China is behaving like a ‘bully’ in South China Sea: McCain
SYDNEY (Reuters) – China is behaving like a “bully” with its militarization of islands in the South China Sea, Republican U.S. Senator John McCain said on Tuesday, activity Washington must confront with its allies to find a peaceful solution.
Philippines urges Islamist rebels to surrender as battle enters eighth day
MARAWI, Philippines (Reuters) – The Philippine military urged Islamist militants occupying a southern city to turn themselves in on Tuesday, the eighth day of a push by security forces using armored vehicles and firing rockets from helicopters to elimi…
Panama’s Noriega: CIA spy turned drug-running dictator
PANAMA CITY (Reuters) – Former Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega was for years a useful tool of the United States, until President George H.W. Bush lost patience with his brutal, drug-running rule and sent nearly 28,000 troops to invade the country a…
Russia’s Putin, Saudi prince praise dialogue on oil, Syria
DUBAI/MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia and Saudi Arabia hailed their growing partnership in oil markets and dialogue on Syria on Tuesday, in a departure from past hostilities between the top global producers and major players in the Middle East.
Russia says concerned contacts with Trump team lack positive shifts: TASS
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia’s deputy foreign minister Sergei Ryabkov said Moscow was concerned that contacts with the Donald Trump administration had not yet led to positive shifts in the relations between the two nations, Russian news agencies quoted hi…
Tokyo’s female governor takes on Japan’s old-boy network, but denies run for PM
TOKYO (Reuters) – Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike is challenging Japan’s old-boy network in the capital, where she thrashed a ruling party rival to win her post and now aims to lead reform-minded candidates to victory in a city-wide July election.
Car bombs, suicide attack kill 35 in Iraq, hitting Ramadan crowd
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Two car bombs and a suicide bomber killed at least 35 people in Baghdad and in a city to the west, and wounded more than 100 in Tuesday attacks targeting the late-night crowds typical of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, security so…
Two Saudi policemen hurt in bombing in restive Shi’ite town: SPA
DUBAI (Reuters) – Two policemen were wounded when a bomb exploded in Awamiya in eastern Saudi Arabia, where many of the country’s Shi’ite Muslim minority live, state news agency SPA reported on Tuesday.
Panama dictator Noriega, ousted in U.S. invasion, dies at 83
PANAMA CITY (Reuters) – Former Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega, who spied for the United States before his drug trafficking and brutality triggered a U.S. invasion to oust him in 1989, has died aged 83.
New poll puts Macron’s party on top in French parliament vote
PARIS (Reuters) – French President Emmanuel Macron’s party is expected to win the most votes in the first round of June’s parliamentary election, a poll showed on Tuesday which reinforced the similar pattern of previous surveys this week.
