After Saudi king, China warmly welcomes Israel’s prime minister
BEIJING (Reuters) – China welcomed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday just days after hosting Saudi Arabia’s King Salman and the signing of deals worth as much as $65 billion with Riyadh, as China steps up its tentative engagement wit…
Britain’s May to launch EU divorce proceedings on March 29
LONDON/BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Prime Minister Theresa May will trigger Britain’s divorce proceedings with the European Union on March 29, launching two years of negotiations that will reshape the future of the country and Europe.
Ousted South Korea leader Park turns to loyalists for defense
SEOUL (Reuters) – A lawyer known as her “bullet-proof vest” is on former South Korean president Park Geun-hye’s legal team. So are two failed candidates for parliament from her ruling party.
French financial prosecutor’s office briefly evacuated
PARIS (Reuters) – The French financial prosecutor’s offices in central Paris were briefly evacuated on Monday due to a bomb alert.
Iran’s Khamenei criticizes economy in New Year speech
DUBAI (Reuters) – Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, said on Monday the government’s economic policies had fallen short and called for a new “resistance economy” to create jobs, piling pressure on the president before May elections.
Malaysia says intercepted North Korean arms shipment to Thailand in 2011
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – Malaysia intercepted and returned a shipment of North Korean military communications equipment sent to Thailand in 2011, the country’s police chief said on Monday, amid growing scrutiny of the southeast Asian nation’s dealings …
Exclusive: Almost half of Canadians want illegal border crossers deported – Reuters poll
WINNIPEG, Manitoba/OTTAWA (Reuters) – Nearly half of Canadians want to deport people who are illegally crossing into Canada from the United States, and a similar number disapprove of how Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is handling the influx, according t…
China angered as Dalai Lama shares stage with Indian officials
BEIJING (Reuters) – China expressed anger on Monday after exiled Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama attended a Buddhist conference supported by the Indian culture ministry, the latest spat with India over a man whom China brands a dangerous separa…
South Korea closes foundations at center of political scandal
SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea’s Culture Ministry said on Monday it had canceled licenses for two non-profit foundations at the center of a political scandal that led to the ouster of President Park Geun-hye.
Syrian army and rebels fight fiercely in northeast Damascus
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Intense clashes took place in Damascus early on Monday as the army counter-attacked rebels who had advanced in the northeast of the Syrian capital on Sunday, a war monitor said.
