North Korea uses sophisticated tools to spy on citizens digitally – report
SEOUL (Reuters) – Isolated North Korea is developing sophisticated tools to digitally spy on its citizens, who are increasingly using mobile devices to connect to each other, a U.S. government-funded report released on Wednesday says.
Scores of detained asylum seekers take Australian cash and return home
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Dozens of asylum seekers held in a detention center in Papua New Guinea have elected to accept cash from Australia to return to their home countries, officials and refugees said, the largest exodus from the South Pacific camp in four…
Malaysia prepares to deport North Korean linked to murder; condemns attack
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – Malaysia released on Friday a North Korean suspect in the murder of the estranged half-brother of North Korea’s leader and prepared to deport him, while police issued an arrest warrant for another North Korean wanted in connect…
U.S., South Korea agree to strengthen cooperation on North Korea sanctions
SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea and the United States agreed on Thursday to strengthen cooperation on financial sanctions against North Korea, the finance ministry in Seoul said, after Pyongyang’s latest ballistic missile test last month.
Bolivia’s Morales travels to Cuba for medical evaluation
LA PAZ (Reuters) – Bolivian President Evo Morales took an “emergency trip” to Cuba on Wednesday to seek treatment for a throat condition, presidential minister Rene Martinez said, adding that the president would receive a “routine evaluation.”
Afghan-based Islamic State a wild card as Trump ponders U.S. commitment
KABUL/DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan (Reuters) – An Islamic State offshoot based near the Afghan-Pakistan border is expanding to new areas, recruiting fighters and widening the reach of attacks in the region, members of the movement and Afghan officials sa…
France’s Macron targets political sleaze ahead of manifesto release
PARIS (Reuters) – French presidential frontrunner Emmanuel Macron said on Thursday he would ban lawmakers from employing family members and from carrying out consulting activities, seizing on his conservative rival’s legal troubles to project a clean i…
Exclusive: Trump administration has found only $20 million in existing funds for wall – document
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump’s promise to use existing funds to begin immediate construction of a wall on the U.S.-Mexico border has hit a financial roadblock, according to a document seen by Reuters.
Trump touts support for NATO, but expansion languishes in Senate
WASHINGTON(Reuters) – In his first major speech to Congress on Tuesday, President Donald Trump assured U.S. allies that he is committed to NATO, but some of his fellow Republicans have been blocking a Senate vote to expand the alliance for months.
Sudan’s Bashir names long-time ally and general prime minister
KHARTOUM (Reuters) – Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir named his first vice president and long-time ally Hassan Saleh to the newly created post of prime minister on Wednesday, the clearest sign yet that he intends for him to one day take over.
