South Korea’s powerful business lobby group dealt big blow by Park scandal
SEOUL (Reuters) – Long the voice of the conglomerates that form the engine of South Korea’s economy, the Federation of Korean Industries could become another casualty of the scandal that is poised to cost President Park Geun-hye her job, as key members…
U.S. may target weapons seized by Islamic State in Palmyra
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The head of U.S. forces fighting Islamic State said on Wednesday the United States may target weapons seized by the group when it captured the Syrian city of Palmyra, adding the equipment posed a danger to the U.S.-led coalition …
Aleppo evacuation plan back on track to end years of fighting
ALEPPO, Syria/BEIRUT (Reuters) – An evacuation of rebel-held districts of Aleppo is back on track and expected to begin within hours, officials on both sides of the war said late on Wednesday, a retreat that would mark a major victory for Syrian Presid…
Peruvian president’s ties with powerful opposition party sour
LIMA (Reuters) – For the first few months of Peruvian President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski’s term, the right-wing populist party he narrowly beat in June’s election helped his technocratic government push out an initial raft of reforms.
Afghan brothers who had ‘minefield as playground’ develop drone to clear mines
LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – As young boys growing up on the outskirts of the Afghan capital, Mahmud Hassani and his brother Massoud saw firsthand the damage landmines did to anyone unlucky enough to stumble across them.
Bomber in Istanbul attack came from Syria: Turkish foreign minister
ANKARA (Reuters) – One of the two suicide bombers in an attack on an Istanbul soccer stadium last weekend had come from Syria, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Wednesday.
Germany deports 50 rejected Afghan asylum seekers
FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Germany has carried out its first group deportation of Afghans whose asylum applications have been rejected, in line with an agreement reached with Kabul earlier this year.
Egypt freezes assets of media company chairman
CAIRO (Reuters) – The chairman of two independent Egyptian newspapers, including one of the country’s only English-language papers, said on Wednesday that the company’s assets were frozen for alleged ties to the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood, a charge he…
Venezuela power clash resumes after Vatican-led talks falter
CARACAS (Reuters) – Political conflict between Venezuela’s opposition-run legislature and socialist government flared again on Wednesday after the breakdown of Vatican-led talks, as each side moved to appoint its own members to the national election bo…
Russia blocks U.N. council bid to thank Ban Ki-moon for gay rights work
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – Russia prevented the United Nations Security Council on Wednesday from thanking outgoing Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon specifically for promoting gay rights during his decade in office, diplomats said.
