Saudi king agrees in call with Trump to support Syria, Yemen safe zones: White House
WASHINGTON/RIYADH (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia’s King Salman, in a telephone call on Sunday with U.S. President Donald Trump, agreed to support safe zones in Syria and Yemen, a White House statement said.
Rights group, thinktank urge Myanmar to unravel truth of lawyer’s murder
YANGON (Reuters) – Human rights group Amnesty International and a thinktank have urged Myanmar to investigate the apparent assassination of prominent Muslim lawyer Ko Ni, whose shooting at Yangon airport shocked the Southeast Asian nation.
New Zealand hires former Trump campaign director to lobby for business visas
WELLINGTON (Reuters) – New Zealand has hired a former campaign field director for U.S. President Donald Trump to help its push for a long-sought visa that would give the Pacific nation’s business employees easier access to the United States.
Haiti president-elect says Trump business background to help ties
PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) – Haiti’s incoming president said on Sunday he believed U.S. President Donald Trump’s business background would give him a better grasp of bilateral relations, as the impoverished Caribbean nation recovers from a devastating hu…
France’s Macron gets boost from left as scandal-hit Fillon falters
PARIS (Reuters) – French centrist presidential candidate Emmanuel Macron’s election campaign took a step forward on Sunday as the Socialist party chose a champion with a hard-left agenda and the center right battled to contain a scandal over fake pay.
Philippine police suspend anti-drug operations, declare war on rogue cops
MANILA (Reuters) – Philippine police are suspending their anti-narcotics operation until they have cleansed their ranks of “scalawags”, the chief of the force said on Monday, following the killing of a South Korean businessmen by rogue officers.
Trump, South Korea’s Hwang agree to strengthen defenses against North Korea: White House
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump and South Korean Acting President Hwang Kyo-ahn agreed to take steps to strengthen joint defense capabilities to defend against North Korea’s nuclear threat, the White House said on Sunday after a tele…
Brazil’s Batista headed back to Rio to face charges on Monday
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – Former billionaire Eike Batista, once Brazil’s richest man, is scheduled to arrive in Rio de Janeiro early on Monday, where he is wanted by police in connection with charges including an alleged bribe of about $16 million to …
Jordan’s Abdullah to press Trump administration to step up war on Islamist militants
AMMAN (Reuters) – Jordan’s King Abdullah will hold talks with U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration in Washington on Monday on how to bolster the kingdom’s domestic security amid the growing risk of Islamic State militant attacks, officials and …
U.N. experts warn Saudi-led coalition allies over war crimes in Yemen
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – A Saudi Arabia-led military coalition has carried out attacks in Yemen that “may amount to war crimes,” U.N. sanctions monitors reported to the world body’s Security Council, warning coalition allies including the United Stat…
