BANGKOK, (Reuters) – Thailand’s Supreme Court convicted and sentenced former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra in absentia to five years in prison today for mismanaging a rice subsidy scheme that cost the country billions of dollars.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – U.S. Republicans yesterday fell short yet again in their seven-year drive to repeal Obamacare, in a bitter defeat that raises more questions about their ability to enact President Donald Trump’s agenda.
RIYADH/WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – Saudi King Salman yesterday ordered that women be allowed to drive cars, ending a conservative tradition seen by rights activists as an emblem of the Islamic kingdom’s repression of women.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – President Donald Trump warned North Korea yesterday that any U.S.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The Trump administration plans to admit up to 45,000 refugees to the United States in the fiscal year starting Oct.
(Reuters) – Alabama voters elected conservative firebrand Roy Moore as the Republican nominee for a U.S.
BERLIN, (Reuters) – The Alternative for Germany’s (AfD) co-leader Frauke Petry said yesterday she was leaving the far-right party, dealing a major blow to its credibility just two days after it surged to third place in a national election.
BERLIN, (Reuters) – The Alternative for Germany’s (AfD) co-leader Frauke Petry said on Tuesday she was leaving the far-right party, dealing a major blow to its credibility just two days after it surged to third place in a national election.
NEW YORK/SEOUL, (Reuters) – North Korea’s foreign minister said yesterday President Donald Trump had declared war on North Korea and that Pyongyang reserved the right to take countermeasures, including shooting down U.S.
A United Nations disaster assessment official visiting Dominica, which was battered by Hurricane Maria, said yesterday that an estimated 60,000 to 65,000 people, or 80 per cent of the total population, have been affected and that food and water are the most immediate needs, a release from the United Nations Information Centre said.
NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Former U.S. Representative Anthony Weiner was sentenced to 21 months in prison yesterday for sending sexually explicit messages to a 15-year-old girl, setting off a scandal that played a role in the 2016 U.S.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – U.S. Senator Susan Collins rebuffed intense lobbying from fellow Republicans and the promise of more money for her state in deciding yesterday to oppose – and likely doom – her party’s last-ditch effort to repeal Obamacare.
NEW YORK, (Reuters) – The Supreme Court signaled yesterday it may dismiss a challenge to President Donald Trump’s controversial travel ban after the White House announced tailored restrictions on eight countries that legal experts said stand a better chance at holding up in court.
ERBIL/SULAIMANIYA, Iraq, (Reuters) – Kurds voted in large numbers in an independence referendum in northern Iraq yesterday, ignoring pressure from Baghdad, threats from Turkey and Iran, and international warnings that the vote may ignite yet more regional conflict.
NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Former U.S. Congressman Anthony Weiner was sentenced to 21 months in prison today for sending sexually explicit messages to a 15-year-old girl, setting off a scandal that played a role in the 2016 U.S.
BERLIN, (Reuters) – German Chancellor Angela Merkel won a fourth term in office yesterday but Europe’s most powerful leader will have to govern with a far less stable coalition in a fractured parliament after her conservatives haemorrhaged support to a surging far right.
SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO, (Reuters) – Puerto Rico’s medical services are in critical condition in the wake of Hurricane Maria.
MEXICO CITY, (Reuters) – Mexicans packed churches on Sunday to pray for the victims of the country’s deadliest quake in 32 years as rescue teams searched against the odds for any survivors trapped under rubble since Tuesday’s tremor shook Mexico City and nearby states.
ERBIL, Iraq/ISTANBUL, (Reuters) – Iraq’s Kurds will go ahead with a referendum on independence today because their partnership with Baghdad has failed, Kurdistan Regional Government President Massoud Barzani said yesterday, shrugging off international opposition to the vote.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – President Donald Trump yesterday slapped new travel restrictions on citizens from North Korea, Venezuela and Chad, expanding the list of countries covered by his original travel bans that have been derided by critics and challenged in court.
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