Panama sends envoys to China for first talks since establishing ties
PANAMA CITY (Reuters) – Panama’s government will send a delegation of senior security and trade officials to China for talks beginning on Tuesday, the first such diplomatic mission since the two nations established relations nearly two months ago.
U.S. can talk to North Korea if it stops missile tests: Tillerson
MANILA/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson held a door open for dialogue with North Korea on Monday, saying Washington was willing to talk to Pyongyang if it halted a series of recent missile test launches.
China media stress limits to North Korea sanctions, slam U.S. ‘arrogance’
BEIJING (Reuters) – Chinese state media on Monday stressed the limits of new United Nations sanctions on North Korea, and also slammed the United States for its “arrogance”, saying Washington needed to understand it also has a role in lessening tension…
Would-be suicide bomber sheds light on suspected Pakistani militant web
SHIKARPUR, Pakistan – The confession of a Pakistani teenager who was captured moments before carrying out a suicide attack has given police a rare glimpse into a militant network they say is behind the recent surge in sectarian violence.
Saudi Arabia still sees no role for Assad in Syrian transition
DUBAI (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia, a main backer of Syrian rebels, said on Sunday it still supported an international agreement on the future of Syria and President Bashar al-Assad should have no role in any transition to bring the war there to an end.
Syria investigator del Ponte quits, blaming U.N. Security Council
GENEVA (Reuters) – A member of the U.N. Commission of Inquiry on Syria said on Sunday she was quitting because a lack of political backing from the U.N. Security Council had made the job impossible, Swiss national news agency SDA reported.
Brazil’s House speaker sees no need to weaken pension overhaul: media
BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazil’s Congress should not water down a proposal to change pension rules in order to have it approved in coming months, House Speaker Rodrigo Maia said in separate newspaper interviews published on Sunday.
ASEAN overcomes communique impasse, urges non-militarisation in South China Sea
MANILA (Reuters) – Southeast Asian foreign ministers ended an impasse on Sunday over how to address disputes with China in the South China Sea, issuing a communique that called for militarization to be avoided and noting concern about island-building.
Elections in Kurdish-led areas will not divide Syria: minister
DAMASCUS (Reuters) – A senior Syrian government minister on Sunday dismissed as a “joke” plans by the Kurdish-led administration in northern Syria to hold elections and said they would not be allowed to threaten the country’s territorial unity.
Kabul ‘Green Zone’ tightened after attacks in Afghan capital
KABUL (Reuters) – Afghan authorities are tightening security in the central area of Kabul housing foreign embassies and government offices after a string of suicide attacks that have caused hundreds of casualties and hit confidence in the Western-backe…
