Iran says missile work will continue despite Western pressure: Tasnim
TEHRAN (Reuters) – Iran will press on with its missile program regardless of Western pressure to halt it, a senior military commander was quoted on Monday as saying.
Xi’s power grab? Will of the Chinese people, say parliamentary delegates
BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s decision to lift presidential term limits, which will allow Xi Jinping to remain the nation’s leader indefinitely, was met with gushing enthusiasm by delegates gathered for the annual meeting of the nation’s parliament that started Monday.
Germany to start work on trade, China, Syria war: Merkel
BERLIN (Reuters) – Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Monday she would work with France to tackle pressing issues such as trade policy and the war in Syria after the Social Democrats (SPD) voted to join a coalition government with her conservatives.
Visiting South Korean delegation meets North Korean leader Kim
SEOUL (Reuters) – A South Korean delegation met North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on Monday, a South Korean official said, after arriving in the North on a visit aimed at encouraging North Korea and the United States to talk.
First aid convoy reaches Syria’s Ghouta, stripped of medical supplies
BEIRUT/GENEVA (Reuters) – An aid convoy began to cross into Syria’s eastern Ghouta on Monday, bringing the first relief to the besieged enclave since one of the deadliest government assaults of the seven-year war began two weeks ago, but stripped of vi…
Moscow says U.S. trying to interfere in Russian election: RIA
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said on Monday that Moscow had evidence that the United States was trying to interfere in the Russian presidential election, the RIA news agency quoted him as saying.
Italy faces political gridlock after 5-Star surges
ROME (Reuters) – Italy faces a prolonged period of political instability after voters delivered a hung parliament on Sunday, spurning traditional parties and flocking to anti-establishment and far-right groups in record numbers.
Syrian Observatory: one third of Syria’s Ghouta enclave taken by government
BEIRUT (Reuters) – The Syrian army and its allies have captured more than a third of the rebel enclave in eastern Ghouta near Damascus since starting a ground offensive there a week ago, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said on Monday.
France’s far-right National Front to change name as Le Pen seeks rebound
PARIS (Reuters) – French far-right leader Marine Le Pen will this weekend unveil a new name for the 45-year-old National Front and a refocus on immigration as it searches for more voters and relevance in a political landscape transformed by President E…
South Korea closes 84-year-old poet’s exhibition amid sexual harassment claims
SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea’s capital has closed an exhibition by poet Ko Un, long the country’s hope for a Nobel Prize in literature, amid allegations of sexual misconduct and the government is considering removing his work from textbooks.
