BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand officially ended a year of mourning for its late King Bhumibol Adulyadej on Monday, marking a return to colors for some after a monotone year during which many wore black from head-to-toe out of respect for their re

Grief-stricken families of Japanese abducted by North Korea pin hopes on Trump

Nov 2nd, 2017 3m 29s

TOKYO (Reuters) - Takuya Yokota vividly remembers clutching a flashlight and running to the ocean with his mother and twin brother to look for his older sister in the dark, shouting her name. Megumi, then 13, had disappeared on her way home fro

Trump declines to say if he will visit Korean DMZ on Asia trip

Nov 1st, 2017 2m 20s

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump declined to say on Wednesday whether he will visit the Korean Peninsula’s demilitarized zone during an upcoming Asia tour. “I’d rather not say, but you’ll be surprised,” Trump told reporters on

After Islamic State, ruined Raqqa fears new strife

Oct 31st, 2017 6m 35s

RAQQA, Syria (Reuters) - The morning after Islamic State’s defeat in Raqqa, a local militia fighter stood in a square in the ruined, deserted city center. “There will be more problems here,” he said. The 19-year-old, who gave his name as Moro,

'At the doors of starvation:' siege strangles Damascus suburbs

Oct 30th, 2017 6m 59s

EASTERN GHOUTA (Reuters) - A tightening siege has pushed people to the verge of famine in the eastern suburbs of Damascus, residents and aid workers say, bringing desperation to the only major rebel enclave near the Syrian capital. Cases of mal

Fugitives in Kim Jong Nam killing changed clothes at airport, witness says

Oct 27th, 2017 4m 15s

KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Four men suspected of killing the North Korean leader’s half-brother at a Malaysian airportchanged their clothes and appearance to escape detection, a police witness said on Thursday. The four, who are still at large, a

Angry Trump envoy to meet South Sudan president to push for peace

Oct 26th, 2017 4m 19s

ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley is due to travel to war-torn South Sudan on Wednesday to meet with the country’s President Salva Kiir – and she is angry.

Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter says would travel to North Korea: NYT

Oct 25th, 2017 2m 8s

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter said he would be willing to travel to North Korea on behalf of the Trump administration to help diffuse rising tensions, The New York Times reported on its website on Sunday. “I would go,

Widow of slain U.S. soldier says Trump call 'made me cry even worse'

Oct 24th, 2017 3m 23s

, (Reuters) - The widow of a U.S. Army sergeant killed in Niger this month said on Monday that President Donald Trump “made me cry even worse” in a condolence telephone call when he said that her husband “knew what he signed up for.” In an inte

Ex-soccer star Weah headed for presidential run-off in Liberia

Oct 23rd, 2017 4m 51s

FILE PHOTO: George Weah, former soccer player and presidential candidate of Congress for Democratic Change (CDC), votes at a polling station in Monrovia, Liberia, October 10, 2017. REUTERS/Thierry Gouegnon/File Photo MONROVIA (Reuters) - Former

Austrian vote gives mandate to far right to enter coalition talks

Oct 20th, 2017 5m 57s

VIENNA (Reuters) - Austrians shifted to the right in Sunday’s parliamentary elections, giving the far-right Freedom Party a mandate to enter coalition talks with young conservative victor Sebastian Kurz, who fell short of a parliamentary majori

After Somalia's deadliest bombing, a brother's desperate search

Oct 19th, 2017 5m 3s

A general view shows the scene of an explosion in KM4 street in the Hodan district of Mogadishu, Somalia October 14, 2017. REUTERS/Feisal Omar MOGADISHU (Reuters) - When Somalia’s deadliest truck bomb exploded on Saturday, Abdi Ali Ibrahim race

POLITICS: Xi Jinping's compliant generation

Oct 18th, 2017 2m 24s

(Reuters) - The relative stability and comfort around them as they grew up, plus the steady drip of propaganda, have engendered a deep sense of patriotism in the “Class of 2012”. They spend little time thinking about politics, though, focusing

