Taiwan eyes U.N. health meet, risks setback in China ties
TAIPEI (Reuters) – Taiwan faces a more complicated task this year in seeking to attend a U.N. health agency meeting than it has in the past, a senior official said on Tuesday, as the self-ruled island braces for another setback in ties with rival China…
Ukraine cuts power supply to separatist region, blaming unpaid debts
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukraine’s national power company said on Tuesday it had cut electricity to parts of an eastern region controlled by pro-Russian separatists because they had run up large debts.
Iraqi forces using siege and stealth to evict Islamic State from Mosul
MOSUL, Iraq, (Reuters) – Iraqi forces are using siege and stealth tactics to drive Islamic State militants out of Mosul’s Old City, an Iraqi general said, as his forces sought to minimize casualties among hundreds of thousands of people trapped in the…
Japan’s ruling party heavyweight to attend China’s New Silk Road summit
TOKYO (Reuters) – The secretary-general of Japan’s ruling party said on Tuesday he will attend China’s New Silk Road summit in May, a sign Prime Minister Shinzo Abe wants to improve ties with Beijing amid tensions over North Korea’s missile and nuclear…
Five Iraqi Peshmerga fighters killed by mistake in raid on PKK: Kurdish sources
ERBIL, Iraq (Reuters) – Five Iraqi Kurdish Peshmerga fighters were killed by mistake in a Turkish air raid on a nearby position of the Kurdish Workers Party (PKK) militants on Tuesday in northern Iraq, Kurdish sources said.
Kenya bus, tanker crash kills 24: police
MOMBASA, Kenya (Reuters) – A crash between a passenger bus and a tanker ferrying cooking oil has killed 24 people along the main highway connecting Kenya’s capital, Nairobi, and the port city of Mombasa, police said on Tuesday.
Turkish jets strike Kurdish fighters in Syria, Iraq’s Sinjar
ISTANBUL/BEIRUT (Reuters) – Turkish planes bombed Kurdish fighters in Iraq’s Sinjar region and northeast Syria on Tuesday, killing at least 20 in a widening campaign against groups linked to the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party.
At least 10 in minibus killed by roadside bomb Pakistan, official says
PARACHINAR, Pakistan (Reuters) – A remote-controlled roadside bomb targeting a minibus killed at least 10 people and wounded several others in Pakistan’s northwestern tribal region bordering Afghanistan on Tuesday, an official in the region said.
Thousands stage ANZAC Day memorials in Australia, New Zealand and Thailand
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Thousands of people in Australia, New Zealand, Thailand, Turkey and Britain attended dawn services on Tuesday to commemorate ANZAC Day, the Gallipoli landings during World War One and the Thai-Burma “death railway” of World War Two….
China says fewer graft suspects fleeing as controls stepped up
BEIJING (Reuters) – The number of corruption suspects fleeing China in the last four years has fallen dramatically as the government steps up controls on things like passport issuance for officials, the ruling Communist Party’s anti-graft watchdog said…
