Thailand boat accident: One dead, 56 missing after tourist boat sinks
BANGKOK (Reuters) – A Chinese man has died and 56 other people are missing after a tourist boat capsized in turbulent waters off the coast of Thailand’s popular Phuket tourist island.
Pompeo to land in North Korea seeking initial list of nuclear sites for declaration
SEOUL/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will visit North Korea on Friday, seeking to secure the remains of some 200 U.S. troops missing from the Korean War and initial agreement on the North’s nuclear facilities to be declared….
Struggling to save nuclear deal, Iran and world powers meet
VIENNA (Reuters) – Iran wants world powers to present measures guaranteeing oil revenue and investment into the country despite U.S. sanctions when ministers meet on Friday to save the 2015 nuclear deal, but European states will fall short of its deman…
Verdict expected Friday in ex-Pakistani PM Sharif’s corruption trial
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – A Pakistani court is due to rule on Friday in an anti-corruption case against ousted Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and his daughter over the ownership of luxurious London properties that could see the former leader jailed if found g…
Rescuers consider ‘alternative’ routes to save Thailand’s trapped boys
CHIANG RAI (Reuters) – Rescuers in Thailand are trying to find alternative ways to rescue 12 boys and their soccer coach trapped inside a cave complex for 13 days, as teams brace for heavy rain which could further delay the operation.
Several ex-members of Japan doomsday cult including leader executed: media
TOKYO (Reuters) – The former leader of Aum and several other members of the Japanese doomsday cult that carried out a deadly sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway in 1995 were executed on Friday, public broadcaster NHK reported.
As Pompeo heads to North Korea, U.S. State Department denies softening
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The State Department on Thursday denied that the United States had softened its approach toward North Korea’s denuclearization, as U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo heads to Pyongyang hoping to hammer out a roadmap for its nucl…
China reported to have tried to recruit conservative German lawmaker as spy: media
BERLIN (Reuters) – Chinese individuals contacted a conservative lawmaker in the German parliament several times in the summer of 2016, offering him money in exchange for his expertise and insider knowledge, the Sueddeutsche Zeitung newspaper reported o…
Israeli court suspends razing of Bedouin village in West Bank: lawyer
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel’s top court suspended on Thursday the planned demolition of a Bedouin village in the occupied West Bank whose fate has become a focus of Palestinian protests and international concern, a lawyer for the residents said.
Canada’s Trudeau, facing groping allegation, says he apologized, did nothing wrong
OTTAWA (Reuters) – Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, a supporter of feminist causes, on Thursday conceded for the first time that he had apologized in 2000 to a woman who accused him of groping her but insisted he did not feel he had done anythin…
