Their life disrupted, South Korean grannies vow to fight THAAD till the end
SOSEONG-RI, South Korea (Reuters) – In Soseong-ri, a small farming village of about 80 residents in southern South Korea, a band of elderly women is at the forefront of protests against the deployment of a U.S. anti-missile system next to their neighbo…
In Philippines battle, troops pinned down by sniper fire, Molotov cocktails
MARAWI CITY, Philippines (Reuters) – When Philippines troops advanced on positions held by Islamist militants in a southern city last Friday they were caught in a kill zone.
Central American leaders facing U.S. aid cuts pledge to do more
MIAMI (Reuters) – Facing deep cuts to foreign aid by the Trump administration, Central American leaders pledged on Thursday to take more responsibility to battle organized crime and curb illegal immigration from the region.
Cuban military’s tentacles reach deep into economy
HAVANA (Reuters) – American tourists strolling the ample squares and narrow streets of colonial Havana may not know it, but from novelist Ernest Hemingway’s famed Floridita bar to Sloppy Joe’s eatery, they are probably patronizing businesses owned by C…
Deadly tower blaze highlights London’s rich-poor divide
LONDON (Reuters) – Within a short walk from the social housing block in west London where 17 people – and perhaps many more – died in a devastating fire are some of Britain’s wealthiest streets, lined with elegant, multi-million-pound townhouses.
Since Brexit vote, Europeans warm again to EU
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Europeans think much better of the EU now than they did a year ago when Britons dealt the Union a heavy blow by voting to leave, a survey showed on Thursday.
Trump to limit Cuba travel, restrict business deals with military: U.S. officials
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump on Friday will announce a plan to tighten rules on Americans traveling to Cuba and significantly restrict U.S. companies from doing business with Cuban enterprises controlled by the military, senior White H…
Spirits high among Kurds in Syria as coalition battles for Raqqa
RAQQA, Syria (Reuters) – Kurdish fighter Habun Kamishli proudly recalled the cat and mouse game she played with an Islamic State suicide bomber in the Syrian town of Raqqa, where the militant group is likely to make its last stand.
Colombia’s Farc leader says all weapons to be handed over by June 20
OSLO (Reuters) – The leader of Colombia’s Marxist FARC rebel group said on Thursday all the group’s weapons will be handed over to the United Nations by June 20 as planned, part of a peace deal to end more than 52 years of war.
Four killed in attack on mosque in Kabul
KABUL (Reuters) – Two gunmen and a suicide bomber killed at least four people and wounded eight more in an attack at a mosque in the Afghan capital of Kabul on Thursday, the Interior Ministry said.
