North Korea tests another missile; Seoul says dashes hopes for peace
SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korea fired a ballistic missile into waters off its east coast on Sunday, its second missile test in a week, which South Korea said dashed the hopes of the South’s new liberal government for peace between the neighbors.
One killed in northern Kenya after rally attended by President Kenyatta
ISIOLO, Kenya (Reuters) – Police shot dead one person in northern Kenya’s Isiolo county after a political rally attended by President Uhuru Kenyatta at which supporters of rival political candidates for regional government positions clashed, police sai…
Trump tells Middle East to ‘drive out’ Islamist extremists
RIYADH (Reuters) – President Donald Trump urged Arab and Islamic leaders on Sunday to unite and do their share to defeat Islamist extremists, making an impassioned plea to “drive out” terrorists while toning down his own harsh rhetoric about Muslims.
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.
