SEOUL, (Reuters) – South Korea’s leadership crisis deepened today as prosecutors named President Yoon Suk Yeol as a subject of a criminal investigation over last week’s martial law attempt, a media report said, and his former defence minister was arrested.
ACCRA, (Reuters) – Ghana’s former President John Dramani Mahama has staged a political comeback by winning the West African nation’s presidential election after his rival Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia conceded defeat today.
DAMASCUS, (Reuters) – Syria rebel fighters raced into Damascus unopposed today, overthrowing President Bashar al-Assad and ending nearly six decades of his family’s iron-fisted rule after a lightning advance that reversed the course of a 13-year civil war.
AMMAN/BEIRUT, (Reuters) – Syrian rebels announced they gained full control over the key city of Homs early on Sunday after only a day of fighting, leaving President Bashar al-Assad’s 24-year rule dangling by a thread as insurgents marched on the capital, Damascus.
PARIS, (Reuters) – Iran’s acceleration in its enrichment of uranium to close to bomb grade is “extremely serious”, has no civilian justification and contradicts Tehran’s assertions on wanting serious nuclear negotiations, a Western diplomatic source said on Saturday.
SEOUL, (Reuters) – South Korean prosecutors on Sunday arrested ex-Defence Minister Kim Yong-hyun over his alleged role in President Yoon Suk Yeol’s declaration of martial law on Tuesday, Yonhap News Agency said.
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(Reuters) – U.S. President-elect Donald Trump and French President Emmanuel Macron shared an intense series of handshakes on Saturday, reminiscent of the white-knuckled grip-off that marked a meeting between the two leaders more than seven years ago.
AMMAN/BEIRUT, (Reuters) – Syrian President Bashar al-Assad boarded a plane and left Damascus for an unknown destination today, two senior army officers told Reuters, as rebels said they had entered the capital with no sign of army deployments.
SEOUL, (Reuters) – South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol survived an impeachment motion in the opposition-led parliament today that was prompted by his short-lived attempt to impose martial law this week, after members of his party boycotted the vote.
(Reuters) – Two strategically-important Russian military facilities in Syria and Moscow’s very presence in the Middle East are under serious threat from rapidly advancing insurgents, Russian war bloggers have warned.
AMMAN/BEIRUT, (Reuters) – Syrian rebels said they seized control of the southern city of Daraa yesterday, the birthplace of a 2011 uprising against President Bashar al-Assad and the fourth city his forces have lost in a week.
BUCHAREST, (Reuters) – Romania’s top court annulled an ongoing presidential election after accusations of Russian meddling and ruled yesterday the entire process, which had been due to conclude this weekend, would have to be re-run.
OSLO, (Reuters) – The value of Norway’s sovereign wealth fund, the world’s largest, rose to a record 20 trillion crowns ($1.80 trillion) yesterday, doubling its value in just five years as oil and gas revenue flowed in and stock markets rose.
(Reuters) – New York City police believe the man who fatally shot a United-Health UNH.N top
SANTO DOMINGO, (Reuters) – The Dominican Republic yesterday reported its largest ever cocaine seizure, saying it found some 9.5 metric tons of cocaine hidden in a banana shipment that arrived at a port in Santo Domingo, the capital.
NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has accused the State Department and “deep state” elements in the U.S.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – Donor countries have pledged a record $100 billion three-year replenishment of the World Bank’s fund for the poorest nations, providing a vital lifeline for their struggles against crushing debts, climate disasters, inflation and conflict.
(Reuters) – Work will continue on the BRICS settlement system despite U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s threat to impose 100% import duties on countries that try to undermine the dollar, the RIA news agency cited a senior Russian official as saying on Friday.
SEOUL, (Reuters) – South Korea’s ruling party leader said today President Yoon Suk Yeol needs to be removed from authority for trying to impose martial law, but stopped short of urging members to vote for impeachment.
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