As Mattis peers into North Korea, he gets warning on artillery
DEMILITARIZED ZONE, South Korea (Reuters) – As U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis peered into North Korea from a lookout post on Friday, he was given a blunt reminder by his South Korean counterpart of the vast amount of North Korean artillery within ra…
South African farmers jailed for forcing black man into coffin
MIDDELBURG, South Africa (Reuters) – Two white South African farmers who were filmed pushed a wailing black man into a coffin were sentenced to jail on Friday for attempted murder, assault and kidnapping.
Ahead of Trump trip, China urges U.S. not to allow Taiwan president in
BEIJING/TAIPEI (Reuters) – China urged the United States on Friday not to allow Taiwan’s president to travel through U.S. territory en route to the island’s diplomatic allies in the Pacific, a sensitive visit shortly ahead of U.S. President Donald Trum…
U.N. rights chief decries hunger in Syrian siege, demands aid access
GENEVA (Reuters) – The humanitarian situation in the besieged eastern suburbs of Damascus is “an outrage” and parties to the conflict must allow food and medicine to reach at least 350,000 trapped Syrians, U.N. human rights chief Zeid Ra’ad al-Hussein …
Ireland says Brexit talks can’t move on without clarity over border
DUBLIN (Reuters) – Britain’s talks on exiting the European Union cannot progress, as London wishes, to cover trade relations until it give more clarity on what will happen at the border with Ireland, Irish Foreign Minister Simon Coveney said on Friday….
Angola’s new president takes surprise steps to rein in dos Santos
LUANDA (Reuters) – Angola’s new President João Lourenço is making swift moves to wrest power from his predecessor Jose Eduardo dos Santos, pushing out some of his key allies and vowing to combat monopolies controlled by a family that has run Angola for four decades.
Spain set to impose direct rule in Catalonia as crisis spirals
MADRID/BARCELONA (Reuters) – The Spanish government prepared to impose direct rule over Catalonia on Friday to block its push for independence, an unprecedented move that takes Spain’s worst political crisis in four decades to a new level.
China urges U.S. not to allow transit of Taiwan president
BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s Foreign Ministry on Friday called on the United States not to allow Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen to transit through its territories on her way to and from Taiwan’s diplomatic allies in the Pacific.
Low turnout taints Kenyatta victory in Kenya election re-run
NAIROBI (Reuters) – Results of Kenya’s presidential election re-run began to trickle in on Friday with early estimates of the turnout at below 35 percent, dealing a blow to President Uhuru Kenyatta’s hopes for a decisive second-term mandate.
Putin, as part of test, oversees launch of four nuclear-capable missiles: Ifax
MOSCOW (Reuters) – President Vladimir Putin has personally overseen the launch of four nuclear-capable ballistic missiles as part of a training exercise for Russia’s strategic nuclear forces, the Kremlin said on Friday, the Interfax news agency reporte…
