Political News, Analysis and Opinion

By Chang-Ran Kim and Kaori Kaneko TOKYO (Reuters) – Japanese public broadcaster NHK on Friday sent a news bulletin that incorrectly reported North Korea had launched a missile that fell … Read More

By Zeba Siddiqui MEERUT, India (Reuters) – Zaheer Ahmed had just returned home from work in northern India last Friday afternoon and stepped out for a smoke before lunch. Minutes … Read More

(This Dec. 10 story has been refiled to correct to remove extra comma in penultimate paragraph) By Clare Baldwin and Anushree Fadnavis CHANDIGARH, India (Reuters) – In a pink-walled room … Read More

(Reuters) – Tesla Inc entered into agreements with lenders in China for a secured term loan facility of up to 9 billion yuan ($1.29 billion), according to a regulatory filing … Read More

By Jonathan Landay, Ted Hesson and Arshad Mohammed WASHINGTON (Reuters) – In the weeks before U.S. President Donald Trump’s declaration last month that he would forge ahead with designating Mexican … Read More

By Lewis Krauskopf (Reuters) – The Nasdaq crossed the 9,000-point mark for the first time on Thursday as all three major Wall Street indexes posted record closing highs, boosted by … Read More

By Ece Toksabay and Ahmed Elumami ANKARA/TRIPOLI (Reuters) – Turkey will send troops to Libya at the request of Tripoli as soon as next month, President Tayyip Erdogan said on … Read More

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has repeatedly expressed concern to Washington over U.S. visa delays for officials from Russia and other countries, a U.N. spokesman said on … Read More

JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu appeared to have faced down a fresh challenge to his power on Thursday when his Likud party held a leadership vote in … Read More

By Laila Kearney NEW YORK (Reuters) – Oil prices were up about 1% to the highest in more than three months on Thursday, boosted by hopes that the China-U.S. trade … Read More