New Zealand tightens immigration rules in ‘Kiwi-first’ crackdown
WELLINGTON (Reuters) – New Zealand said on Wednesday it will tighten access to its skilled work visas, just a day after the United States and neighboring Australia announced similar restrictions on immigration.
As Trump warned North Korea, his ‘armada’ was headed toward Australia
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – When U.S. President Donald Trump boasted early last week that he had sent an “armada” as a warning to North Korea, the aircraft carrier strike group he spoke of was still far from the Korean peninsula, and headed in the opposite …
U.S. highlights human rights at U.N. council, but some states wary
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The United States on Tuesday held what it dubbed a historic U.N. Security Council meeting on the link between rights abuses and conflict, but dropped a push for the broad issue to become a council fixture after at least six m…
Images show North Koreans playing volleyball at nuclear test site
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. experts who have been forecasting an imminent North Korean nuclear test said on Tuesday they were surprised when they viewed their latest satellite images of the country’s nuclear test site and saw volleyball games under way…
Gunmen kill policeman in attack near Egypt’s St. Catherine’s Monastery
CAIRO (Reuters) – Gunmen attacked security forces near St. Catherine’s Monastery in Egypt’s south Sinai on Tuesday, killing at least one police officer and injuring four others, the Health Ministry said, just a week after two deadly church bombings kil…
Indonesian Muslim candidate takes big lead in Jakarta election
JAKARTA (Reuters) – Former Indonesian education minister, Anies Baswedan took a double digit lead over the incumbent Christian governor in the race to lead the Indonesian capital, unofficial early counting by a private pollster showed on Wednesday.
Detained opposition activists say Venezuela authorities tortured them
CARACAS (Reuters) – A Venezuelan court has ordered the continued detention of two young opposition activists who say they were tortured until they incriminated opposition leaders in a plot to destabilize the government of President Nicolas Maduro.
Exclusive: Asylum applications in Mexico surge after Trump election win
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – The number of people applying for asylum in Mexico has soared by more than 150 percent since Donald Trump was elected U.S. president, according to Mexican data, as more Central American migrants seek to stay rather than take the…
Brazil waters down pension reform as protests turn violent
BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazilian President Michel Temer on Tuesday made new concessions to ease passage of an unpopular pension reform bill, leading police unions to try and invade Congress in the latest angry demonstration from a labor group.
South Sudan refugees release U.N. Congo mission staff
DAKAR (Reuters) – A hundred unarmed South Sudanese refugees in east Congo took 13 United Nations mission staff hostage on Tuesday, demanding to be moved to a third country before later releasing them unharmed.
