteflika: state radio
Algeria’s constitutional council has not held any meeting so far to decide whether President Abdelaziz Bouteflika is fit for office, state radio said on Thursday.
France’s Loiseau says a people’s Brexit vote would be denial of democracy
Britain’s departure from the European Union may be mired in turmoil but a second referendum would be anti-democratic, said Nathalie Loiseau, a former French minister now spearheading President Emmanuel Macron’s European election campaign.
Maltese soldiers seize small tanker hijacked by migrants, vessel docks at Valletta
A small tanker that was hijacked by migrants off Libya docked in Malta’s port of Valletta on Thursday after Maltese special forces took control of the vessel, Reuters witnesses said.
Malaysia to begin delayed graft trial of former PM Najib next week
The corruption trial of former Malaysian prime minister Najib Razak on charges linked to a multibillion-dollar scandal at state fund 1MDB will start next week after a delay of nearly two months, his lawyer said on Thursday.
European court’s adviser urges quicker fines to states that breach EU law
European Union countries should be fined more quickly if they fail to apply EU rules, the adviser to the bloc’s top court said on Thursday, in a landmark case that could hasten lengthy procedures against offending EU governments.
UK PM’s May’s Brexit deal is ‘rancid’: Conservative lawmaker Francois
Brexit-supporting Conservative Party lawmaker Mark Francois said on Thursday that Prime Minister Theresa May’s European Union divorce deal was “rancid” and that he would vote against it again.
