Pompeo expected to return from North Korea with detained Americans: South Korean official
SEOUL (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is expected to return from North Korea with three American detainees, as well as details of an upcoming summit between leader Kim Jong Un and U.S. President Donald Trump, a South Korean official sai…
Trump ignores European pleas and abandons ‘defective’ Iran nuclear deal
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump on Tuesday pulled the United States out of an international nuclear deal with Iran, raising the risk of conflict in the Middle East, upsetting European allies and casting uncertainty over global oil supplie…
UK PM May suffers upper house defeat over plans to leave EU single market
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s upper house of parliament on Tuesday inflicted another embarrassing defeat on Prime Minister Theresa May’s government on Tuesday, challenging her plan to leave the European Union’s single market after Brexit.
Pompeo arrives in North Korea; Trump cites hope for detainees
PYONGYANG (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo arrived in Pyongyang on Wednesday to prepare an unprecedented summit between North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and Donald Trump, while the U.S. president signaled the possibility that three Americ…
China, Japan and South Korea to highlight unity amid North Korea moves
TOKYO (Reuters) – The leaders of China, Japan and South Korea meet in Tokyo on Wednesday in a powerful gesture of solidarity against the backdrop of historic diplomatic moves by North Korea and a push for the isolated country to give up its nuclear wea…
U.S. trade embargo has cost Cuba $130 billion, U.N. says
HAVANA (Reuters) – A United Nations agency said on Tuesday an “unjust” U.S. financial and trade embargo on Cuba had cost the country’s economy $130 billion over nearly six decades, coming up with the same estimate as the island’s communist government….
Trump abandons ‘defective’ Iran nuclear deal, will revive sanctions
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump on Tuesday pulled the United States out of an international nuclear deal with Iran, raising the risk of conflict in the Middle East, upsetting European allies and casting uncertainty over global oil supplie…
Malaysians vote in toughest election yet for ruling coalition
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – Malaysians voted on Wednesday in a cliffhanger election pitting Prime Minister Najib Razak’s coalition against a resurgent opposition led by 92-year-old former leader Mahathir Mohamad, but the government is expected to clinch a…
Iran ‘grand bargain’ all but impossible as U.S. exits nuclear pact
PARIS/WASHINGTON/ANKARA (Reuters) – The chances of securing a wider agreement with Iran on its nuclear, missile and regional activities appear slim at best after the U.S. withdrawal from the Iran nuclear deal, current and former diplomats said.
Syrian state media says Israel attacked just after U.S. quit Iran deal
JERUSALEM/BEIRUT (Reuters) – Syrian state media accused Israel of launching missiles at a target near Damascus on Tuesday, shortly after U.S. President Donald Trump announced he was quitting the Iranian nuclear deal, a move that had prompted Israel to …
