Mexican leftist heads to giant stadium for campaign finale
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexican presidential favorite Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador is due to wrap up his election campaign on Wednesday in the country’s largest soccer stadium, fortified by a new opinion poll showing his already-commanding lead growing …
Only with no confrontation can ties develop, China tells U.S. defense chief
BEIJING (Reuters) – Only with mutual respect and by avoiding confrontation can China and the United States develop together, but China will resolutely defend its sovereignty and security, China’s defense minister told his visiting U.S. counterpart on W…
After election boost, Turkey’s Erdogan may reward nationalists with cabinet jobs: sources
ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan could give his nationalist allies cabinet posts, sources said, rewarding their support for his AK Party in parliament and signaling a tough line against U.S.-backed Kurdish fighters in Syria and milit…
Britain’s Prince William enters occupied West Bank to meet Palestinian president
RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) – Britain’s Prince William traveled to the Israeli-occupied West Bank on Wednesday to meet Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas.
Putin to meet U.S. national security adviser Bolton: Kremlin
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin plans to meet U.S. National Security Adviser John Bolton in Moscow on Wednesday, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters.
U.N. rights envoy urges Myanmar to end discrimination against Rohingya
GENEVA (Reuters) – The United Nations human rights investigator on Myanmar called on the government on Wednesday to “dismantle the system of discrimination” against the Muslim Rohingya minority and to restore their rights to citizenship and property.
U.S., Russian officials discuss sanctions, Russian gas pipeline plans
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak said on Tuesday he discussed U.S. sanctions on Russia and Moscow’s plan to expand its Nord Stream gas pipeline to Germany, which has irked Washington, in talks with U.S. Treasury and Energy…
Poland backs down on Holocaust law, moves to remove jail terms
WARSAW (Reuters) – Poland said on Wednesday it would water down a divisive Holocaust law that angered the United States and Israel, and remove parts that imposed jail terms on anyone who suggested the nation was complicit in Nazi crimes.
Syrian offensive knocks three hospitals out of service: monitor
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Bombardment by pro-government forces of rebel-held southwestern Syria forced three hospitals out of service overnight as a Russian-backed assault gathered pace, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights and a medical relief group said….
U.N. starts registering Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh
NAYAPARA REFUGEE CAMP, Bangladesh (Reuters) – The United Nations and the Bangladesh government have started formally registering hundreds of thousands of Rohingya refugees who have fled a military crackdown in Myanmar, a move that officials say would h…
