April 21 (Reuters) – Russian Interior Minister Vladimir Kolokoltsev arrived in North Korea for talks on cooperation between the two allies, the ministry’s spokeswoman Irina Volk said early on Tuesday. “Issues of cooperation between the two countries in the field of law enforcement will be considered,” Volk wrote on Telegram. Pictures showed the minister being…
TOKYO, April 21 (Reuters) – Japan on Tuesday unveiled its biggest overhaul of defence export rules in decades, scrapping restrictions on overseas arms sales and opening the way for exports of warships, missiles and other weapons. The move aimed at strengthening Japan’s defence industrial base marks another step away from pacifist restraints that have shaped…
ANKARA, April 20 (Reuters) – Turkey will tighten gun-ownership rules and increase penalties for owners whose children find the firearms, President Tayyip Erdogan said on Monday after last week’s rare, deadly school shootings. The second of the two separate attacks by students last week killed eight pupils and a teacher in a southeastern province of…
MOSCOW, April 20 (Reuters) – A celebrity blogger whose sharp criticism of the authorities has been watched by tens of millions of Russians has hit back after one of state TV’s best-known political presenters accused her of working for the West and called for her to be investigated. Vladimir Solovyov, a fiery talk show host…
By Yesim Dikmen and Joshua McElwee SAURIMO, Angola, April 20 (Reuters) – Pope Leo lamented during an event in Angola on Monday that many people in the world were being “exploited by authoritarians and defrauded by the rich”, the latest example of a forceful new speaking style he has adopted on his four-nation Africa tour….
MANILA, April 20 (Reuters) – Philippine and U.S. forces will carry out maritime strike drills on a remote Philippine island near Taiwan during annual exercises that started on Monday, which Manila’s military chief said would test their readiness under “real‑world conditions”. The April 20 to May 8 exercises known as “Balikatan”, or “shoulder-to-shoulder”, will be…
ANTALYA, Turkey, April 20 (Reuters) – This year’s U.N. climate summit will seek to turn past decisions into action, with financing the main focus, Turkey’s Environment and Climate Change Minister Murat Kurum told Reuters, as the country prepares to host and chair COP31 in November. The minister, Murat Kurum, said financing was the most important…
MOSCOW, April 20 (Reuters) – The Kremlin said on Monday that it was encouraged by Bulgarian politician Rumen Radev’s desire to resolve issues with Russia via pragmatic talks after he won a landslide election victory on Sunday. Official results showed that Radev’s Progressive Bulgaria party had won convincingly, sidelining long-dominant political forces and potentially pushing…
KYIV, April 19 (Reuters) – Europe must have its own defense system against ballistic weapons, and Ukraine is already holding talks with several countries on its creation, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Sunday. Defense against ballistic missiles is one of Ukraine’s biggest challenges in the war with Russia, since only certain types of missiles…
By Victoria Waldersee and Joan Faus BARCELONA, April 19 (Reuters) – From reforming the UN Security Council to taxing billionaires, thousands of leftists gathered in Barcelona over the weekend to brainstorm ways to halt the rise of authoritarianism and win back voters who have drifted rightwards. The gathering, which drew more than 6,000 people from…