Tokyo does not own the Sea of Japan, China’s air force chief says
BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s air force chief defended military maneuvers in the Sea of Japan, saying the waters did not belong to Tokyo, after a Japanese defense review warned of increasing Chinese military activity there.
Cambodian PM accuses Laos of border violation, mobilizing troops
PHNOM PENH (Reuters) – Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen accused neighboring Laos on Friday of sending troops into Cambodian land in April and said they must leave by an Aug. 17 deadline and that he was mobilizing soldiers to the border area.
Prison fight leaves nine dead in Mexico’s border city
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – A fight in the Mexican prison of Reynosa has left at least nine inmates dead and 11 injured in the country’s latest outbreak of violence, the government of Tamaulipas border state said in a statement on Thursday.
Mexico ruling party’s reform strengthens president ahead of 2018 vote
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – A move by Mexico’s ruling party to allow an outsider to run for president strengthens the hand of beleaguered leader Enrique Pena Nieto, granting him more power to pick his own candidate and opening a path for his finance minist…
Venezuela’s Maduro affirms new legislative body as all powerful
CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro recognized the Socialist Party-dominated constituent assembly as the country’s most powerful institution on Thursday in his first appearance at the highly criticized legislative body that was ina…
Argentina’s Fernandez leads Buenos Aires Senate race: poll
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – Argentina’s leftist ex-President Cristina Fernandez leads the candidate for President Mauricio Macri’s coalition in the Senate race for politically-crucial Buenos Aires province, a poll showed on Thursday.
Quebec border camp swells with asylum seekers from U.S., many Haitian
SAINT-BERNARD-DE-LACOLLE, Quebec (Reuters) – Dozens of army tents dotted the Canadian border on Thursday to house hundreds of asylum seekers, many from Haiti, streaming into the country from upstate New York to file refugee claims.
Young boy killed in car accident in Britain, prompting armed police response
MANCHESTER, England (Reuters) – British armed police rushed to a hotel in the northern English city of Manchester on Thursday after a young boy was killed in a car accident in a car park.
Any new Korean war could quickly escalate to catastrophe
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Any new military conflict with North Korea would likely escalate quickly to the use of nuclear weapons, bringing catastrophic casualties not seen since World War Two and an untold economic impact worldwide, former U.S. defense of…
Trump thanks Putin for slashing U.S. diplomatic staff
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday thanked Russian President Vladimir Putin for ordering the United States to slash its diplomatic staff in Russia, remarks likely to rekindle criticism of Trump’s kid-gloves handling of Putin…
