Macron’s strategist says goal is to reshape fracturing EU politics
Europe’s fragmenting political landscape is an opportunity for Emmanuel Macron to blow apart Brussels’ traditional left-right duopoly in next year’s European election, the newly appointed head of the French president’s EU campaign said.
Austria to shun global migration pact on sovereignty worries
Austria will follow the United States and Hungary in backing out of a United Nations migration pact over concerns it will blur the line between legal and illegal migration, the right-wing government said on Wednesday.
Nigerian Shi’ite group says 42 killed when security forces fired upon protests
The movement of a jailed Nigerian Shi’ite cleric whose followers have repeatedly been targeted by the authorities said on Wednesday security forces had killed 42 of its members during two days of violent crackdowns on protests in the capital Abuja.
Exhibition depicting death camp survivor’s trauma opens at Auschwitz
David Olere, a former Auschwitz prisoner who helped dispose of bodies at the Nazi death camp, depicted his trauma of the horrors he witnessed in haunting drawings and paintings.
South Sudan rebel leader Machar returns to mark peace deal
South Sudan rebel leader Riek Machar returned to the capital Juba on Wednesday to celebrate a peace deal, more than two years after fierce fighting erupted in the city and forced him to flee the country.
Republican senators urge Trump to suspend nuclear talks with Saudi Arabia
A group of Republican senators asked U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday to suspend civilian nuclear talks with Saudi Arabia after the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi and Saudi actions in Yemen and Lebanon.
Saudi prosecutor completes inspections in Turkey, heads to airport: NTV
Saudi Arabia’s public prosecutor has completed his inspections in Turkey and is heading to Istanbul’s Ataturk airport, Turkish broadcaster NTV said on Wednesday, after he held three days of talks with Turkish officials on the killing of journalist Jama…
Myanmar officials try to convince Rohingya to return, accept ID cards
Myanmar officials visited camps for Rohingya Muslim refugees in Bangladesh on Wednesday in an effort to kickstart a process to repatriate hundreds of thousands who fled an army crackdown last year.
Taliban assign ex-Guantanamo inmates as future peace brokers
The Taliban have appointed five former commanders who spent more than a decade as prisoners in Guantanamo Bay as members of the political office in Qatar where they will take part in any future peace talks, officials in the movement said.
Rouhani tells Iranians to brace for hard times under U.S. sanctions
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has warned Iranians they face hard times when new U.S. sanctions take effect on Sunday but said the government would do its best to alleviate them.
