South Korea, Japan say listing North Korea as terror sponsor will pressure Pyongyang to denuclearize
SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea and Japan on Tuesday welcomed U.S. President Donald Trump putting North Korea back on a list of state sponsors of terrorism, saying it would ramp up pressure on Pyongyang to denuclearize the Korean peninsula.
Sound in Atlantic not from missing Argentine submarine: navy spokesman
MAR DEL PLATA, Argentina/BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – A sound detected on Monday in the South Atlantic, near where an Argentine navy submarine with 44 crew went missing five days ago, is not believed to have come from the ill-fated vessel, a navy spokesman…
China pledges to be more open to providing information: China Daily
SHANGHAI (Reuters) – Central and local governments will be more open to providing information to help the international community understand China, the official China Daily reported on Tuesday, citing a senior government official.
China supports Cambodia’s crackdown on political opposition
BEIJING (Reuters) – China supports Cambodia’s efforts to protect political stability and believes it will smoothly hold elections next year, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi told his Cambodian counterpart, after the country’s main opposition party was …
U.S. charges two with bribing African officials for China energy firm
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States has charged a former Senegalese foreign minister and a Hong Kong man with bribing high-level officials in Chad and Uganda in exchange for contracts for a Chinese oil and gas company, the U.S. Justice Department …
Zimbabwe’s Mugabe faces impeachment after military takeover
HARARE (Reuters) – Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe faces the start of impeachment proceedings on Tuesday that could see him ousted within the week, against the backdrop of a military takeover dubbed “Operation Restore Legacy”.
PM May meets senior ministers to discuss Brexit divorce bill offer
LONDON (Reuters) – Prime Minister Theresa May met with senior members of her ministerial team on Monday to discuss their response to European Union demands for more detail on how much Britain is willing to pay as part of its Brexit divorce package.
Sounds detected in undersea area where Argentine sub went missing
MAR DEL PLATA, Argentina/BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – Argentine authorities were analyzing sounds detected by probes deep in the South Atlantic on Monday as they searched for a navy submarine that went missing five days ago after reporting an electrical ma…
Burkina Faso recalls ambassador to Libya over “slave markets” report
OUAGADOUGOU (Reuters) – Burkina Faso’s foreign minister said on Monday it had recalled its ambassador to Libya over a report that black African migrants were being auctioned as slaves there.
USA’s Tillerson and Saudi crown prince discuss terrorism by phone
RIYADH (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson called Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman on Monday to discuss regional security, Saudi state news agency SPA reported.
