Police sought Secrets Act probe of Reuters reporters an hour after their arrest
YANGON (Reuters) – Myanmar police sought permission from the nation’s president to go ahead with an investigation into whether two Reuters journalists had breached the Official Secrets Act only an hour after arresting them last month, a court heard on …
Timing of Trump peace plan depends on Palestinians: Pence
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – U.S. Vice President Mike Pence said on Tuesday the timing of a long-awaited U.S. Middle East peace initiative depended on the return of Palestinians to negotiations.
Turkey seeks no clash with Russia, Syria, U.S., but will pursue Syria goals: minister
ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkey seeks to avoid any clash with Syrian, Russian or U.S. forces during its operation in northern Syria but will take whatever steps it needs for its security, Turkey’s foreign minister was quoted as saying on Tuesday.
Hong Kong student protest leader Joshua Wong released on bail
HONG KONG (Reuters) – Hong Kong student protest leader Joshua Wong was released on bail on Tuesday, less than a week after he was jailed for a second time for the 2014 pro-democracy protests that blocked the Chinese-ruled city’s major roads for months….
U.N. calls for sustained peace, denuclearisation on Korean peninsula
GENEVA (Reuters) – A senior United Nations disarmament official on Tuesday welcomed an easing of tensions between North and South Korea, but called for further steps toward removing nuclear weapons from the divided peninsula.
U.N. urges rethink of Rohingya repatriations without safeguards
PALONG KHALI, Bangladesh/NAYPYITAW, Myanmar (Reuters) – The U.N. refugee agency and other groups have urged a rethink of the plan to send Rohingya refugees back to Myanmar amid fears of forced repatriations and the inability of aid agencies to ensure …
Gas leak in central London closes train station, hotels evacuated
LONDON (Reuters) – A major gas leak in central London forced the closure of Charing Cross train station and the evacuation of hundreds of people from nearby nightclubs and hotels on Tuesday.
Turkey detains 42 people over Syrian operation social media comments: agency
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkish police arrested 42 people including a pro-Kurdish politician overnight for “spreading terrorist propaganda” on social media about Turkey’s military operation against a Kurdish militia in Syria, state media reported on Tuesd…
Indonesia looks to U.S. to relax limits on its special forces
JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesia said on Tuesday it was pinning its hopes on U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis to help ease American limitations on ties with an elite Indonesian special forces unit, imposed over human rights abuses in the 1990s.
Taiwan president says does not exclude possibility of China attack
TAIPEI (Reuters) – Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen said that she does not exclude the possibility of China attacking the self-ruled island, amid heightened tensions between the two sides including an increasing number of Chinese military drills near Taiw…
