South Korea presidential office proposes two-term presidency, lower voting age
SEOUL (Reuters) – The South Korea presidential office on Thursday proposed a four-year, two-term presidency, as widely expected, saying the current five-year single-term presidency hails from the age of dictatorship.
North Korea’s rubber-stamp parliament to meet in April ahead of inter-Korean summit
SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korea’s Supreme People’s Assembly, the isolated state’s rubber-stamp parliament, will hold a meeting on April 11, the North’s state media said on Thursday, just weeks before an historic summit between North and South Korea.
Trump, Saudi leader discuss Houthi ‘threat’ in Yemen: White House
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman discussed the situation in war-torn Yemen during a meeting on Tuesday, including Houthi rebel and Iranian activity and the humanitarian crisis, the White Hou…
Chinese paper says China should prepare for military action over Taiwan
BEIJING (Reuters) – A widely read Chinese state-run newspaper said on Thursday China should prepare for military action over self-ruled Taiwan, and pressure Washington over cooperation on North Korea, after the United States passed a law to boost ties …
French civil servants, rail staff strike in test for Macron
PARIS (Reuters) – Teachers, hospital nurses, train conductors and airline controllers will walk off the job and take to the streets across France on Thursday in a test of public anger with President Emmanuel Macron’s reform drive.
Dutch approve spy agency tapping powers in referendum: exit poll
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – Dutch voters on Wednesday approved a referendum granting spy agencies the power to install bulk taps on Internet traffic, even as news of Facebook’s 50 million user profile leak returned digital privacy issues to the fore.
France’s Sarkozy told he suspected of taking Gaddafi election money
NANTERRE, France (Reuters) – French former president Nicolas Sarkozy was told after two days in custody on Wednesday that he is being formally treated as a suspect as magistrates investigate claims his 2007 election campaign got funding from late Libya…
Hamas says searching for suspect in attack on Palestinian PM
GAZA (Reuters) – Hamas said on Wednesday it was searching for a prime suspect in a bomb attack last week on the convoy of Palestinian Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah in Gaza.
EU’s Tusk confirms Brexit transition offer to London
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – European Union leaders will on Friday offer Britain a Brexit transition deal, the summit chair Donald Tusk said – but the deal will only be finalized if London honours its commitments on the Irish border and Gibraltar.
Devolved UK parliaments pass bills to keep current powers after Brexit
EDINBURGH (Reuters) – Britain’s devolved parliaments in Scotland and Wales on Wednesday approved bills that aim to keep their current powers unchanged after Brexit, a backstop in case a dispute with Prime Minister Theresa May’s government drags on.
