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Choice of Taiwan premier shows economy a top priority
TAIPEI (Reuters) – Taiwan president-elect Tsai Ing-wen will appoint a former finance minister, Lin Chuan, as premier, her Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) said on Monday, a move that suggests one of Tsai’s top priorities is the economy.
Myanmar army releases 46 underage recruits: U.N.
YANGON (Reuters) – Myanmar’s military released 46 children and young people from service, the United Nations said in a statement on Monday, in its first discharge of underage recruits this year.
Senior Saudi prince condemns Obama comments on Middle East
RIYADH (Reuters) – A senior Saudi Arabian prince on Monday condemned comments attributed to U.S. President Barack Obama, saying the American leader had “thrown us a curve ball” in criticizing Riyadh’s regional role.
Russia calls Polish comments on Smolensk air crash ridiculous
MOSCOW (Reuters) – The chief spokesman of the Russian state agency that investigates crime on Monday described as ridiculous and silly comments by Poland’s defense minister that foul play caused the 2010 plane crash that killed the then Polish president.
Thai PM boosts security in Muslim south after attacks
NARATHIWAT, Thailand (Reuters) – Thai Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha told the army on Monday to increase security in the country’s Muslim-majority southern provinces following attacks at the weekend.
Kremlin spokesman calls Polish comments on Smolensk crash ‘groundless’
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov on Monday described as groundless and unobjective an assertion by Poland’s defense minister that foul play was behind a 2010 plane crash that killed the then Polish president.
Syrian war creates child refugees and child soldiers: report
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Syria’s five-year-old conflict has created 2.4 million child refugees, killed many and led to the recruitment of children as fighters, some as young as seven, U.N. children’s fund UNICEF said on Monday.
U.N. rights envoy urges prosecution of North Korean leader
GENEVA (Reuters) – The United Nations human rights investigator for North Korea called on Monday for leader Kim Jong Un and senior officials in the country to be prosecuted for committing crimes against humanity.
Three migrants drown trying to cross river to Macedonia: police
SKOPJE (Reuters) – Three migrants drowned while trying to cross a river close to the Greece-Macedonia border that had been swelled by heavy rain, police in Macedonia said on Monday.The bodies of two men and a woman were found in the river early on Monday, a police spokeswoman said. Authorities helped another 23 migrants who were taken to a migrant transit camp in Macedonia. Their nationalities were not confirmed.
Serbian prosecutors probe Hellfire missiles found on Beirut flight
BELGRADE (Reuters) – Serbian authorities have found two U.S.-made guided Hellfire missiles inside wooden crates at Belgrade airport bound for Portland, Oregon, in the United States and are investigating them, a source at the prosecutor’s office said on Monday.
U.N. aims for Syria talks to produce roadmap, no ‘Plan B’ but war
GENEVA (Reuters) – Syria faces a moment of truth, U.N. mediator Staffan de Mistura said on Monday as he opened the first of three rounds of peace talks envisaged to negotiate a “clear roadmap” for a future Syria.
Vietnam protesters denounce China on anniversary of navy battle
HANOI (Reuters) – Demonstrators marched in Vietnam’s capital on Monday to mark the 28th anniversary of a bloody naval battle with China and to denounce Beijing’s growing assertiveness in the hotly contested waters of the South China Sea.
China steps up war of words with United States over human rights
BEIJING (Reuters) – China hit back at the United States over its human rights record on Monday, bringing out government-backed academics to accuse Washington of everything from promoting Islamic State to being a racist plutocracy.
UAE armed forces say fighter jet in Yemen missing: state media
DUBAI (Reuters) – A United Arab Emirates fighter plane taking part in Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen is missing, the UAE armed forces said in a statement on state news agency WAM on Monday without giving further details.
U.S. sailor arrested in Okinawa for suspected rape
TOKYO (Reuters) – A U.S. serviceman stationed in Japan’s southern island of Okinawa was arrested on suspicion of raping a woman, Japanese police said on Monday, likely adding to complications for a controversial plan to relocate a U.S. airbase on the island.
Three Palestinians attack Israelis in West Bank, shot dead: army
KIRYAT ARBA, West Bank (Reuters) – Three Palestinians carried out back-to-back gun and car-ramming attacks on Israelis near a Jewish settlement in the occupied West Bank on Monday and were shot dead by the army, it said.
