Le Pen as president would seek French electoral law change: aide
PARIS (Reuters) – Presidential candidate Marine Le Pen would try to change France’s electoral law by referendum if she wins the presidency on Sunday and her National Front (FN) party fails to win a parliamentary majority in June, a senior FN official s…
Assange lawyer asks Swedish court to tear up detention order
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – Julian Assange’s lawyer has requested a Swedish court rescind a detention order against the WikiLeaks founder over an alleged rape and allow him to go to Ecuador to be safe from extradition to the United States.
UK will not pay 100 billion euro EU exit bill, says Brexit minister
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain will not be paying 100 billion euros ($109.14 billion) to leave the European Union, Brexit minister David Davis said on Wednesday after the Financial Times reported that the EU was preparing to demand that amount.
North Korea says American was detained for ‘attempted subversion’
SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korea said on Wednesday an American man it had detained in late April, the third U.S. citizen being held by the isolated country, was intercepted because he was attempting to commit “hostile acts”.
Malaysia arrests two Turks suspected of threatening national security
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – Malaysian police have arrested two Turks, including the head of an international school, suspected of activities threatening national security, police chief Khalid Abu Bakar said.
UAE builds up Yemen regional army but country fragments
MUKALLA, Yemen(Reuters) – Since a Yemeni force trained and funded by the United Arab Emirates recaptured the southern port of Mukalla from al Qaeda fighters a year ago, the Gulf state’s efforts to consolidate progress risks being compromised by traditi…
Bomb blast kills four in rebel-held northern Syria town: Syrian Observatory
BEIRUT (Reuters) – A bomb blast killed at least four people and wounded many more in a rebel-held town in northern Syria near the Turkish border on Wednesday, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitoring group said.
VOA suspends reporters over live stream of Chinese tycoon’s graft accusations
BEIJING (Reuters) – U.S. government-backed Voice of America (VOA) has suspended its Mandarin-language service chief and four other staff involved in interviewing Guo Wengui, a U.S.-based Chinese businessman wanted by the Chinese government, it said on …
Japan voters split on revising pacifist constitution: poll
TOKYO (Reuters) – Voters in Japan are deeply divided over Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s campaign to revise its 70-year-old pacifist constitution, according to a poll released on Wednesday, against a backdrop of growing tension in the region, particularly…
As U.S. and China find common ground on North Korea, is Russia the wild card?
SEOUL/VLADIVOSTOK, Russia (Reuters) – When North Korean leader Kim Jong Un sent Lunar New Year greetings this year, the first card went to Russian President Vladimir Putin, ahead of leaders from China and other allies of the isolated country, according…
