North and South Korea discuss reunion meetings for divided families
SEOUL (Reuters) – Delegations from North and South Korea met on Friday for talks to arrange the first reunions in about three years for families separated by the Korean War, with the Red Cross paving the way.
U.S. welcomes Ethiopia-Eritrea peace moves: State Dept
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States is encouraged by recent progress Ethiopia and Eritrea have made toward resolving their longstanding differences, the U.S. State Department said on Thursday.
U.S. State Department imposes visa ban on several DRCongo officials
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States said on Thursday it had imposed visa bans on several senior officials in the Democratic Republic of Congo for corruption tied to the country’s electoral process to send a “strong signal” about the need for a pe…
Yemen’s Houthis indicate willingness to hand over port to U.N.: sources
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthis have indicated they would be willing to hand over management of Hodeidah port to the United Nations, a potential breakthrough in a conflict that has caused the world’s worst humanitarian crisis, sourc…
U.S. bombs Syrian army position near Tanf: pro-Assad commander
AMMAN (Reuters) – A Syrian army officer was killed in a U.S strike on a Syrian army outpost near a U.S. base close to the Iraqi-Syrian border, a commander in the regional alliance supporting President Bashar al-Assad told Reuters.
Rights groups fight Canada government’s defense of solitary confinement
TORONTO (Reuters) – Canadian law allows for prolonged, indefinite solitary confinement that hurts vulnerable people most and that is why it must be struck down, lawyers for civil liberties groups argued this week, as they accused the government of back…
U.S. spending bill would halt transfer of F-35s to Turkey
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A U.S. Senate committee passed a spending bill on Thursday including a provision to block Turkey’s purchase of Lockheed Martin F-35 Joint Strike Fighter jets unless it drops a plan to buy S-400 missile defense systems from Russia…
More time needed to achieve peace, South Sudan rebels say
JUBA (Reuters) – South Sudanese rebels said on Thursday that more time is needed to secure lasting peace in the country and it would be necessary to address the root causes of a civil war.
Trump: North Korea ‘total denuclearization’ started; officials see no new moves
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday North Korea was blowing up four of its big test sites and that a process of “total denuclearization … has already started,” but officials said there was no such evidence since a land…
Despite Trump order, border child separations could go on: legal experts
(Reuters) – The much-vilified U.S. policy of separating children from parents who illegally cross the U.S.-Mexico border could continue under certain circumstances because of ambiguous language in President Donald Trump’s order meant to end the practic…
