More Thais die on new year roads despite new safety campaign
BANGKOK (Reuters) – More than 400 people died in road accidents in Thailand over the traditional new year holiday, the Interior Ministry said on Wednesday, higher than the year before despite a new road safety campaign.
Iran says will make or buy any weapons it needs, lambasts ‘invading powers’
LONDON (Reuters) – President Hassan Rouhani said Iran would make or buy any weapons it needed to defend itself in a region beset by “invading powers”, as the military paraded missiles and soldiers in front of him on National Army Day.
Iran says its military power no threat to neighbors
LONDON (Reuters) – Iran will produce or buy any weapons necessary for its defense, President Hassan Rouhani said in a speech on National Army Day on Wednesday, adding that the armed forces were no threat to neighboring countries.
‘We are watching you’: Political killings shake Mexico election
CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico (Reuters) – Magda Rubio had just launched her campaign for mayor of a small city in northern Mexico, when a chilling voice came through her cell phone. “Drop out,” the caller warned, “or be killed.”
Cubans wary of future as lawmakers meet to replace Castro
HAVANA (Reuters) – Cuban lawmakers were set to start a two-day session on Wednesday to name the first non-Castro president in more than 40 years, ushering in younger Communist leaders who will be under pressure to bring greater prosperity and revitaliz…
South Korea says discussing peace deal with North Korea ahead of summit
SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea said on Wednesday it is considering how to change a decades-old armistice with North Korea into a peace agreement, as U.S. officials confirmed an unprecedented top-level meeting with the North Korean leader.
Castro’s successor seen as unlikely to bring sweeping change to Cuba
SANTA CLARA/HAVANA, Cuba (Reuters) – The man likely to become Cuba’s next president is from a younger generation of leaders and has advocated modernizing the island but he is also a longtime Communist Party apparatchik who is not expected to push for s…
Taiwan says Beijing ‘saber rattling’ as China starts military drills
TAIPEI (Reuters) – Taiwan’s defense ministry said on Wednesday that Beijing was using “cheap verbal intimidation and saber rattling” to threaten Taiwan, as China’s military began live-fire drills in the sensitive Taiwan Strait amid growing tension.
Trump Tweets support for American pastor on trial in Turkey
(Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump voiced his support on Tuesday for Pastor Andrew Brunson, who is on trial in Turkey on charges he was linked to a group accused of orchestrating a failed 2016 military coup, in a case that has compounded strains i…
South Korea says considering way to change armistice with North Korea
SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea’s presidential office said on Wednesday it is considering how to change a decades-old armistice with North Korea into a more peaceful agreement.
