Netherlands’ Dijsselbloem to leave Dutch politics: paper
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – Caretaker Dutch Finance Minister Jeroen Dijsselbloem will leave national politics when a new government takes office in approximately two weeks, a Dutch newspaper reported on Wednesday.
How a businessman struck a deal with Islamic State to help Assad feed Syrians
RAQQA/DUBAI (Reuters) – While Syrian President Bashar al-Assad was accusing the West of turning a blind eye to Islamic State smuggling, a member of his parliament was quietly doing business with the group, farmers and administrators in the militants’ f…
Hong Kong leader lays out vision in maiden policy address with tax cuts, subsidized housing
HONG KONG (Reuters) – Hong Kong will trim company profits tax and build more government subsidized flats for struggling families, the city’s Chief Executive Carrie Lam said in her maiden policy address on Wednesday, laying out priorities for the next f…
Bolivians protest Morales’ new bid to extend term limits
LA PAZ (Reuters) – Thousands of Bolivians marched through streets across the Andean country on Tuesday to protest a new bid by leftist President Evo Morales to clear the way for him to run for a fourth term in 2019.
China’s Communist Party makes final preparations for key congress
BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s Communist Party opened a meeting on Wednesday to make final preparations for a key party congress later this month, state media said, a five-yearly event where President Xi Jinping is expected to further tighten his grip on …
U.S. flies bombers over Korea as Trump discusses options
SEOUL/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. military flew two strategic bombers over the Korean peninsula in a show of force late on Tuesday, as President Donald Trump met top defense officials to discuss how to respond to any threat from North Korea.
U.S. flies bombers over Korean peninsula with South Korean, Japanese fighter jets
SEOUL (Reuters) – The U.S. military flew two Air Force B-1B Lancer bombers over the Korean peninsula in a show of force late on Tuesday amid high tensions over North Korea’s nuclear and missile programs, South Korea’s military said.
U.S. congressional panels spar over ‘Trump dossier’ on Russia contacts
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Three congressional committees are scuffling over a former British spy’s reports that are central to investigations into U.S. allegations that Russia tried to help Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign, people involved in the…
U.S. fly bombers over Korean peninsula late Tuesday: Yonhap
SEOUL (Reuters) – The U.S. military flew two supersonic B-1B bombers over the Korean peninsula in a show of force late on Tuesday amid high tensions over North Korea’s nuclear and missile programs, South Korea’s Yonhap news agency reported on Wednesday…
U.N. bans four ships over North Korea coal, U.S. delays four more
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The United Nations Security Council has banned four ships from ports globally for carrying coal from North Korea, including one vessel that also had ammunition, but the United States postponed a bid to blacklist four others p…
