Nigerian president’s wife may not back him at next election
ABUJA (Reuters) – The wife of Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari says she may not back her husband at the next election unless he shakes up his government.
Japan defense contractors get to grips with foreign military buyers
TOKYO(Reuters) – Until recently, public meetings between Japanese defense contractors and uniformed foreign military delegations would have stirred controversy in Japan, but this week’s aerospace show in Tokyo saw plenty.
China jails former graftbuster for life over corruption
BEIJING (Reuters) – A senior Chinese official who worked in anti-corruption departments for almost 20 years has been jailed for life for graft, state news agency Xinhua said on Friday.
Honduran president warns of drug cartel plan to assassinate self, U.S. envoy
TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) – Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez said on Thursday authorities were investigating an alleged plan by a drug cartel to assassinate him and the U.S. ambassador to the Central American country, James Nealon.
China warns ‘hostile forces’ trying to undermine military reform
BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s military warned on Friday that “hostile forces” were seeking to spread online rumors about the ongoing reform of the armed forces, which will see 300,000 soldiers laid off, and admitted some of the rumors were having a damag…
Chinese President Xi Jinping visits loyal friend Cambodia
PHNOM PENH (Reuters) – Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in Cambodia for a two-day visit on Thursday, praising the close ties that have seen Cambodia side with Beijing on the South China Sea, and signed dozens of economic agreements.
Colombia’s president extends ceasefire with FARC through yearend
BOGOTA (Reuters) – Colombia’s President Juan Manuel Santos on Thursday extended his ceasefire with Marxist FARC rebels through the end of the year as he seeks to revive a peace accord to end five decades of war after voters rejected the hard-fought dea…
South Asian tensions seen dominating Indian BRICS summit
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India will take its drive to isolate Pakistan and rally the international community against cross-border militancy to a summit of emerging market powers this weekend, when it hosts BRICS nations in the western state of Goa.
France’s Juppe seen winning first primary debate: poll
PARIS (Reuters) – Former Prime Minister Alain Juppe was seen as the winner of the first debate on Thursday among candidates for the center-right’s nomination in France’s 2017 presidential election, a poll published immediately afterward showed.
Car bomb near Syria-Turkey border crossing kills at least 20: witnesses
AMMAN (Reuters) – At least 20 people, mostly Syrian rebel fighters, were killed after a car bomb exploded on Thursday near a checkpoint close to the Bab al Salama crossing on the Turkish-Syrian border in northern Syria, two witnesses said.
