North Korea’s ‘princess’ now one of the secretive state’s top policy makers
SEOUL (Reuters) – The promotion of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s 28-year-old sister to the country’s top decision-making body is a sign he is strengthening his position by drawing his most important people closer to the center of power, experts and…
Rohingya refugee boat capsizes on way to Bangladesh, 12 dead: police
COX’S BAZAR, Bangladesh (Reuters) – A boat carrying Rohingya Muslim refugees to Bangladesh capsized and at least 12 people, most of them children, drowned, police said on Monday, the latest victims of violence in Myanmar that has forced more than half …
Kim Jong Un praises nuclear program, promotes sister
SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un said his nuclear weapons were a “powerful deterrent” that guaranteed its sovereignty, state media reported on Sunday, hours after U.S. President Donald Trump said “only one thing will work” in dealing …
NZ First leader says foreign ownership to be part of coalition wrangling
WELLINGTON (Reuters) – The party holding the balance of power in New Zealand’s election said on Monday foreign ownership restrictions would be part of its coalition talks, after a final tally showing greater support for the center-left bloc drove the l…
At least 12 Rohingya, mainly children, drown in latest boat disaster – police
COX’S BAZAR, Bangladesh (Reuters) – At least 12 Rohingya Muslim refugees, mainly children, drowned when their boats capsized on the way to Bangladesh, police said on Monday, the latest victims of violence in Myanmar that has forced more than half a mil…
Weakened May to give bullish Brexit prognosis but say ball is in EU’s court
LONDON (Reuters) – Prime Minister Theresa May, weakened by a disastrous party conference, will give British lawmakers a bullish prognosis for negotiations over exit from the European Union on Monday, but tell them that it is up to Brussels to make the …
NZ currency hits four-month low as government negotiations heat up
WELLINGTON (Reuters) – The New Zealand currency sank to a four-month low on Monday after a final vote count in the country’s tight general election released over the weekend failed to identify a clear winner.
Merkel settles migrant row with allies to pursue coalition
BERLIN (Reuters) – German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s Christian Democrats (CDU) reached a deal on migrant policy with her conservative Bavarian allies on Sunday, removing a major obstacle to pursuing talks on a coalition with other parties.
As Johnson Sirleaf exits, Liberians thankful for peace, excited about change
MONROVIA (Reuters) – After a dozen years of recovery under Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, who won the Nobel Peace Prize for helping bring peace after civil war turned her country into a wasteland, Liberians are hopeful about their first democratic power transf…
Israel strikes Hamas post after Gaza rocket fire
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – The Israeli military said on Sunday it destroyed an outpost belonging to the Islamist group Hamas in the Gaza Strip on Sunday after Gaza militants fired a rocket toward Israel.
