As Maduro holds on, Venezuela opposition eyes negotiated transition
Venezuela’s opposition is trying to convince ruling Socialist Party officials to join a transition government, shifting focus as it seeks to unseat President Nicolas Maduro, who has clung to power in the face of growing international pressure and U.S. …
Factbox: Who has quit Theresa May’s Conservative Party? And what does it mean?
Three pro-EU lawmakers from Britain’s governing Conservative Party quit to join an independent group in parliament on Wednesday, in a blow to Prime Minister Theresa May’s attempts to unite her party around her Brexit plans.
Text: Resignation letter of three lawmakers who quit UK PM May’s Conservatives
Three pro-EU lawmakers from Britain’s governing Conservative Party quit to join an independent group in parliament on Wednesday, in a blow to Prime Minister Theresa May’s attempts to unite her party around her Brexit plans.
Russian President Putin’s address to parliament
The following are highlights from Russian President Vladimir Putin’s annual address to parliament on Wednesday. The highlights will be continuously updated throughout the speech.
UK PM May ‘saddened’ by three lawmakers quitting her party over Brexit
British Prime Minister Theresa May said on Wednesday she was saddened by the decision of three of her lawmakers to quit the Conservative Party over her Brexit policy, but said she was doing the right thing for the country.
Britain strips citizenship from teenager who joined Islamic State in Syria
Britain stripped a teenager who traveled to join Islamic State of her citizenship on security grounds, triggering a row over the ramifications of leaving a 19-year-old mother with a jihadist fighter’s child to fend for herself in a war zone.
Senior Chinese general jailed for life for graft
A Chinese military court sentenced a senior general who had been chief of a top defense department to life in prison on Wednesday after finding him guilt of corruption, state news agency Xinhua reported.
French senators call for perjury investigation against ex-Macron aide Benalla
A French senate committee on Wednesday recommended President Emmanuel Macron’s former security aide, Alexandre Benalla, be prosecuted for perjury during a seven-month investigation into his violent conduct on the sidelines of a protest.
Putin: We’ll target USA if Washington deploys missiles in Europe
Russia will respond to any U.S. deployment of short or intermediate-range nuclear weapons in Europe by targeting not only the countries where they are stationed, but the United States itself, President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday.
Syrian fighters start to evacuate civilians from Islamic State pocket: spokesman
Trucks began evacuating civilians from Islamic State’s last pocket of ground in east Syria on Wednesday, a spokesman for U.S.-backed fighters there said, a step seen as crucial towards the final capture of the area.
