Japan to acquire air-launched missiles able to strike North Korea
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan is to acquire medium-range, air-launched cruise missiles, capable of striking North Korea, a controversial purchase of what will become the longest-range munitions of a country that has renounced the right to wage war.
Vatican should bring money-laundering cases to trial, watchdog agency says
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – The Vatican needs to bring cases of suspected money laundering to trial, a European finance watchdog urged on Friday, saying the good progress made by its financial regulators needed to be matched by judicial muscle.
IMF’s Lagarde tells Ukraine president to speed up reforms
KIEV (Reuters) – The head of the International Monetary Fund, Christine Lagarde, said she had a constructive phone call with Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko late on Thursday in which she urged him to speed up the fight against corruption.
Thousands of Muslims in Asia protest against Trump’s Jerusalem plan
JAKARTA/KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – Thousands of protesters in Muslim-majority Indonesia and Malaysia joined rallies on Friday to condemn Washington’s decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, as authorities tightened security outside U.S. emba…
Russia says ready for talks with U.S. to try to save arms pact
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia’s Foreign Ministry said on Friday it was ready for talks with the United States to try to keep a landmark arms control treaty that helped end the Cold War alive and that Moscow would comply with its obligations if the U.S. did…
Britain and EU reach deal to move Brexit talks forward
BRUSSELS/LONDON (Reuters) – The European Commission said on Friday enough progress had been made in Brexit negotiations with Britain and that a second phase of negotiations should begin, ending an impasse over the status of the Irish border.
British foreign minister to visit Iran, lobby for jailed aid worker
LONDON (Reuters) – British foreign minister Boris Johnson will travel to Iran on Saturday to lobby counterpart Mohammad Javad Zarif for the release of jailed Iranian-British aid worker Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe.
Japanese priestess stabbed to death at shrine in apparent family feud
TOKYO (Reuters) – A Shinto priestess was killed on the grounds of a famous Tokyo shrine by a man wielding a traditional Japanese sword who then killed another woman before committing suicide, police said on Friday, in what local media described as an a…
British PM May travels to Brussels in hope of clinching Brexit deal
BRUSSELS/LONDON (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Theresa May will meet European Union chief executive Jean-Claude Juncker before dawn in Brussels on Friday as the two sides seek to clinch a deal to open talks on post-Brexit trade.
Major powers to push Saudis, Iran to stop interfering in Lebanon
PARIS (Reuters) – Major powers will try to shore up Lebanon’s stability on Friday by pushing Saudi Arabia and Iran to stop interfering in its politics, and urging Hezbollah to rein in its regional activities, diplomats said.
