Syrian army says Israel fired at Syria with jets, missiles
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Israel attacked Syrian territory three times early on Tuesday with jets and ground-to-ground missiles, Syria’s army said in a statement carried by state television.
Israel’s religious parties get more control over Saturday trading
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel’s parliament passed legislation governing trading on the Jewish Sabbath by a one-vote margin on Tuesday, a vote that has angered secular lawmakers while earning a reprieve for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s coalition.
Philippines to protest to China over apparent airbase on manmade island
MANILA (Reuters) – The Philippines will make a diplomatic protest to China, which the southeast Asian nation’s defense minister described as having reneged on a promise not to militarize artificial islands in the busy South China Sea waterway.
South Korea not seeking to renegotiate ‘comfort women’ deal with Japan: foreign minister
SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea said on Tuesday it will not seek to renegotiate a 2015 deal with Japan aimed at resolving the sensitive issue of “comfort women” forced to work in Japan’s wartime brothels.
North Korea to send athletes, cheer squad to Winter Olympics: South Korea
SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korea said during rare talks with the South on Tuesday it will send a delegation of high-ranking officials, athletes and a cheering squad to the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics in South Korea next month, according to a senior South …
Singapore charges 11 men over Shell oil heist
SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Eleven men were charged in a Singapore court on Tuesday over their part in an alleged oil theft at Shell’s biggest refinery, court documents showed.
Iranian oil tanker burns for third day after collision off China coast
BEIJING (Reuters) – A tanker carrying Iranian oil that collided with a Chinese freight ship in the East China Sea was still on fire on Tuesday morning, the Chinese government said, as dozens of rescue boats struggled to control the blaze for a third da…
Thai foreign minister says fugitive former PM Yingluck in London
BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thailand’s former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, who fled the country to avoid being jailed over a rice subsidy scheme that lost billions of dollars, is in Britain, Thailand’s foreign minister said on Tuesday.
Midnight marriages usher in Australia’s same-sex wedding laws
SYDNEY (Reuters) – At the stroke of midnight and in the early hours of Tuesday morning dozens of same-sex couples exchanged wedding vows across Australia as laws making the nation the 26th in the world to legalize gay marriage took effect.
Japan calls on U.S. to take safety steps in wake of Okinawa military incidents
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japanese officials on Tuesday called on the United States to take thorough measures to protect Japanese citizens a day after a U.S. helicopter made an emergency landing on the grounds of a hotel on the southern island of Okinawa.
