Putin-Trump meeting not yet planned for Asia summit: Kremlin
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin’s diary does not at the moment feature a bilateral meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump at an APEC summit in Vietnam next month, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Monday.
Bangladesh says Rohingya outflow ‘untenable’, seeks solution
GENEVA (Reuters) – Nearly one million Rohingya refugees who have fled violence in Myanmar are now in Bangladesh, which is an “untenable situation”, Bangladesh told a U.N. meeting on Monday.
Trump’s tougher stance could backfire by boosting Iran’s Guards
ANKARA/LONDON (Reuters) – Iran’s elite Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, a military force with political clout and an industrial empire, stands to benefit from heightened tension between Washington and Tehran, officials and analysts said.
Russia’s Lavrov says Russia committed to Iraq territorial integrity: RIA
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said at a meeting with his Iraqi counterpart that Moscow is committed to Iraq’s territorial integrity, RIA news agency reported on Monday.
Observatory: Islamic State killed at least 128 people in Syrian town
BEIRUT (Reuters) – The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said on Monday Islamic State killed at least 128 people in the Syrian town of al-Qaryatayn in central Homs over a three-week period before the Syrian army recaptured it on Saturday.
Despite apology, Indonesia asks why U.S. blocked military chief’s travel
JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesia on Monday said it had made “urgent” requests for an explanation why the United States barred its military chief from traveling to the U.S., as anger simmered in the world’s largest Muslim-majority country over the diplomat…
Typhoon leaves flooding, four dead in Japan before moving out to sea
TOKYO (Reuters) – A rapidly weakening typhoon Lan made landfall in Japan on Monday, setting off landslides and flooding that prompted evacuation orders for tens of thousands of people, but then headed out to sea after largely sparing the capital, Tokyo…
Catalan leader to lose all powers once Senate approves direct rule
MADRID (Reuters) – Regional leader of Catalonia Carles Puigdemont will lose all powers and will stop receiving a salary once the Senate approves article 155 which imposes direct central government rule on the region, the Deputy Prime Minister said on M…
EU will lose credibility if it tolerates direct rule of Catalonia by Madrid: regional official
LONDON (Reuters) – The European Union will lose credibility if it lets Madrid impose direct rule on Catalonia, and only the Catalan people have the right to change the regional institutions, Catalonia’s foreign affairs spokesman said on Monday.
Philippines declares battle with Islamist rebels over in Marawi City
MARAWI CITY/CLARK, Philippines (Reuters) – The Philippines announced on Monday the end to five months of military operations in a southern city held by pro-Islamic State rebels, after a fierce and unfamiliar urban war that has marked the country’s bigg…
