Brexiteer Nigel Farage enters the lion’s den to meet EU’s chief negotiator
LONDON (Reuters) – Brexit campaigner Nigel Farage will meet the European Union’s chief negotiator on Monday in what he said was an attempt to convey the views of 17.4 million Britons who voted to leave the bloc.
Philippine lawmakers to press for inquiry into deadly mall fire
MANILA (Reuters) – A group of Philippine lawmakers will call for a congressional inquiry this month into a recent shopping mall fire that killed 38 people, of whom 37 worked at a call center for an American firm, a House representative said on Friday.
Turkey’s Erdogan says bilateral legal accords with U.S. losing validity
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan on Friday warned that bilateral legal accords with the United States were “losing validity”, lashing out at Washington over the conviction of a Turkish banker in a U.S. trial.
Peru’s Fujimori leaves clinic as free man, reigniting anger over pardon
LIMA (Reuters) – Peru’s former authoritarian leader Alberto Fujimori left hospital as a free man on Thursday, waving to supporters from a wheelchair and reigniting anger over a pardon he secured from President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski on Christmas Eve.
New Zealand storm sparks evacuations and cuts power
WELLINGTON (Reuters) – Gale-force winds battered New Zealand’s North Island on Friday, tearing off roofs, bringing down trees, cutting power and forcing residents to flee flooded seaside towns.
Hong Kong legal chief steps down early amid judicial turbulence
HONG KONG (Reuters) – Hong Kong’s legal chief, whose watch was marked by instances of perceived interference by China in the city’s rule of law, stepped down on Friday, more than four years before the end of his term.
Canada’s Conservatives expel senator over indigenous comments
TORONTO (Reuters) – Canada’s opposition Conservatives kicked a lawmaker out of the party after she posted letters on her official government website that derided indigenous people and then refused to take them down from the site.
North and South Korea to talk January 9, Japan warns remain vigilant
SEOUL (Reuters) – North and South Korea will hold official talks next week for the first time in more than two years after Pyongyang accepted Seoul’s offer for dialogue, just hours after the United States and South Korea delayed a joint military exerci…
U.S. suspends at least $900 million in security aid to Pakistan
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States said on Thursday it was suspending at least $900 million in security assistance to Pakistan until it takes action against the Afghan Taliban and the Haqqani network militant groups.
White House, senators seek Iran measure ahead of nuclear deadline
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. senators and Trump administration officials met at the White House on Thursday, hoping to hammer out compromise legislation to tighten restrictions on Iran while keeping Washington in an international nuclear deal with Tehra…