China’s Xi says military must develop cutting edge technology
BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s military must pour efforts into developing cutting edge defense technology, which has strategic significance, China’s President Xi Jinping said on Sunday, according to state media reports.
Russia ready to cooperate with US-led coalition in fight for Syria’s Raqqa: Interfax
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia is ready to coordinate its actions with the U.S.-led coalition in Syria to push the Islamic State group out of Raqqa, Interfax news agency quoted Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov as saying.
French business heavyweights in Australia in hopes of sealing subs deal
CANBERRA (Reuters) – France has sent it largest business delegation in nearly two decades to Australia, spruiking the economic benefits of its bid for the A$50 billion ($38 billion) contract to build a fleet of 12 stealth submarines for Australia.
Election setback a ‘wake-up call’ for Merkel, media and politicians say
BERLIN (Reuters) – Critics of Chancellor Angela Merkel’s open-door refugee policies called on her to change course after voters in three regional elections punished her conservatives and flocked to a new anti-immigration party that wants German borders closed.
Turkish warplanes hit Kurdish militant PKK camps in northern Iraq: army
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkish warplanes bombed camps belonging to the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) in northern Iraq early on Monday, Turkey’s army said, following a car bomb attack in Ankara that killed at least 37 people.
Australia ‘deeply concerned’ over arrest of journalists in Malaysia
CANBERRA (Reuters) – Australia is deeply concerned over the arrest of two Australian journalists in Malaysia after they attempted to question Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak over corruption allegations, Foreign Minister Julie Bishop said on Monday.
Australia’s foreign minister to raise missile tests with Iranian counterpart
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop said on Monday she will challenge her Iranian counterpart when they meet this week over reported missile tests during a military exercise that drew the threat of a diplomatic response from the United States.
Small plane crashes into rural Bolivian market, kills seven
LA PAZ (Reuters) – A small plane crashed into a market in rural Santa Ana del Yacuma in northeast Bolivia’s Beni region on Sunday, killing seven people and injuring another 15, local police said.
Obama tells Cuban dissidents he will discuss rights with Castro
HAVANA (Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama promised one of Cuba’s most prominent dissident groups he would raise the issues of freedom of speech and assembly with Cuban President Raul Castro during his March 20-22 visit to the Caribbean island.
Saudi Arabia says it will punish anyone linked to Hezbollah
DUBAI (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia said on Sunday it would punish anyone who belongs to Lebanon’s Iran-backed Shi’ite Islamist group Hezbollah, sympathises with it, supports it financially or harbours any of its members.
Ten suspected gang members killed in gunfight in northeast Mexico
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – At least 10 suspected gang members were killed on Sunday in an early morning firefight with federal security forces in the dangerous northeastern Mexican city of Reynosa, the state government said.
Syria talks set to struggle despite foreign pressure
BEIRUT/GENEVA (Reuters) – Syria peace talks due to begin in Geneva this week look set to struggle with the sides showing no sign of compromise over the issue at the heart of the five-year-long conflict: the future of President Bashar al-Assad.
Moroccans protest over U.N. Ban’s West Sahara position
RABAT (Reuters) – Tens of thousands of Moroccans marched though the capital Rabat on Sunday to protest against U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon’s position on the Western Sahara dispute and rally support for the king.
U.S. says looking for way to move forward on Israel, Palestinian peace
PARIS (Reuters) – The United States is looking for a way to break the deadlock between Israel and the Palestinians, Secretary of State John Kerry said on Sunday, acknowledging that by itself it could not find a solution.
France says EU could impose sanctions over Iran missile tests
PARIS (Reuters) – The European Union could impose sanctions on Iran over its recent ballistic missile tests, France’s foreign minister said on Sunday.
Egypt’s justice minister to step down after comments criticized as blasphemous
CAIRO (Reuters) – Egypt’s justice minister was asked to resign by the prime minister on Sunday, judicial sources said, after being criticized for saying he would jail Islam’s Prophet Mohammad himself if he broke the law.
Twelve dead in Ivory Coast resort town attack, police source says
GRAND BASSAM, Ivory Coast (Reuters) – At least 12 people including four Europeans were killed on Sunday when gunmen opened fire on beachgoers at a resort town in Ivory Coast, a officer from the national police said.
