SEOUL, (Reuters) – North and South Korea began dismantling loudspeakers that blared propaganda across their heavily fortified border yesterday, South Korea’s defense ministry said, fulfilling a promise made at last week’s historic summit.
NEW DELHI/MUMBAI, (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – I ndia’s government must explain its stand on consensual sexual relations between same sex adults, the Supreme Court said on Tuesday, setting a July deadline for a response.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – A letter from Donald Trump’s New York physician released by his campaign in 2015 declaring he would be “the healthiest individual ever elected to the presidency” was composed by the candidate himself, the doctor said yesterday.
TEL AVIV/WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu unveiled yesterday what he said was evidence of a secret Iranian nuclear weapons programme that could step up pressure on the United States to pull out of a 2015 nuclear deal with Iran.
LONDON, (Reuters) – Britain’s upper house yesterday voted to give parliament powers to block or delay a final deal on departure from the European Union, defeating Prime Minister Theresa May’s government.
N’DJAMENA, (Reuters) – Chad’s parliament yesterday overwhelmingly approved a new constitution that expands President Idriss Deby’s powers and could allow him to stay in office until 2033, in a vote boycotted by most opposition lawmakers.
TAIPEI/BEIJING, (Reuters) – The Dominican Republic severed ties with Taiwan and switched its allegiance to China yesterday, in another diplomatic blow to the self-ruled island, which accused the Caribbean nation of accepting false promises of aid from Beijing.
MOSCOW, (Reuters) – SUAL Partners, a co-owner of Russian aluminium producer Rusal, said yesterday that Rusal’s board and shareholders needed to start work as soon as possible on a new strategy after the company was hit by U.S.
LONDON, (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Theresa May appointed a former banker of South Asian origin as interior minister today, trying to draw a line under an immigration scandal threatening her authority as she negotiates Brexit.
LONDON, (Reuters) – Britain’s interior minister resigned yesterday after Prime Minister Theresa May’s government faced an outpouring of indignation over its treatment of some long-term Caribbean residents who were wrongly labelled illegal immigrants.
BOGOTA, (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Haitians battling cholera blamed on United Nations peacekeepers are getting little support with only two percent of promised funds materialising, according to campaigners accusing the global community of again failing the Caribbean nation.
SEOUL, (Reuters) – North Korea will shift its time zone 30 minutes earlier to align with South Korea starting May 5 “as a first practical step for national reconciliation and unity,” the North’s state media said yesterday.
LAHORE, Pakistan, (Reuters) – Pakistani opposition figure Imran Khan on Sunday vowed to sweep to power in upcoming elections, promising radical change for the poor at a campaign kick-off rally in the city of Lahore that has long been the power base of ousted premier Nawaz Sharif.
KATHMANDU, (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – When Nepali labourer Om Bahadur Purja sprained his leg in his remote village he would have faced a four-hour trek to the nearest medical centre – but for a pioneering scheme to bring healthcare to the Himalayas.
WUHAN, China, (Reuters) – The leaders of China and India agreed to open a new chapter in their relationship yesterday after an informal summit, just months after a dispute over a stretch of their high-altitude Himalayan border rekindled fears of war.
KIGALI, (Reuters) – African leaders resisting “democratic transformation” must heed their citizens’ calls for change, former Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf said yesterday after receiving an award aimed at promoting good leadership on the continent.
DAR ES SALAAM, (Reuters) – Tanzania has approached the African Development Bank (AfDB) to finance a 2,100-megawatt (MW) hydroelectric plant in a World Heritage site renowned for its animal population, despite concerns from conservationists.
PARIS, (Reuters) – French billionaire Vincent Bollore yesterday fought allegations that his family-run group corrupted foreign public officials to win port concessions in West Africa.