By Anita Komuves and Andrew R.C. Marshall BUDAPEST, March 31 (Reuters) – U.S. conservatives have long pointed to Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban as proof that a Western leader can crack down on immigration, defy global institutions and wage war on “woke” liberalism – and still win elections. But as Hungary heads toward an April…
March 30 (Reuters) – Myanmar junta chief Min Aung Hlaing was nominated by a lawmaker on Monday for a parliamentary vote that will select the new president of the war-torn Southeast Asian nation, as the powerful veteran general seeks a political role. Min Aung Hlaing, who currently also serves as Myanmar’s military chief, was one…
WASHINGTON — A bipartisan group of four senators has plans to visit Taiwan, Japan and South Korea in the coming days on a trip meant to bolster U.S. alliances seen as important to countering China’s dominance in Asia. Sen. Jeanne Shaheen of New Hampshire, the top Democrat on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, announced the…
SYDNEY, March 28 (Reuters) – Australia will amend its export-finance laws in an effort to bolster fuel security as the Iran war continues to affect the nation’s supply chain, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Saturday. Australia, which imports about 90% of its fuel, has experienced localised shortages in the month since the U.S. and…
BOGOTA, March 24 (Reuters) – A total of 69 people died when a Colombian military plane crashed soon after takeoff earlier this week, the country’s armed forces said in a statement on Tuesday, in an incident that injured 57 others. The Lockheed Martin-built LMT.N Hercules C-130 transport plane was carrying 126 people and crashed after…
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — At war with Iran, President Donald Trump is cycling through an increasingly desperate list of options as he searches for a solution to the crisis in the Strait of Hormuz. He is jumping from calls to secure the waterway through diplomatic means to lifting sanctions and now escalating to…
WASHINGTON, March 21 (Reuters) – Robert Mueller, the no-nonsense former FBI chief who documented Russia’s interference in the 2016 U.S. election and its contacts with Donald Trump’s campaign but opted not to bring criminal charges against a sitting president, has died at age 81, multiple news outlets reported on Saturday. His death was reported by…
DAKAR, Senegal — When a U.S. immigration judge told a 28-year old refugee from East Africa that he was free to leave detention in California after 13 months, he was overjoyed. Though an asylum request was denied, the judge ruled he could not be deported home because it would put him in danger. “He told…
WASHINGTON, March 18 (Reuters) – U.S. Vice President JD Vance is planning to visit Hungary in the coming days in a show of support for the country’s long-time nationalist prime minister Viktor Orban, who is facing a difficult election next month, two sources familiar with the planning said on Wednesday. The trip would come after…
March 16 (Reuters) – Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi spoke by phone with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Monday after U.S. President Donald Trump called on allies to create a coalition to reopen the vital waterway. Japan’s Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said earlier on Monday that Japan had made no decision about dispatching…