Hungry Somalis weigh a daughter’s freedom against her siblings’ lives
DOLLOW, Somalia (Reuters) – As the village wells dried up and her livestock died in the scorched scrubland of southern Somalia, Abdir Hussein had one last chance to save her family from starvation: the beauty of her 14-year-old daughter, Zeinab.
Freight train to leave Britain on long haul for China
STANFORD-LE-HOPE, England (Reuters) – The first freight train to run from Britain to China was due to depart on Monday, carrying vitamins, baby products and other goods as Britain seeks to burnish its global trading credentials for when it leaves the E…
Ex-policeman flees Philippines after testifying to Duterte ‘death squad’ link
MANILA (Reuters) – A retired police officer who testified to killing hundreds of people while working for a “death squad” under Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte when he was a city mayor has left the country in fear of his life, he said.
Car blast kills government worker in Somali capital
MOGADISHU (Reuters) – A government official was killed by a bomb planted in his car in Somalia’s capital on Monday, officials said.
Citigroup sees Macron winning French vote, changing its earlier Fillon forecast
PARIS (Reuters) – U.S. investment bank Citigroup said on Monday it had changed its baseline, or most probable, scenario for the French presidential election to a win for centrist Emmanuel Macron, compared to its earlier forecast of a victory for conser…
Philippine court upholds guilty verdict on U.S. Marine in transgender woman’s killing
MANILA (Reuters) – The Philippine Court of Appeals has upheld a guilty verdict on a U.S. Marine for killing a transgender woman nearly three years ago, a case that stirred debate over the U.S. military presence in its former colony.
Tillerson faces tough talks in Moscow amid increased tensions
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson’s visit to Moscow this week will be an early test of whether the Trump administration can use any momentum generated by a missile attack on a Syrian air base to craft and execute a strategy t…
Exclusive – ‘Dollars and euros’: How a Malaysian firm helped fund North Korea’s leadership
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – Over the past two decades, North Korean-born Han Hun Il, the founding chief executive of a Malaysian conglomerate, funneled money to the leadership in Pyongyang, a North Korean defector, speaking out for the first time, told Re…
China, South Korea discuss more sanctions on North Korea amid talk of Trump action
SEOUL/TOKYO (Reuters) – China and South Korea agreed on Monday to slap tougher sanctions on North Korea if it carries out nuclear or long-range missile tests, a senior official in Seoul said, as a U.S. Navy strike group headed to the region in a show o…
Beijing offers cash rewards to unearth foreign spies
BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s capital is stepping up a campaign against foreign espionage from Monday, offering rewards ranging from $1,500 to $73,000 to citizens who blow the whistle on suspected spies, state media said.
