World Politics

LONDON (Reuters) – A second Brexit referendum would do “irreparable damage” to politics and “break faith” with the British people, Prime Minister Theresa May will say on Monday, rejecting what some see as the only way to break an impasse. Prime Minister Theresa May attends a news conference after a …

FILE PHOTO: Ukraine’s President Petro Poroshenko, Parliamentary Speaker Andriy Parubiy and newly elected head of the independent Ukrainian Orthodox church Metropolitan Epifaniy (Dumenko) sing national anthem at the Saint Sophia’s Cathedral in Kiev, Ukraine December 15, 2018. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich MOSCOW (Reuters) – The Kremlin on Monday accused Ukraine’s politicians of …

DUBAI/ADEN (Reuters) – Weeks of U.N. shuttle diplomacy and Western pressure delivered a breakthrough in Yemen peace efforts when the warring parties last week agreed to cease fighting in a contested Red Sea port city and withdraw forces. FILE PHOTO: Boys walk amid ruins of houses during the conflict in …

A fire still under investigation has destroyed 8,000 voting machines in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s capital — 80% of the city’s stock — just 10 days ahead of a presidential election, the nation’s electoral body and police said Thursday.

A former French army commander has revealed new details of a foiled military coup that was planned against Qatar by the now-blockading countries in the region in February 1996. In an interview with Al Jazeera, Paul Barril, who oversaw the thwarted operation, said that a plan to overthrow the Qatari …

Clashes have continued in Yemen’s flashpoint city of Hodeidah for a third day, despite a UN-brokered ceasefire that is expected to go into effect at midnight on Monday. Residents reported intermittent bouts of violence in the city’s southern neighbourhoods on Monday, with gunfire and missiles being exchanged overnight between pro-government …

NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India will give financial assistance of $1.4 billion to the Maldives, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Monday, the biggest aid yet to the Indian Ocean island nation that is grappling with debt from a Chinese building spree. Maldives President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih and India’s Prime …

The US military has said it killed 62 al-Shabab fighters in six air strikes on Saturday and Sunday in the vicinity of Gandarsh in Somalia’s south-central Banaadir province. The military’s Africa Command (Africom) said on Monday that four strikes were carried out on Saturday, killing 34 fighters, and two more …

SHENZHEN, China (Reuters) – When Japanese recruiters plucked Liu Xueqin from her provincial hometown 33 years ago to work in an electronics factory in Shenzhen, she was happy to get a well-paid job and unaware of the small role she would play in China’s dramatic economic rise. Former employee Liu …

BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thailand will soon hold its first election since the military seized power in a 2014 coup and many hope the vote will return Southeast Asia’s second-largest economy to democracy. FILE PHOTO: Thailand’s Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha waves as he arrives at the Tham Luang cave complex during …