North Korea says new U.N. sanctions an act of war
BEIJING/SEOUL (Reuters) – The latest U.N. sanctions against North Korea are an act of war and tantamount to a complete economic blockade against it, North Korea’s foreign ministry said on Sunday, threatening to punish those who supported the measure.
World’s largest amphibious aircraft makes maiden flight in China
BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s domestically developed AG600, the world’s largest amphibious aircraft, performed its maiden flight on Sunday from an airport on the shores of the South China Sea, the latest step in a military modernization program.
In ‘China’s Jerusalem’, Christians say faith trumps official Sunday School ban
WENZHOU, China (Reuters) – When authorities in China’s southeastern city of Wenzhou outlawed Sunday School earlier this year, Christian parents determined their children must still learn about Jesus and the Bible.
Fire in Philippine shopping mall kills 37
MANILA (Reuters) – Fire swept through a shopping mall in the Philippines killing at least 37 people, most of them workers at a call center, city government officials said on Sunday.
Peru’s Fujimori taken to hospital from prison, life at risk: doctor
LIMA (Reuters) – Peru’s former President Alberto Fujimori was rushed from prison to a local hospital by ambulance late on Saturday after suffering a severe drop in blood pressure and abnormal heart rhythm that put him at risk of dying, Fujimori’s docto…
Peru’s Fujimori taken to hospital from prison in ambulance: local TV
LIMA (Reuters) – Peru’s former President Alberto Fujimori was taken from prison to a local hospital late on Saturday by ambulance to undergo treatment for a severe drop in blood pressure and abnormal heart rhythm, Fujimori’s doctor told local broadcast…
Venezuela freeing some jailed activists, may expel diplomats
CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuela’s leftist government prepared to release some 80 jailed anti-government activists on Saturday, and threatened to expel envoys from Canada and Brazil after criticism over rights.
Help refugees wherever they come from, Austria’s Kurz says
BERLIN (Reuters) – Austria’s new Chancellor, Sebastian Kurz, called for an end to “failed” attempts to achieve a quota system for distributing asylum seekers around the European Union and urged new efforts to help refugees in their country of origin.
Myanmar, accused of crackdown, invited to U.S.-Thai military exercise
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Myanmar military, which has been accused of ethnic cleansing against the country’s Muslim Rohingya minority, has been invited back as an observer in a major multinational military exercise next year led by the United States and Thailand.
Israel frees three Turks arrested amid Jerusalem unrest
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – An Israeli court on Saturday freed without charge three Turks who had been arrested on suspicion of assaulting police outside a Jerusalem holy site contested by Jews and Muslims, a police spokesman said.
