In first Trump-Merkel meeting, awkward body language and a quip
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The first face-to-face meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and German Chancellor Angela Merkel started awkwardly on Friday and ended even more oddly, with a quip by Trump about wiretapping that left the German leader visi…
China needs to accelerate nuclear power development to meet 2020 target: ex-official
BEIJING (Reuters) – China needs to speed up building planned nuclear reactors and make quick new approvals over the next few years to meet a target for 2020 and keep projects rolling beyond that, an ex-chairman of China National Nuclear Corporation [CN…
South Sudan government to blame for famine, still buying arms: U.N. report
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – South Sudan’s government is mainly to blame for famine in parts of the war-torn country, yet President Salva Kiir is still boosting his forces using millions of dollars from oil sales, according to a confidential United Natio…
Venezuela arrests brownie and croissant bakers in ‘bread war’
CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuela this week arrested four bakers making illegal brownies and other pastries as President Nicolas Maduro’s socialist government threatens to take over bakeries in Caracas as part of a new “bread war”.
Tillerson delivers stark warning to North Korea of possible military response
SEOUL (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson on Friday issued the Trump administration’s starkest warning yet to North Korea, saying that a military response would be “on the table” if Pyongyang took action to threaten South Korean and U.S. …
U.S. air strike killed militants in Idlib: U.S. military
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – An air strike carried out by U.S. forces on Thursday in Idlib, Syria, killed several al Qaeda militants, U.S. Central Command said in a statement.
Japan PM Abe’s wife did not donate to school at center of scandal: government
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s top government spokesman said on Friday that Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s wife did not donate money to a school at the center of a ballooning political scandal.
Israel intercepts missile fired at its air force in Syria
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – The Israeli military said it shot down one of numerous anti-aircraft missiles launched on Friday at its air force which was operating in Syria, in a rare such incident that spilled over into neighboring countries.
Exclusive: Children among hundreds of Rohingya detained in Myanmar crackdown
SITTWE, Myanmar/COX’S BAZAR, Bangladesh (Reuters) – Children as young as 10 years old are among hundreds of Rohingya Muslims detained on charges of consorting with insurgents, according to a police document seen by Reuters that sheds new light on Myanm…
Between Duterte and a death squad, a Philippine mayor fights drug-war violence
MANILA (Reuters) – In the past eight months, a death squad known as the Bonnet Gang has gunned down more than 60 drug suspects in the Philippine town of Pateros. Mayor Ike Ponce has had enough.
