UK PM May’s election landslide in doubt as poll lead slips
LONDON (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Theresa May’s ability to deliver a landslide majority in the June 8 election was in doubt on Tuesday after two more opinion polls showed the vote could be much tighter than previously thought.
‘Shocked’ South Korea leader orders probe into U.S. THAAD additions
SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korean President Moon Jae-in has ordered a probe after his Defence Ministry failed to inform him that four more launchers for the controversial U.S. THAAD anti-missile system had been brought into the country, his spokesman said…
South Sudan soldiers accused of rape, murder of aid workers appear in court
NAIROBI (Reuters) – Thirteen South Sudanese soldiers accused of raping five foreign aid workers and killing their local colleague appeared before a military court on Tuesday, a case seen as a test of the government’s ability to try war crimes.
China is behaving like a ‘bully’ in South China Sea: McCain
SYDNEY (Reuters) – China is behaving like a “bully” with its militarization of islands in the South China Sea, Republican U.S. Senator John McCain said on Tuesday, activity Washington must confront with its allies to find a peaceful solution.
Philippines urges Islamist rebels to surrender as battle enters eighth day
MARAWI, Philippines (Reuters) – The Philippine military urged Islamist militants occupying a southern city to turn themselves in on Tuesday, the eighth day of a push by security forces using armored vehicles and firing rockets from helicopters to elimi…
Panama’s Noriega: CIA spy turned drug-running dictator
PANAMA CITY (Reuters) – Former Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega was for years a useful tool of the United States, until President George H.W. Bush lost patience with his brutal, drug-running rule and sent nearly 28,000 troops to invade the country a…
Russia’s Putin, Saudi prince praise dialogue on oil, Syria
DUBAI/MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia and Saudi Arabia hailed their growing partnership in oil markets and dialogue on Syria on Tuesday, in a departure from past hostilities between the top global producers and major players in the Middle East.
Russia says concerned contacts with Trump team lack positive shifts: TASS
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia’s deputy foreign minister Sergei Ryabkov said Moscow was concerned that contacts with the Donald Trump administration had not yet led to positive shifts in the relations between the two nations, Russian news agencies quoted hi…
Tokyo’s female governor takes on Japan’s old-boy network, but denies run for PM
TOKYO (Reuters) – Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike is challenging Japan’s old-boy network in the capital, where she thrashed a ruling party rival to win her post and now aims to lead reform-minded candidates to victory in a city-wide July election.
Car bombs, suicide attack kill 35 in Iraq, hitting Ramadan crowd
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Two car bombs and a suicide bomber killed at least 35 people in Baghdad and in a city to the west, and wounded more than 100 in Tuesday attacks targeting the late-night crowds typical of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, security so…
