Minutes from missiles, Guam islanders get to grips with uncertain fate
GUAM (Reuters) – Fourteen minutes is not long to prepare for a potential catastrophe. That’s the estimated time taken from a launch of a mid-range ballistic missile in North Korea until impact on Guam, where residents seem resigned to the belief that t…
Storms disrupt Beijing flights, authorities warn of flash floods, landslides
BEIJING (Reuters) – Thunderstorms lashed Beijing on Saturday, disrupting hundreds of flights at one of the world’s largest airports, while authorities warned that rain and wind could cause landslides in the area where a 7.0-magnitude earthquake struck …
Iraq’s Kurds maintain Sept. 25 as date for independence referendum, Kurdish official says
ERBIL, Iraq (Reuters) – Iraq’s Kurds will maintain their plan to hold a referendum on independence on Sept. 25, despite a U.S. request to postpone it, a high-ranking Kurdish official told Reuters on Saturday.
Kuwait says arrests 12 convicted in 2015 Iran spy case
DUBAI (Reuters) – Kuwaiti authorities have arrested 12 people convicted in absentia of spying for Iran and Lebanese Shi’ite Muslim group Hezbollah, the Interior Ministry said on Saturday.
Syrian army secures Islamic State-held town in Homs province: state media
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Syrian government forces seized full control of the last major town in Homs province held by Islamic State, Syrian state media reported on Saturday, as the army and its allies press a multi-pronged advance into eastern areas held by …
Iraq’s Kurds stick to independence vote despite U.S. request to postpone it
ERBIL, Iraq (Reuters) – Iraq’s Kurds are sticking to a plan to hold an independence referendum on Sept. 25, despite a U.S. request to postpone it, a high-ranking Kurdish official told Reuters on Saturday.
China frees top Crown executive jailed for gambling offences -official
SHANGHAI/BEIJING (Reuters) – China on Saturday freed one of the last remaining Crown Resorts Ltd executives jailed for illegally promoting gambling, as a protracted saga that forced the Australian casino operator to cancel global expansion plans and hu…
Laos says it will withdraw troops as Cambodia’s Hun Sen visits
PHNOM PENH (Reuters) – Cambodia and Laos reached an agreement on Saturday for Lao soldiers to pull back from their shared border after Cambodia accused Laos of sending troops into its territory, the leaders of both countries said.
Venezuela’s PDVSA oil revenue tumbles amid lower prices, production
CARACAS ( Reuters) – Venezuelan state oil company PDVSA’s revenue from oil and fuel sales in 2016 dropped 34 percent from the previous year to $48.0 billion, the company said in its annual financial results published Friday night, hurt by lower product…
Divided Muslim family yearns to reunite, 70 years after India, Pakistan split
KARACHI/NEW DELHI (Reuters) – As India and Pakistan prepare to celebrate 70 years of independence from Britain next week, thousands of families in the nuclear-armed neighbors remain divided by a border that strained diplomatic ties make harder to cross…
