Text: venezuela on thursday accused the united states of blocking the country 's negotiations with the dominican republic on buying a refinery company from the country .

Summary: venezuela accuses u.s. of blocking refinery buying


Text: ireland announced tuesday it 's expelling an israeli diplomat in punishment for the alleged mossad use of forged irish passports to assassinate a top hamas official in dubai .

Summary: ireland expels israeli over forged passports


Text: a german federal court on friday rejected an appeal from prosecutors against its refusal to issue an arrest warrant for a german man detained in france in connection with a deadly attack on a tunisian synagogue .

Summary: german prosecutors fail again to secure arrest warrant for german suspected in tunisia attack


Text: german consumer expectations for the coming month held steady in may , as anxiety over job security weighed on broader hopes that the economy may be improving , according to a survey released tuesday .

Summary:
german consumer confidence holds steady