Political News, Analysis and Opinion

By John Chalmers and Philip Blenkinsop BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Scotland is already taking steps to hold a referendum on independence and believes it is a matter of when rather than … Read More

By Rocky Swift TOKYO (Reuters) – Testing aboard the Diamond Princess cruise ship in Japan has revealed 60 more confirmed cases of coronavirus, media said on Monday, as quarantined passengers … Read More

By Soe Zeya Tun and Jiraporn Kuhakan NAKHON RATCHASIMA, Thailand (Reuters) – Thailand’s King Maha Vajiralongkorn will grant royal funerals to the 29 people killed in a rampage by a … Read More

BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – Ousted Bolivian leader Evo Morales has left Argentina, where he fled in November as a political exile, for Cuba for a medical procedure, his spokesman said … Read More

By Lefteris Papadimas ATHENS (Reuters) – Greece plans to accelerate the creation of detention centers on its outlying islands in the Aegean Sea after a backlash against overcrowded camps by … Read More

DUBAI (Reuters) – Qassem Soleimani, the Iranian military commander killed in a U.S. drone strike on Jan. 3 in Baghdad, had sought to bring stability to the Middle East, Iranian … Read More

MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian authorities have quarantined a Chinese diplomat as a safety precaution against the coronavirus outbreak, the Interfax news agency reported on Monday. Consul General Cui Shaochun arrived … Read More

By Mfuneko Toyana QWAQWA, South Africa (Reuters) – Eight-year-old Musa and her older sister Moleboheng trudged down the ravine with buckets and drum bottles to fetch water from a filthy … Read More

BEIJING (Reuters) – Chinese President Xi Jinping said on Monday the government would prevent large-scale layoffs amid the coronavirus outbreak, Chinese state television reported, as he appeared among the public … Read More

SEOUL (Reuters) – Thae Yong Ho, North Korea’s former deputy ambassador to Britain who defected to the South, is expected to run in an April general election as a member … Read More