Putin easily wins another six-year term, firms grip on Russia
KEMEROVO, Russia (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin won a landslide re-election victory on Sunday, extending his rule over the world’s largest country for another six years at a time when his ties with the West are on a hostile trajectory.
Mexico leftist says he would try to halt energy auctions if president-elect
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexico’s leftist presidential front-runner said on Sunday that if he wins the July election, he will ask President Enrique Pena Nieto to stop at least two energy auctions scheduled to take place before the new president takes of…
U.S. tariffs, China trade tensions overshadow G20 finance meeting
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – Worries about the potential for a U.S.-China trade war and frustration over U.S. President Donald Trump’s steel and aluminum tariffs threatened to dominate a gathering of finance leaders this week amid strengthening growth.
Syria’s Assad visits army in eastern Ghouta as rebels in talks
BEIRUT/AMMAN (Reuters) – Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on Sunday visited Syrian soldiers who appear close to defeating the last major opposition foothold near Damascus and met some of the many thousands of people uprooted during the government offen…
Peru president says he used offshore firm to legally avoid U.S. taxes: audio
LIMA (Reuters) – Peru’s embattled President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski told a congressional investigative committee that he used a company in the British Virgin Islands to legally avoid paying U.S. taxes, according to audio heard by Reuters on Sunday.
Suu Kyi spoke at length about Myanmar troubles: Turnbull
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi spoke at length about her country’s troubled western state of Rakhine at a Sydney conference on Sunday and appealed to Southeast Asian neighbors for help, Australia’s prime minister said.
Turkish forces and Syrian allies drive Kurds from Afrin
ISTANBUL/BEIRUT (Reuters) – Turkish forces and their Syrian rebel allies swept into the northwestern Syrian town of Afrin on Sunday, raising their flags in the town center and declaring full control after an eight-week campaign to drive out Kurdish YPG…
Israeli stabbed in Jerusalem’s Old City, attacker shot dead: Israeli TV
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – An Israeli was stabbed and wounded in Jerusalem’s Old City on Sunday and an Israeli television station said the suspected attacker was shot dead.
North Korean diplomat heads to Finland ahead of possible U.S. talks
SEOUL/BEIJING (Reuters) – A senior North Korean diplomat left for Finland on Sunday for talks with former U.S. and South Korean officials, Yonhap News Agency reported, amid a series of diplomatic encounters ahead of a possible U.S.-North Korean summit….
Republican senator expects Trump to pull out of Iran deal: CBS
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Republican U.S. Senator Bob Corker, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, said he expects President Donald Trump to pull out of the Iran nuclear agreement in May.
