China detains Canadian with ties to Kim Jong Un
World

China detains Canadian with ties to Kim Jong Un

SEOUL/OTTAWA (Reuters) – Canadian Michael Spavor has jet skied with Kim Jong Un, felt the ground shake from a North…
OPEC exit frees Qatar from US legal concerns
Middle East

OPEC exit frees Qatar from US legal concerns

DUBAI/DOHA (Reuters) – Even before taking over Qatar’s energy policy in a government reshuffle last month, Qatar Petroleum (QP) CEO…
Pressure builds on Yemen’s warring parties as peace talks focus on port
Middle East

Pressure builds on Yemen’s warring parties as peace talks focus on port

  RIMBO, Sweden (Reuters) – Yemen’s warring parties are being pressed to agree thorny confidence-building measures, including the status of…
Lebanon will form government ‘despite obstacles’: foreign minister
Middle East

Lebanon will form government ‘despite obstacles’: foreign minister

  LONDON (Reuters) – Lebanon will definitely form a new government despite the obstacles, its caretaker foreign minister said on…
Egyptian lawyer held for wearing yellow vest as sales restricted: activist
Egypt

Egyptian lawyer held for wearing yellow vest as sales restricted: activist

  CAIRO (Reuters) – An Egyptian prosecutor ordered on Tuesday that a lawyer be detained for 15 days after the…
Commentary: Why Europe fears collapse of the Iran nuclear deal
Middle East

Commentary: Why Europe fears collapse of the Iran nuclear deal

  Ali Akbar Salehi, Iran’s nuclear chief and former foreign minister, has warned that Iranians are running out of patience with the…
Syrian state seizes opponents’ property, rights activists say
Middle East

Syrian state seizes opponents’ property, rights activists say

  BEIRUT (Reuters) – Syria’s government has been using a little-known anti-terrorism law to seize property from dissidents and their…
On Iraq’s border with Syria, Iran-backed militia warily eye US forces
Middle East

On Iraq’s border with Syria, Iran-backed militia warily eye US forces

  Al-QAIM, Iraq (Reuters) – From a desert hillside guarded by Iraqi Shi’ite paramilitaries, commander Qasim Muslih can spot Islamic…
US returns bells looted after Philippine wartime massacre
World

US returns bells looted after Philippine wartime massacre

  MANILA (Reuters) – Church bells taken as war trophies by US forces more than a century ago arrived in…
Thailand to hold first election since 2014 coup: junta
World

Thailand to hold first election since 2014 coup: junta

BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thailand will hold a much-delayed general election on Feb. 24, 2019, the Thai Election Commission said on…
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