World Politics

Police officers stand guard during a protest to demand that the military government hold a general election by November, in Bangkok, Thailand, May 22, 2018. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thailand lifted a military-imposed ban on political activities that has been in place since 2014, a government statement published on …

JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesia’s government on Tuesday launched a more detailed map of land use aimed at resolving overlapping claims in the vast archipelago, including in forest areas, three years later than was initially planned. A tourist boat travels along a river in Tanjung Puting National Park in Central Kalimantan …

The skyline of central Bangkok and the Chao Phraya river are seen during sunrise in Bangkok April 22, 2015. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thailand will hold a much-delayed general election on Feb. 24, pending the lifting of a ban on political activity by the junta in Bangkok by January, …

Senior Chinese and US negotiators have held telephone talks to discuss the road map for the next stage of their trade discussions, according to China’s government. Vice Premier Liu He spoke with US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and US Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer on Tuesday, 10 days after presidents Donald Trump and …

The skyline of central Bangkok and the Chao Phraya river are seen during sunrise in Bangkok April 22, 2015. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thailand will hold a much-delayed general election on Feb. 24, pending the lifting of a ban on political activity by the junta in Bangkok by January, …

LONDON (Reuters) – Steve Bray is already hard at work when dawn breaks over London, waving anti-Brexit banners behind television crews reporting live outside Westminster. Anti-Brexit protestor Steve Bray (L) remonstrates with a pro-Brexit protestor outside of the Houses of Parliament, in London, Britain, December 10, 2018. REUTERS/Toby Melville The …

NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party was trailing on Tuesday in three big heartland states, two TV networks said, as counting began from local elections seen as a final trial of strength for Prime Minister Narendra Modi before general elections next year. FILE PHOTO: India’s Prime Minister …

MANILA (Reuters) – Church bells taken as war trophies by U.S. forces more than a century ago arrived in the Philippines on Tuesday, ending Manila’s decades-long quest for the return of some of the most famous symbols of resistance to U.S. colonialism. The “Bells of Balangiga” landed in a military …

NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s party was trailing in vote count on Tuesday in three of the five states that held elections over the past few weeks, four television channels said. Losses in the assembly elections would be a major setback to the ruling Bharatiya Janata …

BOGOTA (Reuters) – The Gulf Clan crime gang, considered Colombia’s largest criminal organization, has declared a month-long ceasefire for Christmas and New Year and invited other armed groups to also lay down their weapons for the festivities. The gang, also known as the Usuga Clan and the Autodefensas Gaitanistas, is …