Trump says North Korea ‘behaving very badly,’ China has done little to help
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday North Korea is “behaving very badly” and China has done little to help, hours after Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said a U.S. policy of strategic patience with North Korea had ended.
France’s Fillon fights on as window closes for putting up alternative candidate
PARIS (Reuters) – Scandal-hit Francois Fillon is set to be confirmed as the conservative candidate in France’s presidential election on Friday as the window for putting an alternative name on the ballot paper closes.
Russian court to consider ban on ‘extremist’ Jehovah’s Witnesses HQ
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia’s Supreme Court is to consider whether Jehovah’s Witnesses is an “extremist” organization after the justice ministry applied for an order to shut down the group’s national headquarters near St Petersburg.
In Duterte’s Davao, China’s vice premier prioritizes deals over disputes
MANILA (Reuters) – Chinese Vice Premier Wang Yang met Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s in his home city on Friday, becoming the most high-profile visitor from Beijing since two countries long at odds sought to chart a new course in relations.
Syrian rebels say U.S.-led coalition attacks mosque, Pentagon denies it
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Syrian rebel group Ahrar al-Sham said on Friday that the U.S.-led coalition against Islamic State attacked a mosque near Syria’s Aleppo, in a strike that a war monitor said killed dozens of people.
Iraqi forces edge into Mosul’s Old City, Nuri mosque in sight
MOSUL, Iraq/BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Iraqi forces battling Islamic State in Mosul edged into the Old City and around the al Nuri mosque on Friday trying to seal off a main road to prevent militants sending in suicide bombers to attack their positions.
Philippines tells EU lawmakers to butt out after criticism of drugs war
MANILA (Reuters) – The Philippines derided the European parliament on Friday for interfering in its affairs after it issued a resolution calling for the release of a top critic of the president’s war on drugs, which it said should target narcotics netw…
UK says U.S. claims about spying will not be repeated
LONDON (Reuters) – The White House has assured British Prime Minister Theresa May it would not repeat allegations that Britain’s GCHQ spy agency had helped former U.S. President Barack Obama eavesdrop on Donald Trump, May’s spokesman said on Friday.
Missing from Trump’s grand Navy plan: skilled workers to build the fleet
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump says he wants to build dozens of new warships in one of the biggest peace-time expansions of the U.S. Navy. But interviews with ship-builders, unions and a review of public and internal documents show …
NATO head urges Turkey, Austria to solve conflict
COPENHAGEN (Reuters) – NATO’s Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg urged Austria and Turkey on Friday to resolve a diplomatic dispute that has led to some cooperation programmers being blocked.
