Poland plans Trump-era defense spending splurge, critics say ‘unrealistic’
WARSAW (Reuters) – Poland’s new plans to nearly double defense spending and add a further 100,000 personnel to its armed forces seem, on paper, to be just what NATO allies need to counter U.S. President Donald Trump’s charge that Europe does not pay en…
Philippines says some militants may have slipped out of embattled city
MARAWI CITY, Philippines (Reuters) – The Philippines military said on Friday that some of the Islamist militants who stormed Marawi City in the south of the country last month may have mingled with evacuees to slip away during the battle that has raged…
Talks between PM May’s Conservatives and Northern Ireland’s DUP are ongoing: source
LONDON (Reuters) – Talks between British Prime Minister Theresa May’s Conservatives and Northern Ireland’s Democratic Unionist Party on a deal to prop up May’s minority government are ongoing, a senior Conservative source said on Friday.
UK’s May rushed from area of London fire after protests
LONDON (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Theresa May was rushed away under heavy police guard on Friday as protesters shouted “Shame on you” after she met residents who live near a tower block in London where at least 30 people died in a fire.
Macron camp talks up electoral reform plan as scale of likely landslide grows
PARIS (Reuters) – New French President Emmanuel Macron’s government on Friday reaffirmed its plan to boost the representation of smaller parties in parliament as its predicted majority after this weekend’s runoffs grew, and likely voter turnout shrank….
Russia’s military says it may have killed IS leader; West, Iraq skeptical
MOSCOW/BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Moscow said on Friday its forces may have killed Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi in an air strike in Syria last month, but Washington said it could not corroborate the death and Western and Iraqi officials were skep…
‘Happy Mrs Jung-sook’ begins work as S.Korea’s first lady among equals
SEOUL (Reuters) – She shops for fish for her family and is not afraid to go out in public in her slippers without a fancy hairdo, but one thing sets “Happy Mrs Jung-sook” apart from other South Korean housewives.
Singapore PM questions how Lee Kuan Yew’s will was drawn up as feud intensifies
SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said there are “deeply troubling circumstances” over how the will of his father and the founding leader of modern Singapore, Lee Kuan Yew, was drawn up, in the latest salvo in a family feud…
At least 65 people missing or feared dead in London fire: The Sun
LONDON (Reuters) – The Sun newspaper on Friday listed 65 people who it said were still missing or feared dead in a London tower block fire which police said has left 17 people dead with the death toll expected to rise.
Defense in Kim Jong Nam murder trial focuses on VX ‘murder weapon’
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – A lawyer for one of two women accused of killing the estranged half-brother of North Korea’s leader said on Friday he was seeking the help of foreign experts to assess the evidence related to the alleged murder weapon – VX nerv…
