Russia’s Putin won’t attend U.N. General Assembly
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin will not attend this month’s United Nations General Assembly in New York, Russian news wire quoted his spokesman as saying on Saturday.
Location, location, location: a glimpse inside a North Korean apartment in South Korea
SEOUL (Reuters) – A South Korean exhibition offering a glimpse into the life of the reclusive North opened on Saturday with a replica of a middle-class home in Pyongyang where the property market is booming, despite UN sanctions over its weapons progra…
Syrian army gains in Islamic State’s last central Syria bastion
BEIRUT (Reuters) – The Syrian army and its allies were fighting on Saturday in Islamic State’s last pocket in central Syria after taking the heavily defended village of Uqairabat on Friday, a war monitor reported.
With prayer, sacrifices, Pakistani Muslims celebrate Eid al-Adha
KARACHI, Pakistan (Reuters) – Muslims in Pakistan crowded mosques and prayer grounds across the country to offer prayers and sacrifice goats and cows for Eid al-Adha holiday on Saturday, marking the second major religious festival of Islam.
Rohingya Muslims flee as more than 2,600 houses burned in Myanmar’s Rakhine
COX’S BAZAR, Bangladesh (Reuters) – More than 2,600 houses have been burned down in Rohingya-majority areas of Myanmar’s northwest in the last week, the government said on Saturday, in one of the deadliest bouts of violence involving the Muslim minorit…
NAFTA envoys lay out proposals, try to block Trump noise
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Trade negotiators from Canada, the United States and Mexico presented more proposals for a renewed North American Free Trade Agreement on Friday and tried to put behind them threats from U.S. President Donald Trump to pull out o…
Vietnam says violations found at central bank in war on graft
HANOI (Reuters) – Vietnam has found faults with the central State Bank of Vietnam, including poor supervision of credit organizations and inefficiency in preventing corruption, the government said on Saturday.
Australian military probes ‘rumors’ of possible war crimes in Afghanistan
MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Australia’s military watchdog has issued a public plea for information regarding rumors of possible war crimes committed by Australian troops in Afghanistan.
U.S., South Korea agree to revise missile treaty in face of North Korean threats
SEOUL (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump agreed with South Korean President Moon Jae-in to revise a joint treaty capping the development of the South’s ballistic missiles, Moon’s office said on Saturday, amid a standoff over North Korea’s missile …
Trump speaks with South Korea’s Moon about threat from North Korea: White House
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump spoke with South Korean President Moon Jae-in on Friday and the two leaders pledged to continue to apply strong diplomatic and economic pressure on North Korea, the White House said in a statement.
