Mexican ruling party to pick presidential candidate on February 18
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexico’s ruling Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) said on Thursday registration for PRI contenders in the July 2018 presidential election will begin on Dec. 3, and that a national convention would pick the candidate on Feb…
Philippines’ Duterte ditches peace process with Maoist rebels
MANILA (Reuters) – Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte has terminated the on-again, off-again peace talks with Maoist-led rebels as hostilities have continued despite the negotiations, the president’s spokesman said on Friday.
Men found at northern Japan marina say they are from North Korea: police
TOKYO (Reuters) – Police in northern Japan have found eight men near a boat at a seaside marina who said they were from North Korea, and appear to be fishermen whose vessel ran into trouble, rather than defectors, a police official said on Friday.
U.N. rights team to visit Mexico after journalist murders
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – The United Nations said on Thursday a group of experts on freedom of expression will visit Mexico at the end of November to assess the safety of journalists in the country, one of the most dangerous in the world for reporters.
Syria opposition meeting in Riyadh sees no role for Assad in transition
RIYADH/AMMAN (Reuters) – Syria’s main opposition stuck by its demand on Thursday that President Bashar al-Assad play no role in an interim period under any U.N.-sponsored peace deal, despite speculation it could soften its stance because of Assad’s bat…
Papua New Guinean police return to evict asylum-seekers from Australian-run camp
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Papua New Guinean police returned to a shuttered Australian-run detention complex early on Friday, marking the second day of a major operation to clear out more than 300 asylum-seekers refusing to leave, two of the men told Reuters.
Beijing police probe nursery over abuse allegations
SHANGHAI (Reuters) – Police in Beijing are investigating claims of abuse at a kindergarten operated by Chinese pre-school operator RYB Education Inc, the second high-profile case of alleged child abuse at a Chinese nursery in the last month.
Irish government on verge of collapse ahead of EU Brexit summit
DUBLIN (Reuters) – The Irish government was on the verge of collapse on Thursday after the party whose votes Prime Minister Leo Varadkar depends on to pass legislation said it would seek to remove the deputy prime minister in a breach of their cooperat…
Possible explosion detected near Argentine sub’s last-known location
MAR DEL PLATA, Argentina (Reuters) – The Argentine navy raised the possibility on Thursday that a navy submarine missing in the South Atlantic suffered an explosion, heightening concerns over the fate of the 44 crew members on the eighth day of an inte…
Syrian opposition to form delegation to take part in U.N. talks
CAIRO (Reuters) – Syrian opposition will form a 50-member delegation to participate in U.N.-sponsored talks in Geneva, the main Syrian opposition meeting in the Saudi capital Riyadh told a news conference late on Thursday.
