Saudi-led coalition keeps up Hodeidah assault before U.N. meeting
ADEN (Reuters) – Arab warplanes and warships pounded Houthi positions in Yemen’s Hodeidah for a second day on Thursday, as a Saudi-led alliance tried to seize the country’s main port in the largest battle of a war that has created the world’s worst hum…
Australia punished soldiers over Nazi flag incident in Afghanistan: PM
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australian soldiers who flew a Nazi swastika flag over their fighting vehicle in Afghanistan more than a decade ago were “wrong” and punished at the time, Australia’s prime minister said on Thursday, after a picture of the incident e…
Australia punished soldiers over Nazi flag-flying incident in Afghanistan: PM
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australian soldiers who flew a Nazi swastika flag over their fighting vehicle in Afghanistan more than a decade ago were “wrong” and punished at the time, Australia’s prime minister said on Thursday, after a picture of the incident e…
Australian Qantas A380 gets rare ‘jolt’ from wake turbulence
(Reuters) – Australia’s Qantas Airways Ltd said on Thursday one of its Airbus SE A380 jets had experienced a rare “jolt” from wake turbulence after flying 20 nautical miles behind another one of its super-jumbos this week.
In boost for Australian PM, right-wing party loses power to block his bills
SYDNEY (Reuters) – A defection from Australia’s most prominent right-wing political party, Pauline Hanson’s One Nation, on Thursday robbed it of its ability to block Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull’s legislation, raising the prospect he can introduce t…
Pompeo says North Korea sanctions to remain until complete denuclearization
SEOUL/BEIJING (Reuters) – Tough sanctions will remain on North Korea until its complete denuclearization, the U.S. secretary of state said on Thursday, apparently contradicting the North’s view that the process agreed at this week’s summit would be pha…
South Korea’s Moon meets Pompeo, says world has escaped nuclear weapons threat
SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korean President Moon Jae-In said on Thursday the world had escaped the threat of war after this week’s Singapore summit, echoing U.S. President Donald Trump’s upbeat assessment of his meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong U…
Understaffing, ‘shouting matches’ mar Afghan poll preparations
KABUL (Reuters) – Infighting, a lack of expertise and unfilled vacancies within Afghanistan’s election body raise doubts about whether polls planned this year can be held on time, according to Afghan and international agency officials, with one likenin…
Mexico presidential front-runner denies opponent’s charge of wrongdoing
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexico’s presidential front-runner Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador denied any wrongdoing on Wednesday after another candidate accused him of improperly awarding government contracts to a construction mogul when he was Mexico City ma…
Japan eying Abe-Kim summit with possible Pyongyang visit: paper
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan is working on arranging a meeting between Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, with one possibility including the premier’s visit to Pyongyang around August, the Yomiuri newspaper reported on Thursday.
