11 children, several South Korean, die in bus crash in China
BEIJING (Reuters) – Eleven young children – five South Korean and six Chinese – were killed along with their driver when their bus crashed and burst in to flames in a tunnel in China’s eastern Shandong province on Tuesday, the local government said.
Car bomb wounds 42 at supermarket in southern Thailand
PATTANI, Thailand (Reuters) – Muslim militants fighting for a separate state in the south of predominantly Buddhist Thailand were suspected of carrying out a car-bomb attack on Tuesday outside a supermarket in the city of Pattani that wounded 42 people…
Some 300 migrants storm border fence in Spanish enclave
MADRID (Reuters) – Around 300 sub-Saharan African migrants stormed the six-meter razor-wire fence between Morocco and the Spanish enclave of Melilla early on Tuesday, with around 100 successfully crossing the border, police said.
Russia showcases Arctic hardware in Red Square military parade
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia rolled out air defense systems built to operate in sub-zero Arctic conditions on Tuesday as it showcased its military might at a parade on Moscow’s Red Square.
Australia’s remote Darwin courts China even with U.S. Marines
DARWIN (Reuters) – When the United States signed an agreement in 2011 to use Australia’s tropical port of Darwin as a base for military exercises, it was viewed as a key focus of former President Barack Obama’s strategic pivot to Asia.
U.S. lawmakers visit Dalai Lama, highlight situation in Tibet
DHARAMSALA, India (Reuters) – A U.S. Congressional delegation visited the Dalai Lama at his headquarters in India on Tuesday, seeking to draw world attention to human rights in Tibet as President Donald Trump eyes warmer ties with China.
Islamic State says it beheads Russian officer in Syria: SITE
MOSCOW/DUBAI (Reuters) – Islamic State has issued a video showing the beheading of a man it described as a Russian intelligence officer captured in Syria, the U.S.-based SITE monitoring website reported on Tuesday.
Zimbabwe’s Mugabe leaves for medical checks in Singapore
HARARE (Reuters) – Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe has left the country for medical checks in Singapore, the government said in a statement, about two months after his previous such trip to the south Asian nation.
Kidnapped Indian priest in Yemen pleads for help in video
ADEN (Reuters) – An Indian priest kidnapped after an attack on a care home in Yemen’s southern port city of Aden last year has appealed for help in a video recording carried by a Yemeni news website.
French ex-prime minister Valls offers to back Macron in elections
PARIS (Reuters) – French president-elect Emmanuel Macron won an offer of support from Socialist ex-prime minister Manuel Valls on Tuesday as he and his aides worked on strategy ahead of parliamentary elections crucial to his reform plans.
