Man seized over Benghazi attack is Syrian linked to suspected ringleader -Libyan officials
MISRATA/BENGHAZI, Libya (Reuters) – A man seized by U.S. forces in Libya accused of involvement in an attack that killed the U.S. Ambassador in Benghazi in 2012 is a Syrian who had links to the suspected ringleader, Libyan military officials said on Tu…
Russia invites Syrian Kurds to congress of Syrian ethnic groups: Kurdish official
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Russia has invited the Kurdish-led authorities in northern Syria to its proposed congress of Syria’s various ethnic groups, a senior Kurdish official told Reuters on Tuesday.
Kremlin: Syria, oil high on Putin’s agenda on trip to Iran on Wed
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin will discuss the Syria crisis and energy cooperation with Iranian President Hassan Rouhani and Iran’s top authority supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei when he visits Tehran on Wednesday, the Kremli…
Xi, top China party officials, make symbolic visit to Shanghai
SHANGHAI (Reuters) – Days after taking over as China’s leader in 2012, Xi Jinping led other top Communist Party officials to Beijing’s National Museum to visit an exhibit on party history entitled “The Road to Rejuvenation”. The museum trip telegraphed what would become one of Xi’s overarching policy priorities in the next five years.
China, South Korea agree to mend ties after THAAD standoff
SEOUL/BEIJING (Reuters) – Seoul and Beijing on Tuesday agreed to move beyond a year-long stand-off over the deployment of a U.S. anti-missile system in South Korea, a dispute that has been devastating to South Korean businesses that rely on Chinese con…
Catalonia’s Puigdemont to speak at 730 EDT in Brussels: lawyer
TIELT, Belgium (Reuters) – Carles Puigdemont, the sacked Catalan leader, will give a news conference at 12:30 p.m. (730 EDT) on Tuesday in Brussels, the Belgian lawyer acting for him told Reuters.
France’s Macron accepts invite to visit Russia: RIA
MOSCOW (Reuters) – French President Emmanuel Macron has accepted an invitation to visit Russia and may fly in next year for an economic forum, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Tuesday, the RIA news agency reported.
Beijing seen poised for fresh South China Sea assertiveness
HONG KONG/BEIJING (Reuters) – China has quietly undertaken more construction and reclamation in the South China Sea, recent satellite images show, and is likely to more powerfully reassert its claims over the waterway soon, regional diplomats and milit…
Iraqi authorities take control of main border crossing with Turkey: customs official
BAGHDAD/ERBIL, Iraq (Reuters) – Iraqi authorities have taken control of the main land crossing with Turkey from the autonomous Kurdish Regional Government (KRG), three Iraqi officials said on Tuesday.
Four Rohingya drown as refugee boat capsizes off Bangladesh
COX’S BAZAR, Bangladesh (Reuters) – Four Rohingya Muslims, a man, woman and two children, drowned when a small wooden fishing boat carrying dozens of refugees fleeing ethnic violence in Myanmar capsized off the Bangladesh coast on Tuesday, police said….
