12+ hour, 54+ min ago   (616+ words) By Greg Torode and Mei Mei Chu HONG KONG, Sept 14 (Reuters) – China’s military leadership is expected to outline its aims for global security when it hosts its annual defence forum this week amid churning tensions in its own neighbourhood over…...

13+ hour, 55+ min ago   (813+ words) By Mohammed Ghobari, Nayera Abdallah and Bo Erickson ADEN/DUBAI, Sept 14 (Reuters) – Middle East diplomacy appeared to falter heading into Monday with the postponement of a meeting between Iran and other Persian Gulf powers, while fresh attacks around the region’s…...

13+ hour, 31+ min ago   (305+ words) TOKYO, Sept 14 (Reuters) – A candidate backed by Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s government won Okinawa’s gubernatorial election on Sunday, ousting an opponent of Tokyo’s military build-up ​across the strategically important island chain near Taiwan and ‌China. Genta Koja, 42, defeated two-term…...

15+ hour, 35+ min ago   (136+ words) STOCKHOLM, Sept 13 (Reuters) - Sweden's centre-left opposition ​bloc is ‌projected to win a one-seat majority in ‌Sunday's ​vote ⁠for parliament, ⁠the election authority said. The bloc, headed by ​Social Democrats party leader ⁠Magdalena ⁠Andersson, wa... STOCKHOLM, Sept 13 (Reuters) – Sweden’s centre-left…...

20+ hour, 2+ min ago   (486+ words) By Bo Erickson, Chuck Mikolajczak and Padraic Halpin NEW YORK/DOONBEG, Ireland, Sept 13 (Reuters) – President Donald Trump said on Sunday the United States can afford his promise to send $5,000 to every U.S. adult should his Republican Party keep control of…...

1+ day, 1+ hour ago   (349+ words) BRUSSELS, Sept 13 (Reuters) – Canada’s Prime Minister Mark Carney wants closer links with the European Union and is exploring whether his country could become an “associate member” of the bloc, The Wall ​Street Journal reported on Sunday. The EU, which has…...

1+ day, 4+ hour ago   (220+ words) CAIRO, Sept 13 (Reuters) – An Israeli airstrike on Sunday killed at least two Palestinians in a vehicle and wounded 13 ​others in the Gaza Strip, medical ‌staff said. The strike in the Tel Al-Hawa neighbourhood in western Gaza City, left the vehicle…...

1+ day, 9+ hour ago   (261+ words) Sept 13 (Reuters) – Myanmar’s military-backed government said on Sunday its permanent representative to the United Nations was undertaking “illegal activities” and that his status had ​been revoked and withdrawn. Here are some other ‌details of the situation surrounding UN permanent representative…...

1+ day, 12+ hour ago   (584+ words) By Simon Johnson and Niklas Pollard STOCKHOLM, Sept 13 (Reuters) – Swedes vote in an election on Sunday that will either bring a far-right party into government for the first time or shift the country back towards the liberalism it has long…...

1+ day, 20+ hour ago   (141+ words) Sept 12 (Reuters) - An understanding between Iran and ​Oman ‌does not provide for the immediate reopening of ‌the ​Strait ⁠of Hormuz but ⁠establishes the basis on which it could ​reopen, an Iranian source ⁠told ⁠the semi-official Tasnim ​news agency on... Sept…...