Nigeria’s Buhari says separatists cross red line, unity not negotiable
ABUJA (Reuters) – Separatists calling for the breakup of Nigeria have crossed a red line and the country’s unity is not negotiable, President Muhammadu Buhari said on Monday in his first speech since returning home after three months of medical leave i…
Australian citizenship crisis erodes support for government
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia’s government hit a six-month low in a widely-watched opinion poll on Monday, with Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull’s one-seat majority in jeopardy over a citizenship crisis which could see three cabinet ministers thrown out …
Myanmar men appeal against death sentences over British murders in Thailand
BANGKOK (Reuters) – Two men from Myanmar convicted of killing two British backpackers on a Thai holiday island in 2014 submitted their final appeal on Monday against the death sentence.
U.S. puts more pressure on Pakistan to help with Afghan war
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States suggested on Tuesday it could cut U.S. aid to Pakistan or downgrade Islamabad’s status as a major non-NATO ally to pressure the South Asian nation to do more to help it with the war in Afghanistan.
New Zealand opposition leader embroiled in second sexism row
WELLINGTON (Reuters) – New Zealand’s new opposition leader Jacinda Ardern is at the center of a second sexism row not even a month after taking the reins of the Labour Party and almost single-handedly reigniting its chances at a national election in Se…
Pyongyang calls U.S.-South Korean war games a step to nuclear war
SEOUL (Reuters) – The United States and South Korean began long-planned joint military exercises on Monday, heightening tensions with North Korea which called the drills a “reckless” step toward nuclear conflict.
Don’t like our rules? Then leave, China newspaper says after journal censored
SHANGHAI (Reuters) – The censorship in China of hundreds of academic papers from a prominent journal will have little impact because readership is so small, but if Western institutions don’t like the way things are done in China they can leave, the sta…
U.S. Navy says USS John S. McCain sailing to port under own power
SINGAPORE (Reuters) – A U.S. warship damaged after colliding with a merchant vessel east of Singapore on Monday is sailing under its own power and heading to port, the U.S. Navy said.
U.S. Navy announces fleet-wide probe after new warship collision; 10 sailors missing
SINGAPORE/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Navy announced on Monday a fleet-wide probe and plans for temporary halts in operations to focus on safety, as it searched for 10 sailors missing after the fourth major accident in the U.S. Pacific fleet this y…
Sudanese children of Islamic State militants released in Libya
MISRATA, Libya (Reuters) – Four children from Sudan whose parents are believed to have been killed fighting for Islamic State in the Libyan city of Sirte last year were handed over to the Sudanese consul on Sunday for return to their country.
