South Korea president says Trump’s warning to North Korea ‘firm and specific’
SEOUL/TOKYO (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump’s speech to the United Nations, where he warned he would “totally destroy” North Korea if threatened, reinforced the need for Pyongyang to realize it must give up its nuclear weapons, South Korea said…
Kirkuk shaping up as flashpoint ahead of Kurdistan independence vote
KIRKUK, Iraq (Reuters) – Visitors to Kirkuk in northern Iraq are greeted by an imposing statue of a Kurdish Peshmerga fighter with a gun slung over his shoulder, a reminder of tensions building in the hotly-contested city ahead of a referendum on Kurdi…
China offers support for strife-torn Venezuela at United Nations
BEIJING (Reuters) – China believes that the Venezuelan government and people can resolve their problems within a legal framework and maintain national stability, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi told his Venezuelan counterpart at the United Nations.
At U.N., Britain to push internet firms to remove extremist content quicker
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The leaders of Britain, France and Italy will push social media companies on Wednesday to remove “terrorist content” from the internet within one to two hours of it appearing because they say that is the period when most mate…
Strong quake near Mexico City kills almost 150, rescuers dig through collapsed buildings
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Rescue crews and ordinary citizens searched through rubble for survivors as night fell on Tuesday on battered cities in central Mexico, including the capital, where the death toll from a major earthquake grew to at least 149.
Myanmar’s Suu Kyi denies going ‘soft’ on military
YANGON (Reuters) – Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi has rejected a suggestion she is soft on the military, which the United Nations has accused of ethnic cleansing, saying her relationship with the generals was normal and her objective was national reco…
Strong quake near Mexico City kills at least 149
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – At least 149 people died when a powerful earthquake of magnitude 7.1 struck central Mexico on Tuesday, toppling buildings in the heavily populated capital where rescuers scoured frantically under the rubble of ruins for survivor…
China’s Xi demands ‘strong hands’ to maintain stability ahead of Congress
BEIJING (Reuters) – Stability is an absolute principle that needs to be dealt with using “strong hands”, Chinese President Xi Jinping has told security officials ahead of next month’s key Congress of the ruling Communist Party.
Cuba calls Trump’s U.N. address ‘unacceptable and meddling’
HAVANA (Reuters) – Cuba on Tuesday slammed U.S. President Donald Trump’s latest comments about the island as “disrespectful, unacceptable and meddling,” while reiterating it was not involved in the alleged incidents that had harmed U.S. diplomats in Ha…
Argentina’s Macri deploys popular governor against Fernandez
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – Argentine President Mauricio Macri’s main bulwark against a comeback by his populist predecessor, Cristina Fernandez, in October’s legislative elections is someone whose name is not even on the ballot.
