China air force lands bombers on South China Sea island
SHANGHAI (Reuters) – China’s air force has landed bombers on islands and reefs in the South China Sea as part of a training exercise in the disputed region, it said in a statement.
U.S. to withdraw assistance from northwest Syria: U.S. officials
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Trump administration will withdraw assistance from northwest Syria dominated by Islamist factions and focus recovery efforts on areas where U.S.-led forces have retaken territory from Islamic State in the northeast, U.S. offi…
China calls for ceasefire in Myanmar border fighting
SHANGHAI (Reuters) – China’s defense ministry has called on armed groups in northern Myanmar to show restraint and declare an immediate ceasefire after conflicts in the region killed three Chinese citizens.
Plane crashes in Cuba killing more than 100, investigation underway
HAVANA (Reuters) – More than 100 people were killed when a Boeing 737 crashed soon after taking off from Havana in what appeared to be Cuba’s worst air disaster in nearly 30 years, and there were only three survivors, officials and state media said on…
Two North Koreans including a soldier defect to South Korea: Yonhap
SEOUL (Reuters) – Two North Koreans defected to South Korea early on Saturday and were found in the Yellow Sea, Seoul-based news agency Yonhap reported, citing a government source.
U.S. withdrawing assistance from northwest Syria: CBS News
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Trump administration has withdrawn all assistance from northwest Syria, CBS News reported on Friday, a move it said demonstrated that the United States intends to leave Syria quickly once Islamic State is fully defeated.
Cleric Moqtada al-Sadr’s bloc wins Iraq election
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – A political bloc led by populist Shi’ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr, a long-time adversary of the United States who also opposes Iranian influence in Iraq, has won the country’s parliamentary election, the electoral commission said on S…
Passenger plane crashes in Cuba, killing more than 100 people
HAVANA (Reuters) – More than 100 people were killed in a fiery crash of a Boeing 737 passenger plane in Cuba on Friday, with just three seriously injured survivors in hospital after being pulled from the wreckage, officials and state media said.
U.S. accuses Maduro, Venezuelan party official of drug trade profiteering
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States on Friday accused Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and the No. 2 official in the country’s ruling party of profiting from illegal narcotics shipments, the first time that Washington has publicly linked Maduro…
After Trump’s withdrawal from nuclear pact, EU energy chief courts Iran
TEHRAN (Reuters) – Europe’s energy chief will seek to reassure Iran’s top ministers on Saturday that the European Union wants to keep trade open despite the U.S. withdrawal from the nuclear deal.
