Sudan to return ambassador to Cairo: foreign minister
CAIRO (Reuters) – Sudan will send its ambassador back to neighboring Egypt on Monday, Foreign Minister Ibrahim Ghandour said, two months after withdrawing him amid heightened tensions.
China pledges friendship with Taiwan amid tensions over U.S. bill
BEIJING (Reuters) – China wants to deepen friendship with Taiwan, the ruling Communist Party’s fourth-ranked leader said on Saturday, a day after state media warned China could go to war over Taiwan if a U.S. bill promoting closer ties with the island …
Pakistani lawmakers begin secret vote for senate elections
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Pakistani lawmakers on Saturday began casting votes in secret for new senators in parliament’s upper house in an election that looks set to boost the ruling party, as it tries to revive the political fortunes of ousted prime minis…
Cambodia PM accuses United States of lying over aid cut
PHNOM PENH (Reuters) – Cambodia’s prime minister on Saturday accused the U.S. government of being dishonest in its announced suspension of aid to the Southeast Asian nation, saying Cambodia had already stopped receiving aid from Washington in 2016.
Promise of relaxed gun laws casts shadow over Tasmania’s state election
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia’s smallest state Tasmania began voting on Saturday in a local assembly election, with the incumbent conservative Liberal Party stirring controversy by promising softer regulations for gun ownership if it is returned to powe…
Mexico prepares to make arrests in disappearance of student teachers
(Reuters) – Mexican authorities are preparing to arrest dozens of people implicated in the kidnapping and alleged murder of 43 student teachers in southern Mexico more than three years ago, the prosecutor in charge of the case said on Friday.
Honduras arrests alleged mastermind behind activist’s murder
TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) – Honduran authorities on Friday said they arrested a high-ranking executive of a hydroelectric company on Friday on charges of helping plan the murder of indigenous environmental activist Berta Caceres two years ago.
Majority of SPD members seen backing re-run of German coalition
BERLIN (Reuters) – A leading Social Democrat on Saturday predicted 55 percent or more of SPD members would back a renewed coalition with Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservatives, and warned that a ‘no’ vote would spell disaster for the party, Germany a…
Italy’s 5-Star rallies voters as rivals fret
ROME (Reuters) – Italy’s 5-Star Movement told roaring supporters it was close to winning a looming election at the end of campaigning on Friday as its main rivals worried about the anti-establishment party’s popularity.
At U.N., China delays U.S. bid to blacklist ships, companies over North Korea
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – China delayed a U.S. request for a United Nations Security Council committee to blacklist 33 ships, 27 shipping companies, and a Taiwan man for violating international sanctions on North Korea, diplomats said on Friday.
