BAGRAM AIRFIELD, Afghanistan (Reuters) – President Donald Trump made a surprise Thanksgiving visit to U.S. troops in Afghanistan on Thursday and said he believed Taliban insurgents would agree to a ceasefire in America’s longest war. U.S. President Donald Trump delivers remarks to U.S. troops in an unannounced visit to Bagram Air Base, Afghanistan, November 28,
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FILE PHOTO: Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe speaks at the ASEAN-Japan Summit in Bangkok, Thailand, November 4, 2019. REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun TOKYO (Reuters) – Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Thursday said that a missile launch by North Korea was a threat to Japan and the international community, and that Tokyo would be in close
Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson tries some cider as he visits Healey’s Cornish Cyder Farm, in Callestick, Britain, November 27, 2019. Dan Kitwood/Pool via REUTERS LONDON (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is on course to win a majority of 68 in parliament at the Dec. 12 election, according to a model from pollsters
NGHE AN, Vietnam (Reuters) – With tears in their eyes and white roses in their hands, friends and relatives of the 39 Vietnamese people who were found dead in the back of a British truck last month sobbed as the first bodies to be repatriated arrived in rural Vietnam on Wednesday. Ambulances from Ha Tinh
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – United Nations investigators have so far identified 160 Islamic State militants accused of massacres of Yazidis in northern Iraq in 2014 and are building legal cases against them, the head of the team told the U.N. Security Council on Tuesday. FILE PHOTO: Displaced people from the minority Yazidi sect, fleeing violence
HONG KONG/SHENZHEN, China (Reuters) – Tightening control over efforts to manage the upheaval in Hong Kong, the Chinese leadership has set up a crisis command center on the mainland side of the border and is considering replacing its official liaison to the restive semi-autonomous city, people familiar with the matter said. FILE PHOTO: Hong Kong
MADRID (Reuters) – Spain’s far-right Vox party refused to sign an all-party declaration condemning violence against women on Monday, drawing outrage from civil rights groups and embarrassing its allies in the conservative People’s Party. FILE PHOTO: Spain’s far-right party Vox candidate Santiago Abascal reacts during Spain’s general election at the party headquarters in Madrid, Spain,
FILE PHOTO: A Russian serviceman walks past S-400 missile air defence systems in Tverskaya Street before a rehearsal for the Victory Day parade, which marks the anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany in World War Two, in central Moscow, Russia April 29, 2019. REUTERS/Tatyana Makeyeva/File Photo ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkish F-16 warplanes will fly
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel’s top court on Sunday dismissed a petition to order Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to step aside after his indictment on corruption charges. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu heads the weekly cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister’s office in Jerusalem, November 24, 2019. Sebastian Scheiner/Pool via REUTERS The four-term conservative leader has
HONG KONG (Reuters) – Record numbers of Hong Kong people voted on Sunday in district elections viewed as a barometer of support for city leader Carrie Lam, who has been besieged by nearly six months of often violent pro-democracy protests. Voters queue at a polling station during district council local elections in Hong Kong, China
BOGOTA (Reuters) – Three police were killed in a bomb blast late on Friday at a police station in Colombia, after thousands gathered for renewed protests and sporadic looting erupted in the capital Bogota. Demonstrators gather during a protest on the second day of a national strike in Bogota, Colombia, November 22, 2019. REUTERS/Luisa Gonzalez
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s opposition Labour Party will hold a rally outside an Amazon depot on Saturday as it highlights its promise to target multinational firms it accuses of dodging taxes and cheating workers should it win next month’s election. FILE PHOTO: Leader of the Labour Party Jeremy Corbyn speaks at the launch of the
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu faced calls to resign over a corruption scandal on Friday, as senior government colleagues publicly declared support after some signs of cracks in party loyalty. Supporters of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu protest outside Likud Party headquarters in Tel Aviv, Israel November 22, 2019. The placards in
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi meets former U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China November 22, 2019. REUTERS/Jason Lee/Pool BEIJING (Reuters) – Senior Chinese diplomat Wang Yi said on Friday the United States should meet China halfway and promote a healthy and stable development of bilateral
ATBARA, Sudan (Reuters) – Standing on the platform where he and other protesters packed a train to Khartoum in April to pressure Sudan’s military to share power with civilians, Abdelaziz Abdallah made clear the revolution driven by their city has much further to go. FILE PHOTO: A train carrying protesters from Atbara, the birthplace of
FILE PHOTO: U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper holds hands with South Korean Defense Minister Jeong Kyeong-doo before their meeting on November 15, 2019 in Seoul, South Korea. Kim Min-hee/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo OSAN AIR BASE, South Korea (Reuters) – The Pentagon on Thursday denied a South Korean news report saying that the United States was