Armenia opposition supporters prepare to fete ‘revolution’
YEREVAN (Reuters) – Thousands of supporters of Armenian opposition leader Nikol Pashinyan gathered in the capital on Tuesday in anticipation of a vote in parliament set to install him as prime minister.
Deepening divisions, Britain’s Johnson calls customs plan ‘crazy’
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s proposal for a customs partnership with the European Union after Brexit is “crazy”, foreign minister Boris Johnson said, deepening divisions that are challenging Prime Minister Theresa May.
New Zealand hikes foreign aid budget with eye on contested South Pacific
WELLINGTON (Reuters) – New Zealand will ramp up foreign aid spending by nearly a third, Foreign Minister Winston Peters said on Tuesday, as the country seeks to pour money into the Pacific in part to counter the rising influence of China.
Iraq’s Kurdistan region to hold elections on Sept. 30: Rudaw, citing PM
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Elections will be held in the semi-autonomous Kurdistan region of northern Iraq on Sept. 30, Kurdish broadcaster Rudaw said on Tuesday, citing regional prime minister Nechirvan Barzani.
Armenian ruling party to vote for PM nominee: lawmaker
YEREVAN (Reuters) – Armenia’s governing Republican Party will provide the additional votes needed to elect a prime minister during a parliamentary vote on Tuesday, a Republican Party lawmaker told Reuters.
Victims of Japan’s forced sterilizations demand justice after decades of silence
TOKYO (Reuters) – One day when Saburo Kita was 14, he was taken from an institution for troubled children to see a doctor. Despite protesting that his health was fine, he was ordered to strip, lie down on a table, and was given a local anesthetic.
Serbian finance minister resigns for personal reasons: government
BELGRADE (Reuters) – Serbia’s finance minister, Dusan Vujovic, has stepped down for personal reasons, the government said on Tuesday.
Malaysia’s jailed Anwar urges voters to pick former nemesis Mahathir
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – Jailed Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim urged voters to choose his former political nemesis, Mahathir Mohamad, less than 24 hours ahead of the most hotly contested general election in the country’s history.
UK’s Johnson says EU customs partnership plan is ‘crazy’
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s Foreign Secretary has described a proposed customs partnership with the European Union after Britain leaves the bloc, believed to be Prime Minister Theresa May’s preferred option, as “crazy”.
Taiwan blames China for absence from U.N. health meeting
TAIPEI (Reuters) – China is disregarding the health of the people of Taiwan by blocking the island’s participation in an annual U.N. health meeting later this month, the Taiwan government said.
