In first U.N. address as leader, Suu Kyi defends efforts on Rohingyas
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – In her first address to the U.N. General Assembly as national leader, Myanmar’s former political prisoner and Nobel Peace Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi defended her government’s efforts to resolve a crisis over treatment of t…
Russian ‘lies’ worse than Soviet era, Ukraine’s Poroshenko tells U.N.
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko made a scathing attack on neighboring Russia on Wednesday, accusing it of “lies and manipulations” that even Soviet leaders at the height of the Cold War had not dared.
As Obama’s term wanes, so does focus on Israeli-Palestinian issue
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – In his first major United Nations speech eight years ago, President Barack Obama said he would not give up on Israeli-Palestinian peace.
U.S. begins unblocking jetliner sales to Iran
PARIS/NEW YORK (Reuters) – The United States has begun unblocking deals by Western giants to sell jetliners to Iran in a move likely to ease complaints from Tehran over implementation of last year’s sanctions deal, but test conservative opposition to t…
Schools in Canada province closed by threat, but no device found
CHARLOTTETOWN, Prince Edward Island (Reuters) – Canadian police evacuated all schools in the eastern province of Prince Edward Island on Wednesday after a bomb threat, but authorities said the situation was under control after no explosive device was f…
Obama tells Netanyahu of U.S. concern on settlements, urges peace
NEW YORK (Reuters) – President Barack Obama told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday he had concerns about Israeli settlement expansion in the occupied West Bank and hoped the United States could still help to achieve Israeli-Palesti…
French police clash with migrants trying to reach Calais port
CALAIS, France (Reuters) – Hundreds of migrants trying to make their way to Britain from Calais in northern France clashed with French riot police on Wednesday, Reuters witnesses and police said.
Thirteen detained in Turkey cemetery assassination plot: security sources
DIYARBAKIR, Turkey (Reuters) – Turkish authorities detained 13 people including municipal officials on Wednesday on suspicion of trying to assassinate a senior politician by planting explosives at a cemetery where his relatives are buried, security sou…
Buoyed by fans, Corbyn heads for re-election in Britain’s Labour
LONDON (Reuters) – Thanking grassroots supporters who look set to keep him in charge of Britain’s opposition Labour Party, Jeremy Corbyn seems unruffled by accusations from fellow lawmakers that his left-wing agenda will never deliver election victory….
Anti-Trump campaigners hit London’s streets in red bus
LONDON (Reuters) – Activists urging American expats in Britain to vote in the upcoming U.S. presidential election took to the streets of London on Wednesday in a red open-top double-decker bus adorned with anti-Donald Trump posters.
