May losing support for no-deal Brexit if EU rejects Chequers plan: report
British Prime Minister Theresa May is losing cabinet support for her plan to revert to a ‘no-deal’ Brexit if Europe rejects the Chequers proposals, The Times newspaper reported, citing sources.
U.S. pressure could work only if Iran deal survives: France
France’s president said on Wednesday that the United States’ sanctions policy on Iran could force Tehran to negotiate, but only if European powers are able to ensure it sticks to a 2015 nuclear deal that is preventing hard-liners from taking control.
Court orders Polish PM to correct election rally comments
A court on Wednesday ordered Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki to correct within 48 hours comments he made comparing his government’s record with its predecessor’s, during a crucial election campaign.
Latam nations, Canada ask ICC to probe Venezuela government
A group of Latin American countries and Canada said on Wednesday they had asked the International Criminal Court to investigate Venezuela’s government over allegations of crimes against humanity in using force to repress political opponents.
Cuba’s president tells U.N. will continue Castro brothers’ project
Cuba’s new president, Miguel Diaz-Canel, born after its 1959 revolution, said at the United Nations General Assembly on Wednesday his mandate represents a generational handover but he will continue the work started by the Castro brothers.
Erdogan urges Germany to designate Gulen network a terrorist group
President Tayyip Erdogan urged Germany in a newspaper article on the eve of his state visit there to designate the Fethullah Gulen movement, which Turkey blames for a failed 2016 coup, as a terrorist organization.
Pompeo to return to North Korea next month to prepare second Trump summit
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said he had a “very positive” meeting with North Korea’s foreign minister on Wednesday and will visit Pyongyang again next month to prepare for a second summit between President Donald Trump and North Korean leader K…
Venezuela’s Maduro heads to New York, Trump says open to meeting
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro headed for New York on Wednesday to attend the United Nations General Assembly and U.S. President Donald Trump said he would be open to meeting the socialist leader of the crisis-stricken South American nation.
‘We all earn the same’: Venezuela minimum wage hike angers skilled workers
Yusbell Arcaya used to earn more than seven times the minimum wage as a human resources analyst at a university in western Venezuela, but socialist President Nicolas Maduro’s economic reforms changed all that.
‘True identity’ of Salisbury suspect revealed, UK defense minister says
British defense minister Gavin Williamson said the “true identity” of one of the suspects in a nerve agent attack on a former Russian spy in Salisbury had been revealed, apparently confirming media reports that the suspect was a Russian colonel.