Explosion kills and wounds people in central Ankara, official says
ANKARA (Reuters) – An explosion rocked the Turkish capital of Ankara on Sunday, killing and wounding an unknown number of people, a senior security official said.
Belarus detains prominent businessman formerly close to president
MINSK (Reuters) – The Belarussian security service said on Sunday it had detained prominent businessman Yury Chizh on suspicion of large-scale tax evasion.
South Africa’s Gordhan given deadline by police in spy unit case-report
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – South African Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan has been given until Monday to answer questions posed by a special police unit on his role in setting up a spy unit at the revenue service, a local newspaper reported on Sunday.
U.S., France say Syrian government trying to spoil peace talks
PARIS (Reuters) – The United States and France said on Sunday that comments by Syrian government officials ahead of a new round of peace talks were a provocation and Russia and Iran would need to show the Syrian government was “living up to” what had been agreed.
Polish minister says foul play behind president’s jet crash
WARSAW (Reuters) – Poland’s defense minister appeared to suggest the death of president Lech Kaczynski in a 2010 plane crash in western Russia was the result of foul play, an allegation that is likely to test already troubled relations with Moscow.
Brazilians return to streets to call for Rousseff’s exit
BRASILIA (Reuters) – Thousands of protestors poured onto the streets of major cities on Sunday to demand the removal of President Dilma Rousseff amid Brazil’s worst political and economic crisis in a generation.
Saudi forces kill woman during raid to capture wanted man: agency
DUBAI (Reuters) – Saudi security forces shot dead a woman armed with a machine gun during a raid to arrest a man suspected of involvement in attacks on Shi’ite Muslims and on security forces, state news agency SPA reported on Sunday.
At least 17 militants killed in southern Yemen: witnesses
ADEN (Reuters) – Air strikes killed at least 17 suspected al-Qaeda militants overnight in the southern Yemeni port city of Aden, witnesses, medics and a security official said on Sunday.
Al Qaeda in Syria seizes bases, weapons of Western-backed group: monitor
BEIRUT (Reuters) – The al Qaeda-linked Nusra Front seized bases and weapons from a Western-backed rebel group in overnight fighting in northwestern Syria, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said on Sunday.
Doctor urged psychiatric hospital for Germanwings pilot before crash
PARIS (Reuters) – A doctor recommended that the German pilot who crashed a Germanwings jet into the Alps last year should be treated in a psychiatric hospital two weeks before the disaster, French investigators said on Sunday.
New Spanish election would not break political deadlock: survey
MADRID (Reuters) – Spaniards would vote the same way as they did in a Dec. 20 election in the event of a new poll, resulting in no clear mandate to govern and continued political deadlock, a survey published in El Pais newspaper showed on Sunday,
North Korea denies cyber attacks on South Korea officials
SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korea on Sunday denied that it conducted cyber attacks against officials from rival South Korea, calling the South’s accusation that it did so a “fabrication”.
Border attack feeds Tunisia fears of Libya jihadist spillover
TUNIS/ALGIERS (Reuters) – The signal to attack came from the mosque, sending dozens of Islamist fighters storming through the Tunisian town of Ben Guerdan to hit army and police posts in street battles that lit the dawn sky with tracer bullets.
China’s top judge says large jump in terrorism convictions
BEIJING (Reuters) – Chinese courts convicted more than 1,400 people last year for harming national security, including taking part in terrorism and secessionist activities, China’s top judge said on Sunday, double a broadly equivalent number given for 2014.
Amid sea disputes, China to set up maritime ‘judicial center’
BEIJING (Reuters) – China plans to set up an “international maritime judicial center” to help protect the country’s sovereignty and rights at sea, its top judge said on Sunday.
Libya’s Presidential Council calls for transfer of power to unity government
TUNIS (Reuters) – Libya’s U.N.-backed Presidential Council called on Saturday on the country’s institutions to begin a transfer of authority to a unity government, and appealed to the international community to stop dealing with any rival powers.
Obama to visit London in bid to keep UK in the EU: report
LONDON (Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama will come to London in April and urge British voters to back continued membership of the European Union, The Independent on Sunday newspaper reported.
