Political News, Analysis and Opinion

By Ju-min Park and Tetsushi Kajimoto TOKYO (Reuters) – Hundreds of passengers were preparing to be evacuated from a cruise ship on Sunday after spending two weeks under quarantine off … Read More

By Norihiko Shirouzu TOKYO (Reuters) – Nissan’s new CEO Makoto Uchida doesn’t have time to work his way into the job. He is effectively on probation and has a matter … Read More

(Reuters) – A Missouri jury’s $265 million award to peach grower Bill Bader in his lawsuit against herbicide providers Bayer and BASF has raised the stakes for the two companies … Read More

SKOPJE (Reuters) – North Macedonia’s parliament dissolved itself on Sunday and set April 12 for an early election, eight months ahead of the end of the current term, in what … Read More

DUBAI (Reuters) – Iran will never hold talks with the United States under pressure, President Hassan Rouhani said on Sunday, adding that Tehran’s help was essential in establishing security in … Read More

MUNICH (Reuters) – European Union governments need to be willing to intervene in international crises or risk prolonging paralysis in their foreign policy, the EU’s top diplomat said on Sunday. … Read More

By Alvaro Murillo SAN JOSE (Reuters) – Police in Costa Rica seized more than 5 tons of cocaine bound for the Dutch port of Rotterdam in the country’s largest ever … Read More

NAIROBI (Reuters) – Burundi’s opposition CNL on Sunday picked the current chairman of the National Assembly as its candidate in the presidential election in May which the United Nations says … Read More

By Cynthia Kim SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korean leader Kim Jong Un made his first public appearance in 22 days amid an outbreak of coronavirus, state media reported on Saturday, … Read More

BEIRUT (Reuters) – Lebanon may not survive if its new government fails, the powerful Hezbollah warned on Sunday, urging the country’s divided politicians not to obstruct the cabinet as it … Read More