Singapore PM questions how Lee Kuan Yew’s will was drawn up as feud intensifies
SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said there are “deeply troubling circumstances” over how the will of his father and the founding leader of modern Singapore, Lee Kuan Yew, was drawn up, in the latest salvo in a family feud…
At least 65 people missing or feared dead in London fire: The Sun
LONDON (Reuters) – The Sun newspaper on Friday listed 65 people who it said were still missing or feared dead in a London tower block fire which police said has left 17 people dead with the death toll expected to rise.
Defense in Kim Jong Nam murder trial focuses on VX ‘murder weapon’
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – A lawyer for one of two women accused of killing the estranged half-brother of North Korea’s leader said on Friday he was seeking the help of foreign experts to assess the evidence related to the alleged murder weapon – VX nerv…
Exclusive: U.S. nears decisions on resettlement of Australian-held refugees
SYDNEY (Reuters) – The United States will tell dozens of refugees held in an Australian-run offshore detention center whether they will be offered resettlement in America within six weeks, two detainees told Reuters on Friday.
Chinese conglomerate HNA sues exiled tycoon Guo
BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s HNA Group has filed a defamation lawsuit against Guo Wengui, days after it first broke its long silence over what it says were “baseless and meritless” allegations by the exiled billionaire, court documents show.
Trump rolls back parts of what he calls ‘terrible’ Obama Cuba policy
MIAMI (Reuters) – President Donald Trump on Friday ordered tighter restrictions on Americans traveling to Cuba and a clampdown on U.S. business dealings with the Caribbean island’s military, saying he was canceling former President Barack Obama’s “terrible and misguided deal” with Havana.
U.S. military has made no decision on new Afghanistan troop levels: spokesman
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Pentagon said on Thursday it has not yet reached a decision on future troop levels in Afghanistan, amid speculation that Defense Secretary Jim Mattis may have finalized plans for an increase in forces to help break a stalemat…
Mexico to speed up extradition of Chilean wanted for Pinochet ally murder
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexico and Chile agreed on Thursday to speed up the extradition of Chilean citizen Raul Escobar Poblete, wanted in his home country for allegedly participating in the 1991 murder of senator Jaime Guzman, a close ally of late dic…
Australia introduces illegal gun amnesty after Islamist-inspired attacks
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia said on Friday it would introduce a three-month national gun amnesty, the first in more than 20 years, in a bid to reduced the number of illegal firearms which have been used in recent Islamist-inspired attacks.
U.S. accuses Chinese company of money-laundering for North Korea
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States has accused a Chinese-based company of acting as a front for laundering money on behalf of a sanctioned North Korean bank and has filed a complaint seeking $1.9 million from it, U.S. prosecutors said on Thursday…
