6+ hour, 35+ min ago   (536+ words) SEOUL, Sept 14 (Reuters) – South Korean President Lee Jae-myung’s approval rating fell to a new low on Monday, extending a steep decline as he entered the second year of his five-year term amid growing public discontent with key policies, including housing....

11+ hour, 4+ min ago   (487+ words) MANILA, Sept 14 (Reuters) – Voting began on Monday in the Philippines’ Muslim-majority south under heightened security after three people were killed and 15 wounded in violence on the eve of the historic election. The vote is seen as a crucial test of…...

11+ hour, 40+ min ago   (245+ words) PARIS, Sept 14 (Reuters) – French far-right leader Marine Le Pen maintained her lead ahead of the presidential election and far-left rival Jean-Luc Melenchon ​was second in most tested scenarios, a ‌poll showed on Monday, stressing the electorate’s growing polarisation as Emmanuel…...

14+ hour, 42+ min ago   (616+ words) By Greg Torode and Mei Mei Chu HONG KONG, Sept 14 (Reuters) – China’s military leadership is expected to outline its aims for global security when it hosts its annual defence forum this week amid churning tensions in its own neighbourhood over…...

15+ hour, 43+ min ago   (813+ words) By Mohammed Ghobari, Nayera Abdallah and Bo Erickson ADEN/DUBAI, Sept 14 (Reuters) – Middle East diplomacy appeared to falter heading into Monday with the postponement of a meeting between Iran and other Persian Gulf powers, while fresh attacks around the region’s…...

15+ hour, 20+ min ago   (305+ words) TOKYO, Sept 14 (Reuters) – A candidate backed by Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s government won Okinawa’s gubernatorial election on Sunday, ousting an opponent of Tokyo’s military build-up ​across the strategically important island chain near Taiwan and ‌China. Genta Koja, 42, defeated two-term…...

17+ hour, 23+ min ago   (136+ words) STOCKHOLM, Sept 13 (Reuters) - Sweden's centre-left opposition ​bloc is ‌projected to win a one-seat majority in ‌Sunday's ​vote ⁠for parliament, ⁠the election authority said. The bloc, headed by ​Social Democrats party leader ⁠Magdalena ⁠Andersson, wa... STOCKHOLM, Sept 13 (Reuters) – Sweden’s centre-left…...

19+ hour, 42+ min ago   (128+ words) SHANNON, Ireland, Sept 13 (Reuters) - U.S. President ​Donald Trump ‌on Sunday said he would consider a ‌request ​from ⁠relatives of those ⁠killed in the September 11 attacks to ​release more records about ⁠the ⁠event. "I'm going ​to look at ​it when I... Trump…...

20+ hour, 18+ min ago   (281+ words) KYIV, Sept 13 (Reuters) – Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskiy imposed sanctions on a former press secretary on Sunday, accusing her and nine others of spreading Russian ​propaganda and of supporting Russia’s aggressive policy toward ‌Ukraine. Yuliia Mendel — who worked with Zelenskiy from…...

21+ hour, 24+ min ago   (381+ words) By Bo Erickson and Padraic Halpin DOONBEG, Ireland, Sept 13 (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday reiterated his support for Northern Ireland breaking from the United Kingdom to unify with the Republic of ​Ireland, but said he would not talk…...