At least 20 Afghan police killed in Taliban ambushes: officials
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (Reuters) – At least 20 Afghan policemen were killed in Taliban ambushes in south central Afghanistan, officials said on Sunday, the latest in a string of insurgent attacks that come as the NATO-led military mission considers send…
Two killed, one foreigner kidnapped in Afghan capital Kabul
KABUL (Reuters) – Two people, a foreigner and an Afghan, were killed and another foreigner was abducted from a house in Kabul late on Saturday, a spokesman for the interior ministry said.
Turkish police kill two suspected Islamic State militants in raid: media
ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkish police killed two suspected Islamic State militants in a raid on an apartment in the capital Ankara overnight, state-run Anadolu news agency reported on Sunday.
U.S. and Pacific Rim countries at odds in heated trade meeting
HANOI (Reuters) – Japan and other members of the Trans-Pacific Partnership agreed on Sunday to pursue their trade deal without the United States as the Trump administration’s “America First” policy created tension at a meeting of Asia-Pacific countries.
Chinese city to close poultry markets after man infected with H7N9 bird flu
BEIJING (Reuters) – China will shutter poultry markets in a district of southwestern Sichuan province after a man fell ill with the H7N9 bird flu, state-owned China News Service reported on Sunday.
TPP countries agree to explore options for trade deal without U.S.
HANOI (Reuters) – Remaining countries of the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal have agreed to explore options for continuing with it despite U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision to ditch it, ministers from Mexico and New Zealand said on Sunday.
Exclusive: North Korea’s Unit 180, the cyber warfare cell that worries the West
SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korea’s main spy agency has a special cell called Unit 180 that is likely to have launched some of its most daring and successful cyber attacks, according to defectors, officials and internet security experts.
Mexico opposition leaders eye possible election tie-up in 2018
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – The leaders of two of Mexico’s main opposition parties on Saturday floated the possibility of joining forces in the 2018 presidential elections to defeat the ruling Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) of President Enrique Pe…
Mexican mob attacks Russian man in Cancun over insults
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – A mob of angry Mexicans attacked a Russian man in the Caribbean resort of Cancun with sticks and rocks over his repeated insults against locals, and the 42-year-old man was accused of fatally stabbing a youth in the melee, autho…
With new sheriff in town, South Korea big businesses duck for cover
SEOUL (Reuters) – A South Korean retail giant has shelved controversial expansion plans, while a large bank made hundreds of contract jobs permanent after President Moon Jae-in took office vowing to reform the family-run conglomerates that dominate the…
