South Korea military suspects object crossing border was North Korean balloon
SEOUL (Reuters) – An unidentified object that flew across the border from North Korea on Tuesday was most likely to have been a balloon carrying propaganda leaflets rather than a drone, the South Korean military said on Wednesday.
Qatar says its official state news agency was hacked
CAIRO (Reuters) – Qatar said on Wednesday its official state news agency had been hacked and false statements attributed to its ruler had been posted.
As Venezuela unrest spreads, Maduro presses on with plans to rewrite charter
CARACAS (Reuters) – Faced with mounting unrest, Venezuela’s unpopular leftist President Nicolas Maduro vowed on Tuesday to push ahead in July with the formation of a “constituent assembly” to rewrite the constitution before regional elections in Decemb…
Camrail ‘mainly to blame’ for Cameroon train crash that killed 79: inquiry
YAOUNDE (Reuters) – Cameroon’s Camrail was “mainly to blame” for a train crash that killed some 79 people last October, largely because the train was going at more than twice the speed limit, was overloaded and its brakes were defective, a government r…
Philippines needs modern arms to fight ISIS, Duterte tells Putin
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte told Russian leader Vladimir Putin that the Philippines needs modern arms to fight Islamic State and that he expected Russian support.
Kurdish independence in Iraq likely ‘not if but when’: U.S. general
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – An Iraqi Kurdish push for independence from Baghdad appears likely to be a question of “not if but when,” in a significant challenge to Iraq’s stability, the head of the U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency said on Tuesday.
Uber driver charged with kidnapping, assault of woman in Canada
TORONTO (Reuters) – An Uber driver was arrested in Toronto on kidnapping and assault charges after an 18-year-old woman told police she escaped his car after he made unwanted advances and then refused to let her out of the vehicle, Canadian authorities…
Egypt detains ex-presidential candidate, latest in arrest series
CAIRO (Reuters) – A prominent Egyptian opposition leader was detained on Tuesday for “offending public decency” amid what rights lawyers say is a wave of arrests of potential presidential candidates one year before the election.
Brazil energy minister says he has no plan to resign amid crisis
BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazil Mining and Energy Minister Fernando Coelho said on Tuesday he will remain in President Michel Temer’s cabinet despite his political party’s decision to leave the government due to corruption allegations against the unpopular…
China urges North Korea talks, skirts questions on U.S. sanctions push
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – China on Tuesday pushed for dialogue with North Korea and the full implementation of United Nations sanctions on Pyongyang over its ballistic missile and nuclear tests, skirting questions about Beijing’s talks with the United…
