South Korea considers scrapping exercise with U.S. for Olympics: Yonhap
SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea is considering scrapping a regular military exercise with U.S. forces next year to minimize the risk of an aggressive North Korean reaction during the Winter Olympics in the South, the Yonhap news agency reported on Thursd…
Waiting for May, Brussels eyes December Brexit deal
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – When Theresa May visits Brussels on Friday, EU negotiators will be listening intently for signs the British prime minister is preparing to risk a domestic backlash and raise her offer to secure a Brexit deal in December.
Canada data shows 10 percent of Haitian border crossers get refugee status
TORONTO (Reuters) – Canada has granted refugee status to about 10 percent of the 298 Haitian border crossers whose applications have been processed this year, according to government data released on Wednesday.
Chinese police detain seven in multi-billion underground currency scheme
SHANGHAI (Reuters) – Police in southern China have detained seven people in connection with an underground banking scheme involving more than 20 billion yuan ($3 billion), the state news agency Xinhua reported.
Waiting for May, Brussels eyes December Brexit deal
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – When Theresa May visits Brussels on Friday, EU negotiators will be listening intently for signs the British prime minister is preparing to risk a domestic backlash and raise her offer to secure a Brexit deal in December.
Waiting for May, Brussels eyes December Brexit deal
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – When Theresa May visits Brussels on Friday, EU negotiators will be listening intently for signs the British prime minister is preparing to risk a domestic backlash and raise her offer to secure a Brexit deal in December.
U.S. pressed Saudis to ease Yemen blockade: sources
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson asked Saudi Arabia to ease its blockade of Yemen, two sources said, just days before the Saudi-led military coalition announced on Wednesday it would let aid flow through the Yemeni port of H…
PNG police enter abandoned Australian-run detention camp: refugees
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Papua New Guinea (PNG) police have entered an abandoned Australian-run detention camp seeking to get some 380 asylum-seekers who have barricaded themselves in there to leave, two of men told Reuters on Thursday.
Palestinian factions agree to hold general election by end-2018
GAZA/CAIRO (Reuters) – Palestinian factions, including rival groups Hamas and Fatah, have agreed to hold a general election by the end of 2018, a joint statement by several groups said on Wednesday following talks in Cairo.
Five U.S. citizens among Citgo executives detained in Venezuela: source
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Five of six executives of U.S.-based refiner Citgo who were arrested in Caracas this week are U.S. citizens, according to a source familiar with the matter, a possible complication in Venezuela’s growing sweep of corruption in th…