Merkel crosses fingers before German ‘Super Sunday’ regional polls
BERLIN (Reuters) – Germans vote in three regional state elections on Sunday, with Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservatives at risk of setbacks that would weaken her just as she tries to push through a deal to resolve Europe’s migrant crisis.
Social Democrat leaders press for EU drive on growth
PARIS (Reuters) – The leaders of France and Italy led European Social Democrats on Saturday in calling for a batch of EU initiatives to revive economic growth, create jobs and restore hope to Europe’s youth.
Portugal’s parliament could reject Turkey refugee aid, Greek loans – PM
LISBON (Reuters) – Portugal’s divided parliament may refuse to approve Lisbon’s contribution to new bailout loans for Greece and a European Union aid package to help Turkey deal with the migrant crisis, Prime Minister Antonio Costa said on Saturday.
Brazil’s PMDB to decide on breaking with Rousseff in 30 days
BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff’s main coalition partner served notice on Saturday that it could break from her embattled Workers’ Party government in 30 days and join opposition efforts to unseat the leftist leader.
Venezuela opposition begins protests, Maduro counters
CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuela’s opposition launched a new protest campaign on Saturday to oust President Nicolas Maduro, but support was thin and the ruling Socialists countered it with their own “anti-imperialist” rally.
Islamic State using birth control to keep supply of sex slave: NY Times
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Islamic State is using several forms of contraception to maintain its supply of sex slaves, the New York Times reported on Saturday, citing interviews with more than three dozen Yazidi women who escaped from the militant group.
Israel calls on powers to punish Iran for its missile tests
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Saturday called for world powers to take “immediate punitive steps” against Iran, following its ballistic missile tests last week.
Greece steps up efforts to move migrants to sheltered camps
ATHENS/IDOMENI (Reuters) – Greece increased efforts on Saturday to move thousands of migrants near the border with Macedonia to sheltered camps, as the spread of infection became a concern with two people in a sprawling tent city diagnosed with Hepatitis A.
Iran’s Rouhani criticizes ‘revolutionary’ opponents as rift widens
DUBAI (Reuters) – Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani defended his nuclear deal with world powers and his policy of detente with the West, saying on Saturday that his “revolutionary” opponents sought their own interests, not those of the people.
Slovak National Party refuses talks on center-right coalition, deepens deadlock
BRATISLAVA (Reuters) – Slovak National Party leader Andrej Danko, a potential kingmaker in government coalition talks, refused on Saturday to join a wide coalition of center-right parties, deepening the political deadlock after last weekend’s inconclusive election.
Trump without the hair? EU’s migration policy gets rough
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Europe’s emerging migration policy is looking increasingly like Donald Trump without the hair.
Former employee of French embassy arrested in Tehran
DUBAI (Reuters) – A former employee of the French embassy in Tehran has been arrested at the airport after arriving in Iran to visit her critically ill mother, the opposition website Kalemeh reported on Saturday.
Scotland’s SNP to start rebuilding independence campaign this summer
GLASGOW, Scotland (Reuters) – The Scottish National Party (SNP) will start building a new case for independence from the United Kingdom this summer, party leader and Scottish government head Nicola Sturgeon said on Saturday.
German tourist industry hits ‘rocky road’ hiring new migrants
BERLIN (Reuters) – Burkhard Scholz, the manager of a four-star hotel on the wooded shore of a lake near Berlin, had 10 trainee jobs up for grabs last year. But he only found two people to fill them, one of whom was an asylum seeker from Afghanistan.
Gaza Hamas leaders seek ‘new era’ with Egypt after accusations
GAZA (Reuters) – Three senior leaders of Palestinian Islamist group Hamas traveled to Cairo on Saturday to try to repair relations with Egypt after years of tension.
Turkish air strikes kill 67 Kurdish militants in north Iraq: army
ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkey’s army said on Saturday it killed 67 Kurdish militants in air strikes on camps and ammunition storage sites in neighboring northern Iraq on Wednesday.
Poland defies rights body on top court ruling
WARSAW (Reuters) – Poland’s ruling conservatives said on Saturday they would disregard a ruling by the country’s top court that outlawed some of their legal reforms, putting them on a collision course with the European Union that has also criticized the changes.
