Cambodia PM orders English-language newspaper to pay taxes or close
PHNOM PENH (Reuters) – Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen denounced the media, non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and the United States on Tuesday, amid growing government impatience with criticism ahead of a general election next year.
Kenyan opposition to tell court that technology enabled election fraud
NAIROBI (Reuters) – Kenya’s opposition will argue before the Supreme Court that technology enabled rather than curbed election fraud, as it seeks to overturn a vote this month won by President Uhuru Kenyatta.
Britain wants to mirror current dispute system with EU after Brexit
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain will press for close cooperation with the European Union to resolve cross-border civil disputes after Brexit and hopes to mirror much of the current system to offer certainty to citizens and businesses, a government paper sai…
Iran says can produce highly enriched uranium in days if U.S. quits deal
LONDON (Reuters) – Iran can resume production of highly enriched uranium within five days if the nuclear deal it struck with world powers in 2015 is revoked, Iran’s atomic chief was quoted by state media as saying on Tuesday.
U.S., North Korea clash at U.N. forum over nuclear weapons
GENEVA (Reuters) – North Korea and the United States clashed at a U.N. forum on Tuesday over their military intentions towards one another, with Pyongyang’s envoy declaring it would “never” put its nuclear deterrent on the negotiating table.
Princess Diana beguiles the world 20 years after death
LONDON (Reuters) – From TV documentaries and the private memories of her sons to a slew of new “revelations” and renewed theories about her death, Britain’s Princess Diana is once again front page news 20 years after she died.
Germany’s Gabriel hits back at Erdogan with call to back Turkish democracy
BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany’s foreign minister Sigmar Gabriel said Berlin and the rest of Europe should back the “democratically minded” majority of Turks who did not support President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, in a dramatic hardening of Germany’s posture t…
China defends ally Pakistan after Trump criticism
BEIJING (Reuters) – China defended its ally Pakistan on Tuesday after U.S. President Donald Trump said the United States could no longer be silent about Pakistan’s “safe havens” for militants and warned it had much to lose by continuing to “harbor terr…
Moroccan who admitted killing two in Finland knife attack was refused asylum
HELSINKI (Reuters) – A teenage Moroccan asylum seeker who admitted on Tuesday that he had killed two women and injured eight other people in a knife attack in the Finnish town of Turku had had his application for asylum rejected before the attack, auth…
France’s Macron, seeking to re-shape Europe, heads east
PARIS/WARSAW (Reuters) – While Britain toils over its messy divorce with the European Union, France’s president Emmanuel Macron is embarking on a drive to deepen the economic integration of a bloc he says needs to be more protective of its citizens.
