North Korean leader orders border hotline with South Korea reopened on Wednesday
SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has given an order to open a long-closed border hotline with South Korea at 0630 GMT on Wednesday for talks, an unidentified North Korean official announced in a televised statement.
Fugitive Vietnamese tycoon remains in Singapore, lawyer says
SINGAPORE (Reuters) – A Vietnamese tycoon detained in Singapore last week remains in the city-state, one of his lawyers said on Wednesday, easing his family’s immediate fears that he could face the death penalty if he was sent back home.
Ten crew missing as cargo vessel sinks off Shanghai
SHANGHAI (Reuters) – Ten crew members were missing after a cargo vessel collided with another vessel in Wusongkou anchorage at Shanghai, China’s state-owned Xinhua News Agency reported, citing the Shanghai Maritime Search and Rescue Centre.
Syrian army preparing assault to end rebel siege of base east of capital
AMMAN (Reuters) – The Syrian army backed by Russian jets escalated bombing of the last rebel bastion on the eastern outskirts of Damascus as they prepared to break a siege of an army base encircled by opposition forces, residents and witnesses said on …
Philippines suspends work at call center of U.S. firm, mall after deadly fire
MANILA (Reuters) – The Philippines has suspended operations of a shopping mall and a call center run by a U.S. firm where a fire killed 38 people, citing failure to fully comply with fire safety requirements for five successive years.
At least 36 dead after bus careens off cliff in Peru: ministry
LIMA (Reuters) – At least 36 people were killed in Peru on Tuesday when a bus collided with a truck and careened off a cliff along a sharply curving highway north of the capital, Lima, the country’s health ministry said.
Cuba’s Santeria priests wax positive as transition from Castros begins
HAVANA (Reuters) – Priests from Cuba’s Afro-Cuban Santeria religion forecast on Tuesday that the upcoming retirement of President Raul Castro would signify “a moment of change” that accelerates the pace of reform on the Communist-run island.
Turkish banker loses second bid for mistrial in U.S. sanctions case
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A U.S. judge on Tuesday refused to order a mistrial in the case of Mehmet Hakan Atilla, an executive at Turkey’s majority state-owned Halkbank who is charged with helping Iran evade U.S. sanctions.
U.S. threatens to withhold aid cash to Palestinians
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said in tweets on Tuesday that the United States may withhold future aid payments to Palestinians, accusing them of being “no longer willing to talk peace” with Israel.
Trump threatens to withhold funding to Palestinians
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump said in a tweet on Tuesday the United States may withhold payments to Palestinians because they are “no longer willing to talk peace.”
