LONDON (Reuters) - Pro-Brexit lawmakers heaped pressure on British Prime Minister Theresa May on Wednesday over her future customs plans with the European Union, calling on her to drop what some say is her preferred proposal. Source: Reuters World News
MANILA (Reuters) - The Philippine has completed the purchase of its first-ever ship-borne missile systems, boosting its maritime deterrent as part of a military modernization program, defense and navy officials said on Wednesday. Source: Reuters World News
YEREVAN (Reuters) - Armenian protesters blocked roads in and around the capital on Wednesday, responding to a call from opposition leader Nikol Pashinyan for a campaign of civil disobedience to force the ruling elite to relinquish its grip on power. Source: Reuters World News
TRIPOLI (Reuters) - At least seven people were killed in an attack on the offices of Libya's electoral commission in Tripoli on Wednesday, a spokesman for the commission said. Source: Reuters World News
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accused Mahmoud Abbas of anti-Semitism and Holocaust denial on Wednesday after the Palestinian leader suggested in a speech that historic persecution of European Jews had been caused by their conduct. Source: Reuters World News
ROME (Reuters) - Italian President Sergio Mattarella has ruled out the possibility of early elections in June, preferring instead to have a new government in place to pass the 2019 budget, a presidential palace source said on Wednesday. Source: Reuters World News
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's foreign ministry on Wednesday reiterated that all sides should continue to uphold the Iran nuclear agreement, and that the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has said many times Iran is in compliance with the deal. Source: Reuters World News
YANGON (Reuters) - A judge in Myanmar declared on Wednesday that a witness who said two Reuters reporters accused of possessing state secrets were framed by police was credible, dealing a blow to the prosecution in what has become a landmark press freedom case. Source: Reuters World News
Seychelles is set to get automatic weather stations on seven of its outer islands following the signing of an agreement between the Islands Development Company (IDC) and the Meteorological Authority last week. The automatic weather stations which are automated versions of the traditional weather stations will be set up on Coëtivy, Alphonse, Providence, Farquhar, Assumption, [...]
ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey's main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) and three other opposition parties have reached a deal on an alliance for snap parliamentary elections on June 24, a CHP official said on Wednesday. Source: Reuters World News