Category: World News

By Hyonhee Shin and David Brunnstrom SEOUL/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – North Korea on Friday confirmed that Ri Son Gwon, a former defense commander with limited diplomatic experience, has been appointed the … Read More

By Tim Reid FORT DODGE, Iowa (Reuters) – Iowa resident Carolyn Miller had long harbored doubts about Joe Biden’s candidacy, believing the former vice president was too old and too … Read More

By Joseph Campbell and Oscar Abunyawan TANAUAN (Reuters) – Ash from a rumbling Philippine volcano has inspired an artist and instructor to paint watercolors using the gray powder that had … Read More

By John Davison and Aziz El Yaakoubi BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Tens of thousands of Iraqis rallied in central Baghdad on Friday calling for the expulsion of U.S. troops, but the … Read More

By Belén Carreño and Ashifa Kassam MADRID (Reuters) – Opposition parties rebuked Spain’s government on Friday over an encounter at Madrid’s international airport between a minister and a senior aide … Read More

(Reuters) – February kicks off the presidential nominating contest for both the Democratic and Republican parties. For Democrats, what was once a field of more than 20 candidates has been … Read More

(Reuters) – Intel Corp’s <INTC.O> shares hit their highest in nearly two decades on Friday after cloud computing demand fired up the chipmaker’s data center business and allayed concerns of … Read More

By Nick Mulvenney MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Roger Federer looked defeat full in the face before rallying in the 10-point tiebreaker to edge local battler John Millman in a five-set thriller … Read More

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Top officials from the U.S. State Department will conduct a classified briefing next week on Iran policy for members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, the committee … Read More

By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – U.S. Vice President Mike Pence, a former Catholic, held an unusually long meeting with Pope Francis on Friday and quipped that he emerged … Read More