May’s Conservatives gain UK parliament seat as rivals suffer setbacks
STOKE-ON-TRENT/WHITEHAVEN, England (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Theresa May’s Conservatives secured a landmark victory in a parliamentary by-election on Friday, strengthening her hand ahead of Brexit negotiations as her rivals suffered damaging s…
Japan PM’s wife cuts ties with school at center of political scandal
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s wife has cut ties with an elementary school whose operator is under fire for buying state-owned land at a rock-bottom price in a furor rapidly developing into a political headache for Abe.
Samsung Electronics tightens donation rules; report says two group executives offer to quit
SEOUL (Reuters) – Tech giant Samsung Electronics is tightening board oversight on donations while two senior Samsung Group [SAGR.UL] executives reportedly offered to resign, as the conglomerate struggles with the fallout from a graft scandal that led …
Guatemala blocks entry to Dutch ship providing abortions
PORT OF SAN JOSE, Guatemala (Reuters) – Guatemala’s army detained a boat carrying a supply of abortion pills on Thursday and prevented it from picking up women seeking to end their pregnancies, saying the move was prohibited by the country’s constituti…
Opponent of Duterte’s drugs war arrested in Philippines on drug charges
MANILA (Reuters) – A Philippine senator and staunch critic of President Rodrigo Duterte’s war on drugs was in police custody on Friday following her high-profile arrest for drugs offences that she described as a vendetta that would fail to silence her….
Magnitude 6.1 quake hits Zambia: USGS
(Reuters) – A strong earthquake of magnitude 6.1 struck northern Zambia early on Friday, the U.S. Geological Survey said.
Malaysia says VX nerve agent was used in murder of Kim Jong Nam
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – VX nerve agent, a chemical on a U.N. list of weapons of mass destruction, was used to kill the estranged half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in last week’s bizarre murder in a busy Kuala Lumpur airport, Malaysian p…
Exclusive: Trump likes two-state solution, but says he will leave it up to Israelis, Palestinians
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday he likes the concept of a two-state solution to the Israel-Palestinian conflict, expressing his preference on the issue for the first time since sparking international criticism for ap…
Pentagon plan to defeat Islamic State to look beyond Iraq, Syria
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A Pentagon-led plan to defeat Islamic State, due in draft form by Monday, will look beyond Iraq and Syria to include the threat from jihadists around the world fueling the conflict, America’s top general said on Thursday.
Malaysia murder mystery breaks with North Korean assassin tradition
SEOUL (Reuters) – The bizarre assassination of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s estranged half-brother marks a departure from the isolated country’s repertoire of overseas operations, according to experts on its opaque ruling structures.
