U.S. secretary of state to visit Japan, South Korea, China: Kyodo
TOKYO (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson is due to visit Japan, South Korea and China this month to discuss North Korea on his first trip to the region since he took up his post, Japanese media reported on Saturday.
France’s Le Pen loses ground in poll after state employee comments
PARIS (Reuters) – An apparent threat by far-right leader Marine le Pen to punish state employees who “persecute” political opponents may have eroded her support, according to a poll which found her first-round lead in France’s presidential election sli…
North Korean murder suspect says Malaysia in conspiracy to damage Pyongyang’s honor
BEIJING (Reuters) – Ri Jong Chol, a suspect in the murder of the estranged half-brother of North Korea’s leader, said in Beijing that he was a victim of a conspiracy by Malaysian authorities attempting to damage the honor of North Korea.
Georgia suspends ownership change for broadcaster after euro court ruling
TBILISI (Reuters) – Georgia, responding to an intervention from a European court, on Friday suspended a ruling from a domestic court that had placed the country’s biggest independent TV station under the control of a close ally of the government.
Erdogan says German journalist held in Turkey was agent and PKK member
ANKARA (Reuters) – President Tayyip Erdogan responded to Berlin’s criticism of Turkey’s arrest of a German journalist by saying on Friday Deniz Yucel was a “German agent” and a member of a militant Kurdish armed group.
Armed faction enters major Libyan oil ports, putting output at risk
BENGHAZI, Libya (Reuters) – An armed faction entered two major Libyan oil ports on Friday, pushing back forces that captured and reopened the terminals in September, officials and residents said.
Ex-Haitian President Preval dies, first to peacefully hand over power
PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) – Former Haitian President Rene Preval, 74, the first leader in Haiti’s history to win a democratic election, serve a full term and peacefully hand power to a successor, died on Friday after falling unconscious at his home.
Bruised DUP edge buoyant Sinn Fein in Northern Ireland election
BELFAST (Reuters) – The pro-British Democratic Unionist Party narrowly remained Northern Ireland’s largest party after edging Irish nationalists Sinn Fein by a single seat in snap elections ahead of arduous talks to resurrect their power-sharing govern…
France’s Le Pen refused to be questioned by judges in EU jobs affair: lawyer
PARIS (Reuters) – French far-right leader Marine Le Pen refused to attend a summons by judges over allegations of misuse of European Union funds, her lawyer told Reuters on Friday.
Hundreds rescued in Mediterranean as migrant arrivals in Italy outpace 2016
ROME (Reuters) – Rescuers plucked around 900 migrants from boats in the Mediterranean on Friday while hundreds more were brought to Sicily, as Italian figures showed far more people are braving the crossing from North Africa this year than last.
