UK election regulator investigates pro-Brexit campaign group
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s Electoral Commission said on Friday it was investigating whether the influential pro-Brexit Leave.EU campaign group broke the law over donations it received during last year’s European Union referendum.
North Korea’s show of force
(Reuters) – North Korea’s latest display of its military hardware at a parade last week focused more on new missiles and less on tanks and artillery, suggesting it was trying to project the image of a country with advanced capabilities in warfare.
Death toll in Venezuelan protests reaches nine
CARACAS (Reuters) – A man was killed in a protest in the Venezuelan capital on Thursday night, an official said on Friday, marking the ninth death in a wave of sometimes violent demonstrations against President Nicolas Maduro’s government.
British PM May says June election result ‘not certain’
MAIDENHEAD, England (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Theresa May said on Friday that she was not taking anything for granted as she geared up for a snap election in June, in which polls suggest her Conservative party was heading for a landslide victo…
At least 17 school children killed in minibus crash in South Africa
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – At least 17 school children were killed when the minibus they were traveling in crashed into a truck and exploded into a ball of fire in Mpumalanga province, north of the capital Pretoria, emergency services said on Friday.
Pence to talk trade, security and koalas during Australian visit
SYDNEY (Reuters) – U.S. Vice President Mike Pence is expected to discuss trade and regional security when he meets Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull on Saturday, Australian and U.S. officials said.
Turkish opposition says appealing referendum on Erdogan powers
ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkey’s main opposition CHP party said on Friday it was making a court appeal against the decision by the High Electoral Board (YSK) to accept unstamped ballots in the tightly contested referendum granting President Tayyip Erdogan w…
Indonesian president’s coalition shows fractures, exit poll shows
JAKARTA (Reuters) – A polarizing election for Jakarta governor saw Islamic identity politics come to the fore and exposed fractures in Indonesian president Joko Widodo’s fragile ruling coalition, an exit poll has revealed.
Trump administration may change rules that allow terror victims to immigrate to U.S.
NEW YORK/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – When Raj, a Sri Lankan fisherman, sought refuge in the United States in 2005, he had precisely the kind of fear of returning home that U.S. asylum laws require.
Heavy security in Tehran as campaigning starts for Iran’s May presidential vote
ANKARA (Reuters) – Campaigning officially started on Friday for Iran’s May presidential election, pitting pragmatist President Hassan Rouhani against hardliners just as the United States reassesses its policy on the Islamic Republic.
