Turkey signs initial missile defense deal with French, Italian firms: Anadolu
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkey has signed an initial accord with French and Italian firms on the development of missile defense systems, state-run Anadolu news agency reported Turkish Defence Minister Fikri Isik as saying.
U.S. readies Venezuela sanctions, Maduro defies threat
WASHINGTON/CARACAS (Reuters) – The Trump administration is preparing sanctions against several senior Venezuelan government figures, U.S. officials said on Tuesday, to pressure President Nicolas Maduro to abort plans for a controversial congress foes s…
Tourists eye Cambodia’s new world heritage site
PHNOM PENH (Reuters) – Tourists flocked to Cambodia’s newest world heritage site on the weekend, the 16th and 17th century forest temple of Sambor Prei Kuk after it was recently added to the U.N. cultural organization’s heritage list.
China’s top graft buster attacks “unhealthy” political culture
BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s top graft-buster launched a scathing attack on the ruling Communist Party’s members on Monday, writing that party political culture remained “unhealthy” and governance weak even after five years of renewed effort to fight th…
South Korea’s new government proposes military talks with North Korea
SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea on Monday proposed military talks with North Korea, the first formal overture to Pyongyang by the government of President Moon Jae-in, to discuss ways to avoid hostile acts near the heavily militarized border.
UAE arranged for hacking of Qatar government sites, sparking diplomatic row: Washington Post
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United Arab Emirates arranged for Qatari government social media and news sites to be hacked in late May in order to post fiery but false quotes linked to Qatar’s emir, prompting a diplomatic crisis, the Washington Post repor…
UAE wants international monitoring of Qatar
LONDON (Reuters) – A senior United Arab Emirates (UAE) official said international monitoring was needed in the standoff between Qatar and its Arab neighbors, adding he saw signs that the pressure exerted on Doha “was working”.
Knife-wielding man kills two in southern China Wal-Mart: Xinhua
SHANGHAI (Reuters) – A knife-wielding man has killed two people and injured nine in a Wal-Mart supermarket in the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen, the official Xinhua news agency reported, citing local police.
Tens of thousands march over corruption in Dominican Republic
SANTO DOMINGO (Reuters) – Tens of thousands of protesters flooded the streets of the capital of the Dominican Republic on Sunday in the biggest demonstration of anger over corruption in decades following a landmark bribery case against top officials.
As London feuds, full Brexit negotiations open in Brussels
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Britain’s Brexit minister pledged to “get down to work” as he kicked off a first full round of negotiations on Monday, but a year after Britons voted narrowly to leave the EU their government seemed at war with itself over the divo…
