Fillon’s campaign relaunch stymied by gifts of luxury suits
PARIS (Reuters) – Francois Fillon, favorite to win France’s presidential election until he was hit by allegations of financial impropriety, sought on Monday to revive a faltering campaign, but found himself on the defensive again, this time over gifts …
Polish prosecutors summon EU’s Tusk for questioning on March 15
WARSAW (Reuters) – The district prosecutor’s office in Warsaw has summoned European Council president Donald Tusk for questioning on Wednesday in relation to a case against former secret service officials, the prosecutors’ office said.
South Sudan rebels kidnap eight local aid workers: military
JUBA (Reuters) – South Sudanese rebels have kidnapped eight locals working for a U.S. charity and are demanding aid deliveries as ransom, a military spokesman said on Monday, as food in the famine-hit nation looks increasingly likely to become a weapon…
China says its police brought graft suspect back from France
BEIJING (Reuters) – Chinese police pursued a fugitive to France for the first time, persuading them to surrender and return home last month to face charges for serious economic crimes, the ruling Communist Party’s anti-corruption watchdog said on Monda…
British, Australian nationals jailed in Bali for murder of policeman
DENPASAR, Indonesia (Reuters) – A court in the Indonesian holiday island of Bali jailed a British man and his Australian girlfriend on Monday for their roles in the murder of a traffic policeman on a popular surfing beach.
U.S. deploys attack drones to South Korea amid tension with North
SEOUL (Reuters) – The United States has started to deploy attack drones to South Korea, a U.S. military spokesman said on Monday, days after it began to deploy an advanced anti-missile system to counter “continued provocative actions” by isolated North…
Turkey summons Dutch envoy to complain over Rotterdam police action: ministry sources
ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkey summoned the Dutch envoy in Ankara on Monday to complain about the actions of Rotterdam police against Turkish protesters over the weekend, foreign ministry sources said, as the row over Ankara’s political campaigning abroad w…
Berlin airport strikes leads to 660 flights being canceled
FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Strikes at Berlin’s two airports caused 660 flights to be canceled on Monday as part of an ongoing pay dispute with ground staff.
Exclusive: Japan plans to send largest warship to South China Sea, sources say
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan plans to dispatch its largest warship on a three-month tour through the South China Sea beginning in May, three sources said, in its biggest show of naval force in the region since World War Two.
Wary of China, Duterte tells navy to build ‘structures’ east of Philippines
MANILA (Reuters) – Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has ordered the navy to put up “structures” to assert sovereignty over a stretch of water east of the country where Manila has reported a Chinese survey ship was casing the area last year.
