Donors seek more funds for Syria, EU presses for peace
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – International donors are set to pledge billions more dollars for Syrian refugees at a two-day conference from Tuesday that the European Union says must also help prepare for an eventual end to more than six years of war in Syria.
Chinese wary about U.S. missile system because capabilities unknown: experts
HONG KONG/BEIJING (Reuters) – China is steadfastly opposed to the deployment of advanced U.S. anti-missile radars in South Korea because it does not know whether the defenses, intended for North Korean missiles, are capable of tracking and countering B…
Britain’s May must prove ‘no deal is better than a bad deal’: committee
LONDON (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Theresa May must prove that “no deal is better than a bad deal” by offering an economic assessment on the impact of leaving the European Union with no agreement, a parliamentary committee said on Tuesday.
Hong Kong’s restive youth prepare for long struggle with Beijing
HONG KONG (Reuters) – With China’s preferred candidate selected as Hong Kong’s next chief executive, another blow to the morale of the city’s democracy activists, their young leaders are taking a page from Beijing’s playbook and preparing for a long ba…
Syrian jets bomb rebel-held eastern Damascus suburbs, dozens killed
AMMAN (Reuters) – Syrian jets on Monday bombed residential areas in the eastern countryside of Damascus killing and injuring dozens in some of the heaviest bombing raids on the main rebel enclave near the capital in months, residents and activists said…
Tillerson to chair U.N. meeting on North Korea nuclear program
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson will chair a United Nations Security Council meeting on North Korea on April 28 to discuss how the body can combat Pyongyang’s banned nuclear and missile programs, U.S. Ambassador Nikki H…
Cyber security firm: more evidence North Korea linked to Bangladesh heist
(Reuters) – Cyber security firm Kaspersky Lab on Monday said it had obtained digital evidence that bolsters suspicions by some researchers that North Korea was involved in last year’s $81 million cyber heist of the Bangladesh central bank’s account at …
‘Not natural friends’: Trump, Xi will be ‘odd couple’ at first summit
WASHINGTON/BEIJING (Reuters) – When U.S. President Donald Trump meets Chinese President Xi Jinping this week, their summit will be marked not only by deep policy divisions but a clash of personalities between America’s brash “tweeter-in-chief” and Beijing’s cautious, calculating leader.
Paraguay house delays re-election vote after protests; bill’s backers persist
ASUNCION (Reuters) – Paraguay’s lower house is delaying a vote on an amendment that would allow presidents to stand for re-election to give President Horacio Cartes’ call for dialogue a chance after violent protests over a closed-door Senate vote.
Syrian people do not want Assad as leader: U.S. envoy to U.N
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The United States does not believe that the Syrian people want President Bashar al-Assad as their leader any longer, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley said on Monday.
