Algeria president makes video appearance after month of health rumors
ALGIERS (Reuters) – Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika appeared in a video on Sunday for the first time in a month since his abrupt cancellation of a meeting with German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Algiers triggered speculation over his health.
North Korea engine test may be prelude to partial ICBM flight
SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korea has likely mastered the technology to power the different stages of an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) and may show it off soon, analysts say, but it is likely still a long way from being able to hit the mainland…
Honduras convicts Mexican, two Hondurans for plotting to kill president
TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) – A court found a Mexican man and two Hondurans guilty of plotting to assassinate Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez, who has extradited more than a dozen drug lords since taking office, a judicial spokesman and security of…
Egypt’s Sisi to visit Washington on April 3: White House
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump will host Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi for talks in Washington on April 3, a White House official said on Sunday.
Prague’s Old-New Synagogue gets first new Torahs since World War Two
PRAGUE (Reuters) – Prague’s medieval Old-New Synagogue received two new Torah scrolls on Sunday, the first ones since World War Two shattered the country’s once-thriving Jewish community.
Saudi-led coalition calls for U.N. supervision of Yemen port
DUBAI (Reuters) – A Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen called on Sunday for the United Nations to place a strategic port under its supervision after 42 Somalis were killed in an attack on their refugee boat nearby.
Brazil president seeks to calm fears over meat sales, exports
BRASILIA (Reuters) – President Michel Temer, confronting a corruption scandal tarnishing Brazil’s lucrative meat industry, met on Sunday with executives and foreign diplomats to assuage health concerns tarnishing a sector responsible for $12 billion in…
Trump: North Korea’s Kim ‘acting very, very badly’
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday criticized North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, saying he was “acting very, very badly.”
Tillerson ends China trip with warm words from President Xi
BEIJING (Reuters) – With warm words from Chinese President Xi Jinping on Sunday, U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson ended his first trip to Asia since taking office with an agreement to work together with China on North Korea and putting aside trick…
London police simulate Thames boat hijacking in counter-terror exercise
LONDON (Reuters) – London police simulated a hijacking of a tourist boat on the River Thames on Sunday as part of training for a possible terror attack.
