North Korea to hold plenary meeting of party central committee on Friday: KCNA
SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korea will hold a plenary meeting of its ruling party’s central committee on Friday, state media KCNA said on Thursday.
Bitcoin heist suspect flees Iceland on flight carrying PM: state broadcaster
REYKJAVIK (Reuters) – An Icelandic man arrested on suspicion of stealing about 600 computers used to mine the cryptocurrency Bitcoin escaped prison and fled the country on a commercial flight to Sweden, Icelandic state broadcaster RUV said on Wednesday…
Castro nears retirement as Cuban president, lawmakers vote on successor
HAVANA (Reuters) – Cuba’s Raul Castro was just hours away from retiring as president on Wednesday, with his vice president Miguel Diaz-Canel set to replace him in a shift that will usher in the island’s first non-Castro leader since the 1959 revolution…
U.N. team fired upon in Syria while visiting suspected chemical sites
THE HAGUE/BEIRUT (Reuters) – A U.N. security team came under fire in Syria while doing reconnaissance for inspectors to visit sites of a suspected chemical weapons attack, and officials said it was no longer clear when the inspectors would be able to g…
Venezuela says it will restore diplomatic ties with Spain
CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuela said on Wednesday it will normalize relations with Spain and that the two countries will restore ambassadors after a spat in January that followed European Union sanctions against the South American nation.
Trump hails Pompeo-Kim meeting, says North Korea summit plans advancing
WASHINGTON/SEOUL (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that preparations were advancing for a first-ever summit with North Korea after CIA director Mike Pompeo visited Pyongyang and formed a “good relationship” with its leader Kim J…
Exclusive: Pakistan TV channel returning to air after negotiations with military – sources
ISLAMABAD/KARACHI (Reuters) – Pakistan’s largest TV station has been allowed back on the air at some major cable operators after talks with the military on demands it make changes in political coverage, two officials who work for the channel’s media gr…
Libya eyes fuel marking, boat seizures, to counter fuel smuggling
TUNIS (Reuters) – Libya’s National Oil Corporation (NOC) is considering using a chemical marking system to help trace oil products smuggled out of the country, its chairman said on Wednesday.
Castro nears retirement as Cuban president; successor proposed
HAVANA (Reuters) – Cuba’s Raul Castro moved closer to retiring as president on Wednesday as the country’s parliament proposed Miguel Diaz-Canel to replace him, in a shift that will usher in the island’s first non-Castro leader since the 1959 revolution…
Italy’s Berlusconi says has never put a veto on 5-Star
ROME (Reuters) – Conservative leader Silvio Berlusconi said on Wednesday he had never ruled out the possibility of governing with the anti-establishment 5-Star Movement, which is refusing to enter a coalition with him.