Four on death row in Saudi Arabia for terrorism: newspaper
DUBAI (Reuters) – Death sentences against four Saudi men convicted of terrorism have been confirmed by 13 judges, a Saudi newspaper reported, raising the possibility of a new round of executions two months after 47 people including a prominent Shi’ite cleric were put to death.
Merkel defends migrant stance in last push before ‘Super Sunday’
BERLIN (Reuters) – With a passionate defense of her migrant policy, Chancellor Angela Merkel threw herself into one last campaign push on the eve of “Super Sunday” elections in three German states that risk weakening her.
Avalanche in Italian Alps kills two, several missing: media
ROME (Reuters) – A large avalanche in the Italian Alps has killed two and rescuers are searching for several others, Italian media reported on Saturday.
Man charged with Northern Irish car bombing as security stepped up
BELFAST (Reuters) – A 45-year-old man was charged on Saturday with attempting to murder a Northern Irish prison officer who was seriously injured in a car bomb a week ago, which was claimed by militant nationalists police fear are set to step up attacks.
U.S. accuses Uganda of rights violations after presidential vote
NAIROBI (Reuters) – Uganda has persistently violated the rights of its citizens and media in the aftermath of last month’s presidential election which saw President Yoweri Museveni retain his hold on power, the United States said.
Kosovo president’s office attacked with petrol bomb
PRISTINA (Reuters) – Masked assailants broke windows and threw a petrol bomb at the office of Kosovo’s president on Saturday but failed to set fire to the building, police said.
President’s troops partially break siege of Yemen’s third city
ADEN (Reuters) – Troops loyal to Yemen’s president have captured the western entrance to the strategic city of Taiz, partially breaking a siege by Houthi fighters allied with Iran, medical and military sources said on Saturday.
Damascus rejects any discussion of presidency at talks
BEIRUT (Reuters) – The Syrian government said on Saturday it would not discuss presidential elections at peace talks or hold talks with any party wishing to discuss the question of the presidency, as it confirmed its participation in U.N.-led peace talks next week.
U.S., South Korea stage assault drill; North threatens to wipe out enemies
POHANG, South Korea (Reuters) – U.S. and South Korean troops staged a big amphibious landing exercise on Saturday, storming simulated North Korean beach defenses amid heightened tension and threats by the North to annihilate its enemies.
Peruvians march against Fujimori after rivals barred from elections
LIMA (Reuters) – Thousands of Peruvians marched in downtown Lima on Friday to demand the electoral board bar presidential frontrunner Keiko Fujimori from next month’s vote after it disqualified two of her rivals in an unprecedented move that has shaken the race.
Iraqi Shi’ite cleric Sadr calls for sit-in to pressure PM on reforms
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Iraqi Shi’ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr on Saturday called for a sit-in starting next Friday at the gates of Baghdad’s heavily fortified Green Zone to put pressure on Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi to deliver on political reforms.Sadr, heir to a Shi’ite clerical dynasty persecuted under Saddam Hussein, on Feb. 12 gave Abadi 45 days to deliver on his promised changes or face a no-confidence vote in parliament.In a statement on his website, Sadr called for a sit-in starting on Mar
Gaza boy killed in Israeli air strike after militant rockets hit Israel
GAZA (Reuters) – Fragments from a missile fired by an Israeli aircraft killed a 10-year-old Palestinian boy in Hamas-controlled Gaza on Saturday, medical officials said, hours after militants launched rockets into Israel.
Europe needs to plug data gaps to track militants: German police head
BERLIN (Reuters) – Europe should set up a transnational data network to keep better track of Islamist militants who may have returned from Iraq and Syria, the head of German police said on Saturday.
Australian foreign minister to visit storm-hit Fiji
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia’s foreign minister, Julie Bishop, will travel to Fiji on Sunday to meet Fijian prime minister Frank Bainimarama and survey the damage wrought by cyclone Winston, her office said.
Syrians see few prospects for peace from Geneva talks
IDLIB, Syria/DAMASCUS (Reuters) – As peace talks are set to get under way in Geneva next week, residents in Syria from nurses to street vendors voice little optimism over the United Nations-backed negotiations’ chance of success.
Dead ex-Russian press minister may have been attacked outside hotel: source
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Police are investigating whether former Russian Press Minister Mikhail Lesin, who was found dead in a Washington hotel in November, was brutally assaulted before returning to the hotel, a U.S. law enforcement source said on Friday.
