(Reuters) – A tropical storm that formed off the North Carolina coast early yesterday was forecast to become a hurricane today, forecasters said, while the remnants of Tropical Storm Beryl looked set to bring heavy rain to Puerto Rico.
SEOUL/TOKYO, (Reuters) – North Korea accused the United States on Saturday of making “gangster-like” demands in talks over its nuclear programme, contradicting U.S.
SOFIA, (Reuters) – China remains open for trade with foreign partners and can only benefit from an economically strong Europe, its premier said on Saturday as he pressed for expanded ties with the continent’s eastern wing while waging a tariff war with Washington.
BARI, Italy, (Reuters) – Pope Francis led a summit of Christian leaders on how to promote peace in the Middle East on Saturday and said building walls, occupying territories and religious fanaticism would not resolve conflict in the region.
AIX-EN-PROVENCE, France/LONDON, (Reuters) – One of the world’s biggest cargo shippers announced on Saturday it was pulling out of Iran for fear of becoming entangled in U.S.
LONDON, (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Theresa May secured a cabinet agreement yesterday for her plans to leave the European Union, overcoming rifts among her ministers to win support for “a business-friendly” proposal aimed at spurring stalled Brexit talks.
MAPUTO, (Reuters) – The board of Mozambique’s national airline, LAM, has been sacked after the carrier cancelled flights this week because of financial difficulties that meant it could not pay for fuel, at one point marooning Prime Minister Carlos Agostinho do Rosario.
ISLAMABAD, July 6 (Reuters) – A Pakistani court on Friday sentenced ousted Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to 10 years in prison for corrupt practices linked to his family’s purchase of upscale London flats, in a major blow to his party ahead of general elections on July 25.
(Reuters) – U.S. and North Korean officials have set up working groups to deal with “nitty gritty stuff” including verification of efforts to achieve denuclearization, a U.S.
AMMAN/BEIRUT, (Reuters) – South Syrian rebels agreed to give up arms in a Russian-brokered ceasefire deal yesterday, rebel sources said, surrendering Deraa province to the government in another major victory for President Bashar al-Assad and his Russian allies.
BEIJING/WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – A U.S.-China trade fight resulting in duties on $34 billion worth of each other’s imports was seen dragging on for a potentially prolonged period, as Washington and Beijing flexed their muscles with no sign of negotiations to ease tensions.
ISLAMABAD, (Reuters) – A Pakistani anti-corruption court today sentenced former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to 10 years in prison over the purchase of upscale London flats, prosecution lawyer Sardar Muzaffar Abbasi said.
WASHINGTON/BEIJING, (Reuters) – President Donald Trump said yesterday the United States may ultimately impose tariffs on more than a half-trillion dollars’ worth of Chinese goods as the world’s two largest economies hurtled toward the start of a trade war.
HOUSTON, (Reuters) – ConocoPhillips moved to bring Venezuelan PDVSA’s U.S. refining unit Citgo Petroleum into its legal battles to enforce a $2 billion arbitration award against the South American country’s nationalization of its Venezuelan assets.
ADDIS ABABA, (Reuters) – Ethiopia fired its prisons chief and took three opposition groups off its “terrorist” list yesterday, the latest steps in Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s bold push to shake the African giant from decades of security-obsessed rule.
(Reuters) – The United States yesterday sanctioned three Nicaraguan officials, including the country’s police chief and the head of its oil company, for human rights abuses and corruption, the U.S.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – U.S. Environmental Protection Agency chief Scott Pruitt, who had been lauded by President Donald Trump for his aggressive efforts to roll back environmental regulations, resigned yesterday under heavy fire for a series of ethics-related controversies.
OTTAWA, (Reuters) – Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, a supporter of feminist causes, yesterday conceded for the first time that he had apologized in 2000 to a woman who accused him of groping her but insisted he did not feel he had done anything wrong.
BEIJING, (Reuters) – Iran should make more effort to ensure stability in the Middle East and get along with its neighbours, a senior Chinese diplomat said on Friday, as Iran’s Revolutionary Guards warned they may block oil shipments through the Strait of Hormuz.
FREETOWN, (Reuters) – Two former top officials in Sierra Leone were arrested yesterday as part of a crackdown on graft by new President Julius Maada Bio’s government.