Tribal blockade in Peru’s oil block lifted after government deal
LIMA (Reuters) – Indigenous villagers ended a 43-day protest that had halted production in Peru’s largest oil block after signing a deal with the government, tribal leaders and officials said on Tuesday.
South Korea’s Moon says cannot recognize North Korea as nuclear state
SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea will never recognize or tolerate North Korea as a nuclear state, nor will Seoul have nuclear weapons, the South’s President Moon Jae-in said on Wednesday, while China said it would work with Seoul to denuclearize the Korea…
China says will work with South Korea towards denuclearization on Korean peninsula
BEIJING (Reuters) – China and South Korea will work towards denuclearization on the Korean peninsula, the Chinese foreign ministry said in a statement on Wednesday.
Exclusive: U.S. pursues direct diplomacy with North Korea despite Trump rejection
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States is quietly pursuing direct diplomacy with North Korea, a senior State Department official said on Tuesday, despite U.S. President Donald Trump’s public assertion that such talks are a waste of time.
Magnitude 6.4 aftershock hits off New Caledonia: USGS
(Reuters) – An aftershock of magnitude 6.4 struck off the French Pacific territory of New Caledonia on Wednesday, a day after the archipelago was shaken by a magnitude 6.8 quake, the U.S. Geological Survey said.
Trump will not visit DMZ during Asia trip: official
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump will not go to the heavily fortified demilitarized zone (DMZ) on the border of North Korea and South Korea during his Asia trip, a senior administration official said on Tuesday.
Asylum seekers barricaded inside Papua New Guinea camp, await court ruling
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Hundreds of asylum seekers barricaded inside a detention center in Papua New Guinea woke up on Wednesday to find power and water supplies cut to the compound as they awaited a court ruling on a lawsuit challenging its closure.
Six dead after ambush on Malian High Court’s president
BAMAKO (Reuters) – Five Malian soldiers and one civilian were killed in central Mali on Tuesday during an ambush on a convoy of the president of the High Court of Justice, the defense ministry said in a statement.
Libyan coast guard intercepts nearly 300 migrants east of Tripoli
TRIPOLI (Reuters) – Libya’s coastguard intercepted 299 migrants from sub-Saharan African countries on two rubber boats east of Tripoli on Thursday, officials said.
Pregnant U.S. teenager moved to Iraq from Syria: officials
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Pentagon said on Tuesday that U.S. forces had moved a person who is under 18 years old to Iraq from Syria and two U.S. officials said she was a pregnant American teenager.