U.S. general sought greater powers in Afghanistan before exit
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. general who until last week commanded the NATO-led coalition in Afghanistan said on Friday he recommended broader scope for U.S. military activity as the country fends off a resilient Taliban insurgency.
Canada dam construction moves ahead following indigenous protest
TORONTO (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Construction of a major dam in northern Canada is moving full steam ahead after some work was halted by an occupation by indigenous activists angry about its impact on land rights, its builders say.
Brazil military will not meddle in political crisis: minister
BRASILIA (Reuters) – The Brazilian military will not interfere in a deepening political crisis that threatens leftist President Dilma Rousseff, Defense Minister Aldo Rebelo told Reuters in an interview.
Big audience for panel with Dalai Lama despite Beijing protest
GENEVA (Reuters) – The Dalai Lama took part in a panel of Nobel Peace Prize laureates in Geneva on Friday, addressing a full auditorium about Chinese repression in his native Tibet despite Beijing having urged people to shun the event.
Trudeau sees no flood of Americans to Canada if Trump wins
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Friday joked that he is not expecting an influx of unhappy Americans across the border if firebrand Republican Donald Trump becomes president.
Saudi kills six wanted for shooting soldier dead
DUBAI (Reuters) – Saudi authorities on Friday killed six men who shot dead their relative, a Saudi soldier, in a video they posted online after they pledged allegiance to the leader of Islamic State.
Charges, threat of jail cast Brazil’s Lula in familiar role: martyr
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – Criminal charges and a request by prosecutors to jail Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva are putting the former Brazilian president and leftist icon back in a role he has long relished: that of the martyr.
Lebanese minister says garbage crisis ’99 percent solved’
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Lebanon’s Interior Minister Nohad Machnouk said on Friday the country’s rubbish crisis had been “99 percent solved” at a government committee meeting on the issue.
U.S. to raise Iran’s ‘dangerous’ missile tests at U.N.
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The United States will raise during U.N. Security Council consultations next week the issue of Iran’s recent ballistic missile launches and is urging countries to cooperate on undermining Tehran’s missile program, the U.S. envoy to the United Nations said on Friday.
North Ireland deputy leader calls for unity vote if Britain leaves EU
BELFAST (Reuters) – Britain should commit to holding a vote to unite Ireland if its citizens choose to leave the European Union in a referendum in June, Northern Ireland’s nationalist deputy first minister said on Friday.
Arab League labels Hezbollah a terrorist organization
CAIRO (Reuters) – The Arab League labeled Shi’ite Hezbollah a terrorist organization at its meeting on Friday, Egyptian state news agency MENA said.
Russia scolds Britain for saying the Kremlin dreams of Brexit
LONDON (Reuters) – Russia scolded Britain on Friday for saying that Kremlin chief Vladimir Putin dreamed of weakening the West with a British exit from the European Union.
U.S. Secretary of State Kerry arrives in Saudi Arabia, to meet King Salman
HAFR AL-BATIN, Saudi Arabia (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry arrived in Saudi Arabia on Friday and was due to hold talks with King Salman and other senior Saudi officials, according to a U.S. pool reporter accompanying Kerry.
North Korea defector reveals late leader’s fears over libido and diabetes
LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – As North Korea grappled with a massive famine in the 1990s, scientists were working at an elite institute to find ways to boost then leader Kim Jong-il’s longevity – and his libido, a defector said on Friday.
Rights panel says Polish government top court reform endangers democracy
VENICE, Italy (Reuters) – Polish government’s attempted overhaul of the constitutional court would undermine the rule of law and the functioning of democracy in Poland, the rights body Council of Europe’s advisory panel said on Friday.
Italian left and right feud over poisonous city vote campaigns
ROME (Reuters) – Italy’s main left and right-wing parties have succumbed to savage in-fighting ahead of municipal elections slated for June, with fierce divisions in both blocs pointing to a possible shake up in national politics.
Europe rights body accuses Poland of threatening democracy
VENICE/WARSAW (Reuters) – A pan-European rights body accused Poland’s conservative government on Friday of undermining democracy in east Europe’s largest economy by crippling its top court, a move that could put Poland on a collision course with the European Union.
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