Iran stages pro-government rallies, cleric urges firm punishment for protest leaders
ANKARA (Reuters) – Tens of thousands of government supporters rallied across Iran on Friday, swearing allegiance to the clerical establishment and accusing arch-enemy the United States of instigating the biggest anti-government protests for nearly a de…
North Korea agrees to talks after U.S., South Korea postpone military drills
SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korea agreed on Friday to hold official talks with South Korea next week, the first in more than two years, hours after Washington and Seoul delayed a military exercise amid a standoff over the North’s nuclear and missile progra…
French opposition, Twitter users slam Macron’s anti-fake-news plans
PARIS (Reuters) – French President Emmanuel Macron’s plans to legislate against fake news are running into opposition.
Spain’s Supreme Court orders Catalan separatist leader Junqueras to remain jailed
MADRID (Reuters) – Spain’s Supreme Court on Friday ordered that Catalan separatist leader Oriol Junqueras remain in custody after over two months in prison for his role in the Spanish region’s independence movement.
Unique ‘hotline’ sets stage for new North and South Korea talks
SEOUL (Reuters) – The two sides sit within shouting distance, but when North and South Korea this week arranged the first official talks in more than two years, liaison officials spoke using desktop telephone consoles each the size of a small refrigera…
Zimbabwe’s Mnangagwa rules out forming coalition government
HARARE (Reuters) – Zimbabwe’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa has ruled out forming a coalition government after visiting opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai on Friday.
‘World is doomed’: Erdogan denounces U.S. justice after Turkish banker trial
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Tayyip Erdogan denounced U.S. justice on Friday and suggested Turkey could rethink some bilateral agreements with Washington, after a U.S. court convicted a Turkish banker in a trial that included testimony of corruption by top Tur…
Second time lucky? Merkel starts over with coalition talks
BERLIN (Reuters) – German Chancellor Angela Merkel, weakened by an election setback in September, launches a second bid to build a coalition government on Sunday when she sits down with the Social Democrats (SPD) for exploratory talks.
Gay Singaporean doctor to appeal failed adoption of his biological son
SINGAPORE (Reuters) – A gay Singaporean doctor is to appeal against a court’s rejection of his bid to adopt his biological son who was born through a surrogate mother in the United States, one of his lawyers said on Friday.
North Korea agrees to talks after U.S.-South Korea military drills are postponed
SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korea agreed on Friday to hold official talks with the South next week, the first in more than two years, hours after the United States and South Korea delayed a military exercise amid a standoff over the North’s nuclear and mi…
