South Korea’s Moon sends aide to U.S. to quell fears over anti-missile system
SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korean President Moon Jae-in’s top security aide left for Washington on Thursday as the new leader tries to reassure his country’s main ally he will not scrap a deal to host a missile defense system that has angered China.
Philippine crisis deepens as air strike on rebels accidentally kills 11 soldiers
MARAWI/MANILA (Reuters) – An air strike on Islamist rebels holed up in a southern Philippine city has killed 11 government troops, the armed forces said on Thursday, in a major blow for a military struggling to end its biggest internal security crisis …
Former senior Chinese provincial official jailed for life for graft
BEIJING (Reuters) – A Chinese court has jailed for life a former vice governor of the wealthy southern province of Guangdong for corruption after finding him guilty of bribery and abuse of power, state media said on Thursday.
Panama arrests 64, seizes 4 tonnes of cocaine in drug gang bust
PANAMA CITY (Reuters) – Panamanian authorities arrested 64 people and seized four tonnes of cocaine following a two-year investigation into a drug trafficking ring, the government said on Wednesday.
Migrants find poverty, exclusion in South America’s copper capital
ANTOFAGASTA, Chile (Reuters) – Immigrants from around South America hoping to seek their fortunes in the continent’s copper mining capital of Antofagasta, Chile, are instead finding poverty, exclusion and a precarious home in the city’s growing tempora…
Mexico ruling party likens rival to Venezuela ahead of key vote
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexico’s ruling party said on Wednesday its main leftist rival threatened to turn the country into strife-torn Venezuela as the two moved into the final stretch of a tight state election race that could influence next year’s pre…
Canada’s Green Party looks to build political sway beyond British Columbia
OTTAWA (Reuters) – The surprise role of power-broker played by British Columbia’s Green Party in the provincial election, which has pushed the party up in national polls, has seen an increase in people looking to run as candidates against Justin Trudea…
Macedonia’s parliament endorses new government
SKOPJE (Reuters) – Macedonia’s lawmakers on Wednesday evening endorsed a new government led by Social Democrats which is expected to steer the way out of a two-year-long political crisis and bring the country closer to membership in the European Union …
Trump hails deals worth ‘billions’ with Vietnam
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump talked trade with Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc during a White House visit on Wednesday and welcomed the signing of business deals worth billions of dollars and the jobs they would create….
U.S.-led coalition strike kills founder of Islamic State media outlet: brother
BEIRUT (Reuters) – An air strike by the U.S.-led coalition has killed the founder of the Islamic State propaganda media outlet Amaq in the eastern Syrian province of Deir al-Zor, his brother said in a Facebook post on Wednesday.
