U.N. chief urges Burundi parties to participate in peace talks
NAIROBI (Reuters) – The United Nations has called on political parties in Burundi to commit fully to peace talks to resolve a two-year old political crisis in the east African nation.
Bombs target oil pipeline in Iraq’s Kirkuk, one killed
KIRKUK, Iraq (Reuters) – Four bombs went off on Saturday near a minor pipeline from an oilfield close to the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk, security and oil industry sources said.
Philippine leader’s opponents turn historic event into protest march
MANILA (Reuters) – Supporters and opponents of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte turned a traditional celebration of the 1986 “People Power” uprising into demonstrations for and against his bloody war on drugs.
Bombings, air strikes in Syria rattle Geneva peace talks
GENEVA (Reuters) – A United Nations peace envoy said a militant attack in Syria on Saturday was a deliberate attempt to wreck peace talks in Geneva, while the warring sides traded blame and appeared no closer to actual negotiations.
Out of the shadows: Manila’s meth dealers back on the streets as cops pull back
MANILA (Reuters) – Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s war on drugs had until three weeks ago driven the trade in crystal methamphetamine underground, according to residents and drug users in some of the slum areas of the nation’s capital city.
Malaysia to sweep Kuala Lumpur airport for toxic chemicals after Kim Jong Nam murder
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – Malaysia will sweep one of the terminals at Kuala Lumpur international airport for toxic chemicals after Kim Jong Nam was murdered there with a nerve agent last week, as authorities said they would issue an arrest warrant if a …
North Korea evades sanctions with network of overseas companies: U.N. report
(Reuters) – North Korea is evading international sanctions with a sophisticated network of overseas companies, enabled partly by its continued access to the international banking system, says a forthcoming United Nations report seen by Reuters.
First planned North Korea-U.S. contact in Trump administration canceled: WSJ
SEOUL (Reuters) – Plans for the first contact between North Korea and the United States after President Donald Trump took office were canceled after the U.S. State Department denied a visa for the top envoy from Pyongyang, the Wall Street Journal repor…
China’s Panchen Lama says to uphold ‘glorious tradition’ of patriotism
BEIJING (Reuters) – A youth named by China as the second-highest figure in Tibetan Buddhism, but reviled as a fake by many Tibetans, has pledged to uphold the “glorious tradition” of patriotism that holders of his position have followed, state news age…
In push to reclaim Raqqa, Trump’s choices range from bad to worse
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump’s push against Islamic State in Syria could present him with an unenviable choice: Alienate NATO ally Turkey by relying on Kurdish fighters or adopt a plan that may slow the assault and require many mo…
