Monthly Archives: July 2019

UK PM candidate Johnson: I would not back U.S. military action against Iran

Posted on July 15, 2019 by Reuters: World News

The leading candidate to become Britain's next Prime Minister, lawmaker Boris Johnson, said on Monday he would not currently back the United States if it took military action against Iran.

Nuclear deal parties not ready to launch dispute mechanism against Iran, prefer more diplomacy: EU

Posted on July 15, 2019 by Reuters: World News

The remaining parties to the Iran nuclear deal do not see Tehran's breaches as significant and do not intend for now to trigger the pact's dispute mechanism, preferring more diplomacy to ease the crisis, the EU foreign policy chief said on Monday.

France’s Macron pledges to relaunch Serbia-Kosovo dialogue

Posted on July 15, 2019 by Reuters: World News

French President Emmanuel Macron said on Monday he would to help relaunch talks to normalize ties between Serbia and Kosovo in the next few weeks.

U.S., Russia to discuss nuclear arms limits in Geneva on Wednesday: officials

Posted on July 15, 2019 by Reuters: World News

Representatives from the United States and Russia are set to meet in Geneva on Wednesday to explore the idea of a new accord limiting nuclear arms that could eventually include China, U.S. senior administration officials said on Monday.

Turkey’s Erdogan says Russian S-400s will be fully deployed by April 2020

Posted on July 15, 2019 by Reuters: World News

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Monday that the Russian S-400 missile defense system, parts of which have been delivered to Turkey over the past four days, is expected to be fully deployed in April 2020.

Britain tells Canada and France to pull their weight on Ebola

Posted on July 15, 2019 by Reuters: World News

Britain's international development minister Rory Stewart called on France and Canada on Monday to offer more help in tackling the Ebola outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo.

UK PM candidates say time limit would not make Northern Irish backstop acceptable

Posted on July 15, 2019 by Reuters: World News

The two candidates vying to be Britain's next prime minister both said on Monday that they would not be willing to accept the so-called Northern Irish backstop element of Theresa May's Brexit deal, even if a time limit was set.

Greek man detained in US scientist’s murder in Nazi bunker on Crete

Posted on July 15, 2019 by Robert Gearty

Police on the Greek island of Crete have detained a man in the killing of an American scientist who was reported missing and later was found dead in an abandoned bunker used by the Nazis during World War II, it was reported Monday.

Kuwait hands Muslim Brotherhood-linked militants to Egypt: KUNA

Posted on July 15, 2019 by Reuters: World News

Kuwait has handed over to Egypt eight Egyptians who it said had admitted to carrying out terrorist operations in their home country, and had fled to Kuwait after being convicted in Egypt, the state news agency KUNA reported.

U.N. says Yemeni warring sides agree port ceasefire moves

Posted on July 15, 2019 by Reuters: World News

Yemen's warring parties have agreed new measures to enforce a ceasefire and facilitate a troop pullback from the flashpoint port of Hodeidah, the United Nations said on Monday.

Trial begins with high stakes for U.S.-Turkey ties, ex-Trump adviser Flynn

Posted on July 15, 2019 by Reuters: World News

In a court case that could further strain U.S. relations with Turkey and weigh on the sentencing of former U.S. national security adviser Michael Flynn, a criminal trial began on Monday involving a former Iranian-American business partner of Flynn.

Czech Social Democrats dig in heels over minister nominee, threatening government

Posted on July 15, 2019 by Reuters: World News

The Czech Republic's junior coalition party the Social Democrats said on Monday they were sticking with their preferred candidate for culture minister, prolonging a spat that is threatening the survival of Prime Minister Andrej Babis's minority government.

Von der Leyen pledges social and climate reforms ahead of crunch EU vote

Posted on July 15, 2019 by Reuters: World News

The European Union's nominee to head its executive Commission proffered economic, environmental and social reforms in a bid for support from a lukewarm EU parliament in a confirmation vote taking place on Tuesday.

Israel says EU’s response on Iran recalls Nazi appeasement

Posted on July 15, 2019 by Reuters: World News

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu condemned a European Union response on Monday to Iran's breaches of nuclear limitations, saying it recalled failed diplomacy with Nazi Germany ahead of World War Two.

France’s Macron to speak to Rouhani, Putin and Trump to ease Iran tension

Posted on July 15, 2019 by Reuters: World News

French President Emmanuel Macron said on Monday he would speak to Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, Russia's Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Donald Trump this week as part of a French initiative to prevent an escalation of tensions in the Middle East.

Georgia man confirmed dead in Dominican Republic only the latest case in string of American fatalities there

Posted on July 15, 2019 by Nicole Darrah

The State Department on Sunday confirmed another American fatality in the Dominican Republic, a tourist who died of "respiratory illness" in March -- and who is the 11th American to die in the Caribbean country this year.

Tweets ‘not at all’ racist: Trump

Posted on July 15, 2019 by Reuters Video: World News

President Trump on Monday denied that his tweets about four Democratic congresswomen were racist. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).

Brazil vice president says country is staying in Paris climate accord

Posted on July 15, 2019 by Reuters: World News

Brazil's Vice President Hamilton Mourao said on Monday he considers it "impossible" for Brazil to leave the Paris Agreement on climate change.

Czech Social Democrats stick to minister nominee in government dispute

Posted on July 15, 2019 by Reuters: World News

The Czech Republic's junior coalition party the Social Democrats said on Monday they were sticking with their preferred candidate for culture minister, prolonging a spat that is threatening the survival of Prime Minister Andrej Babis's minority government.

Guatemalan court halts ‘safe third country’ designation for asylum seekers

Posted on July 15, 2019 by Reuters: World News

Guatemala's Constitutional Court has blocked President Jimmy Morales from immediately declaring the poor Central American nation a safe third country for asylum-seekers, amid growing pushback to U.S. pressure that it absorb large numbers of migrants.