French financial prosecutor’s office briefly evacuated
PARIS (Reuters) – The French financial prosecutor’s offices in central Paris were briefly evacuated on Monday due to a bomb alert.
Iran’s Khamenei criticizes economy in New Year speech
DUBAI (Reuters) – Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, said on Monday the government’s economic policies had fallen short and called for a new “resistance economy” to create jobs, piling pressure on the president before May elections.
Malaysia says intercepted North Korean arms shipment to Thailand in 2011
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – Malaysia intercepted and returned a shipment of North Korean military communications equipment sent to Thailand in 2011, the country’s police chief said on Monday, amid growing scrutiny of the southeast Asian nation’s dealings …
Exclusive: Almost half of Canadians want illegal border crossers deported – Reuters poll
WINNIPEG, Manitoba/OTTAWA (Reuters) – Nearly half of Canadians want to deport people who are illegally crossing into Canada from the United States, and a similar number disapprove of how Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is handling the influx, according t…
China angered as Dalai Lama shares stage with Indian officials
BEIJING (Reuters) – China expressed anger on Monday after exiled Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama attended a Buddhist conference supported by the Indian culture ministry, the latest spat with India over a man whom China brands a dangerous separa…
South Korea closes foundations at center of political scandal
SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea’s Culture Ministry said on Monday it had canceled licenses for two non-profit foundations at the center of a political scandal that led to the ouster of President Park Geun-hye.
Syrian army and rebels fight fiercely in northeast Damascus
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Intense clashes took place in Damascus early on Monday as the army counter-attacked rebels who had advanced in the northeast of the Syrian capital on Sunday, a war monitor said.
New Zealand expels U.S. diplomat with black eye after ‘incident’: media
AUCKLAND (Reuters) – New Zealand has expelled an attache at the U.S. Embassy after Washington declined to waive his right to diplomatic immunity after an “incident” which gave him a broken nose and a black eye, media and authorities said.
South Korea complains to WTO over China’s response to anti-missile system: minister
SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea’s trade minister said on Monday Seoul had complained to the World Trade Organization (WTO) about China’s retaliation against South Korean companies over the deployment of a U.S. anti-missile defense system in the South.
Russia says Syrian government officials will attend Geneva peace talks
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Syrian government representatives will attend upcoming peace talks in Geneva, Russia’s state RIA news agency reported on Monday, citing Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov.
