3+ hour, 15+ min ago  (344+ words) BELGRADE, March 13 (Reuters) " Serbia recently purchased Chinese CM-400AKG air-to-surface ballistic missiles for its air force, becoming the weapon's first European operator, Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said late "on Thursday. Serbia is striving to balance its partnership with "NATO and aspirations to…...

2+ hour, 51+ min ago  (388+ words) By Tamiyuki Kihara and Yukiko Toyoda TOKYO, March 13 (Reuters) " Japan will inform the U.S. next week that it intends to join the "Golden Dome" missile defense initiative and expects that Washington may seek its help "with missile production due to the…...

3+ hour, 55+ min ago  (346+ words) BEIJING, March 13 (Reuters) " China on Friday rebuked a U.S. trade investigation into alleged overcapacity and said it reserved the right to take countermeasures, clouding the outlook for a "new round of trade talks that is set to begin "this weekend. The…...

4+ hour, 33+ min ago  (438+ words) By Felix Light and Mariya Gordeyeva ALMATY, March 13 (Reuters) " Kazakhstan holds a referendum on Sunday on a new constitution that some critics say could allow President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev to remain in charge of Central Asia's largest economy "beyond his current…...

4+ hour, 31+ min ago  (842+ words) By Layli Foroudi and Forrest Crellin LE BOURGET, France, March 13 (Reuters) " In the town of Le Bourget outside Paris, Sofiane Milous, a candidate in France's municipal elections, is vowing to reverse plans for a data centre he says will intensify…...

5+ hour, 31+ min ago  (280+ words) March 13 (Reuters) " European Union foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said the U.S. wants to "divide Europe" and doesn't "like the European Union" in an interview "published by the Financial Times on Friday, "after more than a year of turmoil in transatlantic…...

7+ hour, 25+ min ago  (433+ words) TAIPEI, March 13 (Reuters) " Taiwan's parliament on Friday authorised the government to sign U.S. agreements for four arms sales packages, after officials warned that Taipei would go to the back of the line if it missed the "deadline. The back and forth…...

7+ hour, 52+ min ago  (249+ words) WASHINGTON, March 12 (Reuters) " President Donald Trump said that he thinks new Iranian Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei, whose father, the "former supreme leader, was killed on "the first day of the U.S. and Israel's war on Iran, is alive but "damaged." Khamenei…...

6+ hour, 33+ min ago  (1415+ words) WASHINGTON, March 13 (Reuters) " A complex tug-of-war inside the White House is driving U.S. President Donald Trump's shifting public statements on the course of the Iran war, as aides debate when and how to declare victory even as the conflict spreads across…...

7+ hour, 31+ min ago  (753+ words) By Michael Martina, Trevor Hunnicutt, Yimou Lee and Ben Blanchard WASHINGTON/TAIPEI, March 13 (Reuters) " A major U.S. arms package for Taiwan that includes advanced interceptor missiles is ready for President Donald Trump's approval and could be signed after his trip to…...