'Mad dog' anti-Trump leaflets, suspected floated in from North Korea, turn up in Seoul

Oct 17th, 2017 3m 4s

An anti-Trump leaflet believed to come from North Korea by balloon is pictured in this undated handout photo released by NK News on October 16, 2017. The texts in Korean read "Mad dog Trump" (top), 'Will kill 25,000,000 people in North Korea" (

Asked to explain 'calm before the storm' remark, Trump talks North Korea

Oct 16th, 2017 1m 28s

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks about tax reform in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, U.S., October 11, 2017. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday appeared to confirm he had North Korea in mind last

U.N. bans four ships over North Korea coal, U.S. delays four more

Oct 13th, 2017 3m 26s

The flag of North Korea is seen in Geneva, Switzerland, June 20, 2017. REUTERS/Pierre Albouy UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The United Nations Security Council has banned four ships from ports globally for carrying coal from North Korea, including

Zimbabwe's Mugabe says may make cabinet changes next week

Oct 12th, 2017 2m 9s

HARARE (Reuters) - Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe said on Saturday he may make changes to his cabinet next week, at a time of rising tensions within his ruling party over who will eventually takeover from him. Mugabe told a meeting of the r

North Korea preparing long-range missile test: RIA cites Russian lawmaker

Oct 11th, 2017 5m 21s

MOSCOW (Reuters) - North Korea is preparing to test a long-range missile which it believes can reach the west coast of the United States, RIA news agency cited a Russian lawmaker as saying on Friday. Anton Morozov, a member of the Russian Duma’

Belgium eyes British, U.S. jets; French offer under legal scrutiny

Oct 9th, 2017 2m 15s

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Belgium has received proposals from Britain and the United States to replace its ageing fleet of fighter jets, while a French proposal that was not part of the tender process will be looked at separately, Belgium’s defense

Police order Berlin district evacuation after WW2 bomb find

Oct 6th, 2017 1m 51s

BERLIN (Reuters) - Police ordered the immediate evacuation of part of southern Berlin and imposed temporary road, rail and metro closures after building workers unearthed a unexploded World War Two bomb on the site of a former railway siding. B

Trump praises response to Puerto Rico, says crisis straining budget

Oct 5th, 2017 2m 24s

U.S. President Donald Trump waves to local residents affected by Hurricane Maria as he helps hand out supplies at a disaster relief distribution center at Calgary Chapel in San Juan, Puerto Rico, U.S., October 3, 2017. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst SA

Fear driving Cambodian opposition MPs abroad, party says

Oct 4th, 2017 2m 29s

Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Sen addresses the 72nd United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters in New York, U.S., September 22, 2017. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz PHNOM PENH (Reuters) - Around half the opposition members of Cambodia’s parli

Two women deny murdering North Korean leader's half-brother

Oct 3rd, 2017 3m 25s

FILE PHOTO: Vietnamese Doan Thi Huong (L) and Indonesian Siti Aishah are seen in this combination picture from undated handouts released by the Royal Malaysia Police to Reuters on February 19, 2017. Royal Malaysia Police/Handout via Reuters/Fil

North Korea bolsters defenses after flight by U.S. bombers, rhetoric escalates

Oct 2nd, 2017 7m 15s

SEOUL/NEW YORK (Reuters) - North Korea has been boosting defenses on its east coast, South Korea’s Yonhap news agency said on Tuesday, after the North said U.S. President Donald Trump had declared war and that it would shoot down U.S. bombers f

Eating leaves to survive in Myanmar's 'ethnic cleansing' zone

Sep 28th, 2017 7m 24s

FILE PHOTO: A burnt house is seen in a village in Maungdaw in the north of Rakhine state in Myanmar, September 12, 2017. REUTERS/Stringer/File Photo MAUNGDAW, Myanmar (Reuters) - Along the main road that stretches nearly 40 kilometers north fro