Syria’s more confident Assad gives Eid prayers in Hama
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Syrian President Bashar al-Assad delivered prayers for Islam’s Eid al-Fitr holiday in Hama on Sunday, the furthest he has traveled inside Syria in years, showing his growing confidence.
Indonesian policeman killed in knife attack by suspected militants
JAKARTA (Reuters) – An Indonesian police officer was stabbed and later died of his wounds in an attack by suspected Islamist militants in the city of Medan, a police spokesman said on Sunday.
China’s Xi to visit Hong Kong for 20th anniversary of handover
BEIJING/HONG KONG (Reuters) – Chinese President Xi Jinping will visit Hong Kong from June 29 to July 1 to mark the 20th anniversary of the handover of the Asian financial hub from British colonial rule to the mainland, the state-run Xinhua news agency …
Battle for Philippine town abates as troops mark Islamic holiday
MARAWI CITY, Philippines (Reuters) – Fighting between government forces and Islamist rebels holed up in the heart of a southern Philippine town eased on Sunday as the military sought to enforce a temporary truce to mark the Eid al-Fitr Islamic holiday….
Two decades after handover, scant love for China among Hong Kong youth
HONG KONG (Reuters) – Hong Kong student activist Chau Ho-oi, born in the year the Asian financial hub returned to Chinese rule 20 years ago, recalls the sense of pride she once felt toward mainland China.
Hopes fade in China for 93 missing in landslide
MAO COUNTY, China (Reuters) – Rescue workers in southwestern China pulled bodies out of piles of rock and mud on Sunday as they searched for 93 people missing after a landslide buried a mountain village, with some residents giving up hope of finding su…
Japan’s Abe to push for constitution reform before year end: media
TOKYO (Reuters) – Prime Minister Shinzo Abe wants to accelerate plans to amend Japan’s pacifist constitution, saying he expects to submit a proposed revision to lawmakers before the end of the year, media reported on Sunday.
Argentina’s former president Fernandez launches Senate bid
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – Argentina’s fiery former President Cristina Fernandez formally launched her bid on Saturday for a Senate seat in October’s mid-term elections in a race that will determine whether President Mauricio Macri can deepen his free-ma…
Mongolians fret over China investment as they prepare to vote
TSOGTTSETSII, Mongolia (Reuters) – A few miles from Mongolia’s giant Tavan Tolgoi mine, about 2,000 trucks a day set off across the Gobi desert, delivering coal to China on a road so narrow and ridden with pot holes it has become an accident black spot…
French President Macron, PM Philippe approval ratings rise: poll
PARIS (Reuters) – The popularity of France’s President Emmanuel Macron and Prime Minister Edouard Philippe is on the rise, an Ifop poll showed on Sunday.
