U.S. bombers train over South Korea ahead of Trump visit
SEOUL/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Two U.S. strategic B-1B bombers conducted drills over South Korea on Thursday, the U.S. Air Force said, days before President Donald Trump arrives in the country amid high tensions with North Korea over its nuclear weapon p…
World’s 3 million stateless deserve nationality: UNHCR
GENEVA (Reuters) – At least three million people worldwide are stateless, most of them minorities, a status that deprives them of an identity, rights, and often jobs, the United Nations refugee agency said on Friday.
U.S. bombers fly drill near Korean peninsula
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Two Guam-based U.S. B-1B bombers, accompanied by fighter jets from South Korea and Japan, carried out an exercise in the vicinity of the Korean peninsula on Nov. 2, Korean-time, the U.S. Air Force said on Thursday.
World ‘running out of time’ on North Korea, Trump to tell Asia: White House
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump will tell leaders on a five-nation Asia tour the world is “running out of time” on North Korea’s nuclear crisis and that he will give his strategy to isolate Pyongyang a few months before making adjust…
Syrian army takes full control of Deir al-Zor from Islamic State: observatory
BEIRUT (Reuters) – The Syrian army and its allies have taken full control of Deir al-Zor city from Islamic State, the largest and most important city in eastern Syria, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said on Thursday.
Weak international solidarity pushing up numbers of displaced: U.N.
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – About 66 million people are forcibly displaced worldwide and weak international cooperation and solidarity are behind the rising numbers, the U.N. high commissioner for refugees, Filippo Grandi, said on Thursday.
Serbian foreign minister rejects U.S. call to choose between Russia and the West
BELGRADE (Reuters) – Serbia wants to maintain its delicate balancing act between Russia and the West, its foreign minister said on Thursday, dismissing U.S. calls for it to pick a side.
Canada to take in migrants at ‘gradual’ pace amid integration concerns
TORONTO (Reuters) – Canada has to take a gradual approach to boosting immigration, with the government concerned about anti-immigrant sentiment and the country’s capacity to integrate newcomers, a minister said on Thursday.
Trump will tell Asia that world ‘running out of time’ on North Korea: White House
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump will tell leaders on a five-nation Asia tour that the world is “running out of time” on stopping North Korea’s nuclear crisis and that the United States is prepared to defend itself if needed, a top Trump a…
A Picture and its Story: Reaching out to rescue a Rohingya woman
PALONG KHALI, Bangladesh (Reuters) – Hannah McKay was on her first foreign assignment, just three months after joining Reuters, photographing Rohingya Muslims in refugee camps in Bangladesh. Then she and other photographers heard around 5,000 more peop…
