Manila / AFP Philippine communist rebel leader Jose Maria Sison has expressed hopes of ending nearly three decades in exile under the new presidency of Rodrigo Duterte, a potentially explosive homecoming opposed by senior military figures. Sison, now 77, fled to Europe soon after peace talks failed in 1987 and has stayed abroad since, while one of Asia’s longest-running ...

  Paris / AFP France’s already unpopular Socialist government faces a no-confidence vote Thursday after it bypassed parliament and forced through a labour reform bill that has led to two months of demonstrations. The government said it would resort to the controversial move in the face of fierce opposition from within President Francois Hollande’s own party that was set to ...

  BLOOMBERG U.S. and European stocks rose, as oil advanced on a softer forecast for a surplus from the International Energy Agency, sending currencies of commodity-exporting nations higher. The S&P 500 rebounded from yesterday’s drop, while the Stoxx Europe 600 Index reversed a decline. Crude gained for a third straight day as the IEA said robust demand in India and ...