Philippines’ Duterte rebounds with ‘excellent’ trust score in new survey
MANILA (Reuters) – Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s trust rating bounced back to “excellent” in December from “very high” three months before, with four of every five adult Filipinos giving him the highest score in a survey that focused on his pe…
Top Turkish court overstepped limit with journalists’ ruling: deputy PM
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Bekir Bozdag said on Friday the Constitutional Court had overstepped its limit, set out in the law, with its ruling to release two journalists on the grounds that their rights had been violated while i…
Stricken Iranian oil tanker drifts into Japan’s economic zone: coast guard
TOKYO (Reuters) – A stricken Iranian oil tanker drifted into Japan’s exclusive economic zone (EEZ) on Wednesday afternoon, a spokesman for Japan’s Coast Guard told Reuters on Friday, as strong winds pushed the burning ship away from the Chinese coast.
Twenty-one hours and counting: German coalition talks drag on
BERLIN (Reuters) – German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservatives and Social Democrats (SPD) worked through the night on Thursday to resolve differences on taxes, migration and other issues blocking formation of a new “grand coalition” government.
Japan conveys concern over Rohingya to Myanmar’s Suu Kyi-Kyodo
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Kono conveyed serious concern over Myanmar’s Rohingya Muslims to the country’s leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, in a meeting on Friday in the capital Naypyidaw, Japan’s Kyodo news agency reported.
Trump to extend Iran sanctions relief, keeping nuclear deal intact: source
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump will extend sanctions relief granted to Iran under its 2015 nuclear deal with the United States and other world powers, leaving the accord intact for now, according to a person familiar with the decisi…
U.N. says suspected rights abuses after deadly gunfight ‘troubling’
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – The United Nations said on Thursday it was deeply concerned that Mexican security forces may have violated human rights in responding to a gun battle near the seaside resort of Acapulco in which 11 people were killed.
Food riots grip western Venezuela, mob reportedly slaughters cattle in field
SAN CRISTOBAL/BARINAS, Venezuela (Reuters) – Hungry mobs ransacked a food collection center, and a supermarket in Venezuela’s western Andean state of Merida on Thursday and reportedly even slaughtered cattle grazing in a field as unrest over food short…
Japan PM rejects South Korean call for new steps to help ‘comfort women’
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Friday rejected South Korea’s call for more steps to help “comfort women”, a euphemism for women forced to work in Japan’s wartime military brothels, and urged Seoul to honor a 2015 pact on the di…
Trump to extend sanctions relief for Iran under nuclear deal: Bloomberg reporter
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump will extend sanctions relief granted to Iran under its 2015 nuclear deal with the United States and other world powers, according to a tweet by a Bloomberg reporter on Thursday.
