Passengers jump from plane at Australian airport in bomb hoax: media
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Passengers jumped from a plane at a rural Australian airport on Tuesday when a threatening note, which turned out to be a hoax, was found in the bathroom, police and media said, a day after a siege in Melbourne which police are treat…
U.S. seeks release of activists who probed factory making Ivanka Trump shoes
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. State Department called on Monday for the immediate release of three labor rights activists who conducted an investigation into a Chinese company making Ivanka Trump-branded shoes.
Singapore police investigate blindfolded activists with books on a train
SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Singapore police said on Monday they were investigating a protest by several blindfolded activists who held up books on a subway train in a call for justice for 22 people detained in 1987 under a tough internal security law.
Australian PM says Melbourne siege ‘a terrorist attack’
MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said on Tuesday police were treating a deadly siege in the city of Melbourne as an “act of terrorism” after a claim by the Islamic State group that one of its fighters was the gunman resp…
Pope to host Venezuelan bishops on June 8
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – Venezuelan bishops will visit Pope Francis on Thursday as anti-government unrest continues unabated in the South American country, the Vatican said in a statement on Monday.
Mexico election loss masks strength of leftist challenger
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexico’s ruling party may have won a bruising electoral battle with its leftist arch-enemy at the weekend, but the narrow victory showed how momentum has swung behind him in the run-up to next year’s presidential race.
Russia threatens retaliation as Montenegro becomes 29th NATO member
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Montenegro became the 29th member of NATO on Monday and was praised by the United States for sticking to its path of joining the Western military alliance in spite of Russian pressure.
Peru asks Ecuador to halt construction of border wall
LIMA (Reuters) – Peru asked Ecuador on Monday to “immediately” stop building a wall along the two South American countries’ 1,529-km (950.08-mile) border and has called for an urgent bilateral meeting to discuss the issue, Peru’s foreign ministry said….
U.S. urges U.N. chief to look into who killed investigators in Congo
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The United States urged the United Nations on Monday to investigate who murdered two U.N. sanctions monitors in Democratic Republic of Congo amid mounting criticism of the Congolese authorities’ own inquiry.
Colombia to provide some initial funding for rebels’ political party
BOGOTA (Reuters) – Colombia’s Finance Ministry has been asked to provide over $1.2 million in initial funding for the Marxist FARC rebel group’s new political party, the electoral commission said on Monday, as soon as the group finishes a weapons hando…
