Ahead of Lunar New Year, China’s Xi says will banish ‘ghost’ of poverty
BEIJING (Reuters) – China will banish the “ghosts” of poverty, Chinese President Xi Jinping told villagers in a poor southwestern part of the country during a traditional visit to outlying regions before the Lunar New Year.
Pence raises prospect of talks with North Korea amid ‘intensified’ pressure
SEOUL/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States may be looking more favorably at diplomatic engagement with North Korea, possibly holding dialogue, as South Korea pushes forward with plans to establish grounds for a rare summit between the two Koreas.
Taliban infiltrator kills 16 Afghan government militiamen
LASHKAR GAH, Afghanistan (Reuters) – A Taliban infiltrator killed 16 members of a pro-government militia force in the insurgency ridden southern province of Helmand when he turned his gun on men who he had worked with for months, officials said on Mond…
Russia hunts for body fragments, clues after fatal plane crash
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Hundreds of emergency workers in Russia scoured snow-covered fields outside Moscow on Monday, collecting body fragments and clues after a plane crash a day earlier that killed all 71 people on board.
Iraq’s reconstruction will cost $88.2 billion, planning ministry says
KUWAIT (Reuters) – Rebuilding Iraq after years of war and economic turmoil will cost $88.2 billion, the director-general of the country’s planning ministry, Qusay Abdulfattah, told an international conference in Kuwait on Monday.
London City Airport shut throughout Monday after WW2 bomb found in Thames
(Reuters) – All flights to and from London’s City Airport were canceled on Monday after an unexploded World War Two bomb was discovered in the River Thames at George V Dock, the airport said.
Pakistan warns against any Indian cross-border raid after Kashmir attack
ISLAMABAD/SRINAGAR, India (Reuters) – Pakistan warned India against cross-border strikes in the disputed region of Kashmir after Indian authorities blamed a Pakistan-based group for an attack on an army camp in which soldiers and their families were ta…
Pence raises prospect of U.S-North Korea talks, Seoul seeks to lower tensions
SEOUL/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States may be looking more favorably at diplomatic engagement with North Korea, possibly holding dialogue, as South Korea pushes forward with plans to establish grounds for a rare summit between the two Koreas.
Gunbattles, airstrikes in Sinai as Egyptian forces hit militants
CAIRO (Reuters) – Egyptian security forces killed 12 Islamist militants in gun battles and arrested 92 suspects, while airstrikes destroyed dozens of militant targets in Sinai, the army said in a statement carried on state television on Monday.
North Korea heads for diplomacy gold medal at Olympics: analysts
PYEONGCHANG, South Korea (Reuters) – North Korea has emerged as the early favorite to grab one of the Winter Olympics’ most important medals: the diplomatic gold.
