Explainer: Myanmar wields colonial-era law against Reuters journalists
(Reuters) – Myanmar has accused Reuters reporters Wa Lone, 31, and Kyaw Soe Oo, 27, of breaching the country’s Official Secrets Act, a little-used hangover from colonial rule. Sam Zarifi, secretary general of the International Commission of Jurists (IC…
Majority of Peruvians want president ousted, poll finds
LIMA (Reuters) – A majority of Peruvians want embattled President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski to leave office, a poll showed on Sunday, as his approval ratings plummeted to new lows following revelations that businesses tied to him received payments from Bra…
Remains of exiled Italian king return to Italy
MILAN (Reuters) – The remains of Victor Emmanuel III, who reigned as Italy’s king through two world wars and died in exile in 1947, were flown back from Egypt on Sunday for reburial at a family mausoleum near Turin.
Chile choosing between billionaire and ex-journalist for president
SANTIAGO (Reuters) – Chileans voted in a runoff presidential election on Sunday that will determine if the world’s top copper producer stays on its center-left course or joins a tide of Latin American nations turning to the right in recent years.
Suicide bombers attack church in Pakistan’s Quetta before Christmas, killing nine
QUETTA, Pakistan/ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Two suicide bombers stormed a packed Christian church in southwestern Pakistan on Sunday, killing at least nine people and wounding up to 56, officials said, in the latest attack claimed by Islamic State in the co…
East Libyan commander Haftar says will listen to will of ‘free Libyan people’
BENGHAZI, Libya (Reuters) – Eastern Libyan military commander Khalifa Haftar, whose forces control parts of the country, said on Sunday he would listen to the will of “free Libyan people”, in the strongest indication so far that he might run in electio…
Iran tells France’s Macron not to ‘blindly follow’ Trump
LONDON (Reuters) – Iran on Sunday criticized French President Emmanuel Macron over his tough stance toward Tehran and said Paris would soon lose its international credibility if it “blindly follows” U.S. President Donald Trump.
Car bomber attacks NATO convoy in Afghanistan
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (Reuters) – A car bomber attacked a NATO convoy in the southern Afghan city of Kandahar on Sunday, killing one civilian and wounding four others but without causing casualties among international forces, officials said.
Erdogan says Turkey aims to open embassy in East Jerusalem
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkey intends to open an embassy in East Jerusalem, President Tayyip Erdogan said on Sunday, days after leading calls at a summit of Muslim leaders for the world to recognize it as the capital of Palestine.
Erdogan says Turkey will open embassy in East Jerusalem
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkey will open an embassy in East Jerusalem, President Tayyip Erdogan said on Sunday, days after leading calls at a summit of Muslim leaders for the world to recognize it as the capital of Palestine.
