Trump and Japan’s Abe take a swing at golf diplomacy
JUPITER, Florida (Reuters) – President Donald Trump and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe hit the links on Saturday, as the two leaders looked to forge a bond over a round of golf diplomacy.
Peru says U.S. is not planning to detain wanted ex-president
LIMA/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Peru has been informed by U.S. authorities that they are not planning to keep former Peru President Alejandro Toledo, who is wanted in connection with a corruption probe, from boarding a flight to Israel from California i…
Panama detains Mossack Fonseca founders on corruption charges
PANAMA CITY (Reuters) – The two founders of Panamanian law firm Mossack Fonseca were arrested on Saturday, the attorney general’s office said, after both were indicted on charges of money-laundering in a case allegedly tied to a wide-ranging corruption…
‘Boy-band governor’ surges in wide-open South Korea presidential race
SEOUL (Reuters) – A provincial governor nicknamed after a leading boy-band is surging in South Korean presidential polls following former United Nations chief Ban Ki-moon’s announcement that he would not run in an election that could come within months…
Khamenei says Sweden has good name among Iranians
DUBAI (Reuters) – Iran’s supreme leader said on Saturday the United States and Western powers are regarded with suspicion in the Middle East because of their interference, but that Sweden has a good name among Iranians and is seen as a reputable econom…
Germany’s Social Democrats narrow gap with Merkel’s conservatives: poll
BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany’s center-left Social Democrats have closed to within one percentage point of Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservatives, a poll showed on Saturday, seven months before a pivotal federal election with EU-wide ramifications.
Brazil police refuse to end week-long strike in state plagued by murders
VITORIA, Brazil (Reuters) – Police in the Brazilian state of Espirito Santo did not return to work on Saturday, although the government announced hours earlier that a deal had been struck to end a week-long strike that has led to a sharp increase in mu…
Spain’s Rajoy cements grip on his party ahead of tricky term
MADRID (Reuters) – Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy secured the backing of his conservative People’s Party (PP) on Saturday to stay on as its leader as his minority government attempts to forge pacts with the opposition to pass a budget and stay in…
Islamic State’s Syrian stronghold should be isolated by spring: UK minister
ERBIL, Iraq (Reuters) – Western-backed Syrian forces should isolate Islamic State’s de facto capital in Syria “by the spring” before an offensive on the city itself, British Defence Secretary Michael Fallon said on Saturday.
Iraqi policeman killed in clashes with pro-Sadr protesters
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – An Iraqi policeman was killed and seven others wounded in clashes with protesters loyal to prominent Shi’ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr who had gathered in Baghdad on Saturday to demand political reforms, the interior ministry said.
