Philippines says Islamists keep up week-long fight with prisoners, looted guns
MARAWI, Philippines (Reuters) – A week-long assault by Islamist rebels in a southern Philippine city is being fuelled with stolen weapons and ammunition and fighters broken out of jails, the military said on Wednesday, as troops battled militants resis…
Israeli documents from days after war have familiar ring 50 years on
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Within days of capturing East Jerusalem and the West Bank in the 1967 Middle East war, Israel was examining options about their future ranging from Jewish settlement-building to the creation of a Palestinian state.
Russia fires missiles at Islamic State targets from Mediterranean: agencies
MOSCOW (Reuters) – A Russian warship and a submarine have fired four cruise missiles from the Mediterranean to hit Islamic State manpower and equipment near the Syrian city of Palmyra, Russian news agencies cited the Defense Ministry as saying on Wedne…
Mattis to focus on North Korea at Asian forum as allies seek clear U.S. policy
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis is expected to press for greater cooperation to contain North Korea’s nuclear and missile threat at a regional security forum in Singapore later this week, where for years Washington has sought t…
Sewage tanker bomb kills at least 80, wounds hundreds in Afghan capital
KABUL (Reuters) – A powerful bomb hidden in a sewage tanker exploded in the morning rush hour in the center of the Afghan capital on Wednesday, police said, killing at least 80 people, wounding hundreds and damaging embassy buildings.
South Korea defense ministry ‘intentionally dropped’ THAAD units in report: Blue House
SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea’s Defence Ministry “intentionally dropped” mentioning that four more launchers had been deployed for the controversial U.S. THAAD anti-missile system in a report to President Moon Jae-in’s top aides, his office said on Wed…
South Korea returns six North Koreans rescued at sea
SEOUL (Reuters) – Six North Koreans who were rescued on Saturday drifting at sea off the east coast were sent back to the North on Wednesday after Pyongyang did not respond to repeated attempts to communicate, South Korea’s Unification Ministry said.
Ghanaian woman, walking into Canada from U.S., dies of hypothermia: police
TORONTO (Reuters) – A body found near the Manitoba border was that of a Ghanaian woman who died of possible hypothermia trying to walk into Canada, U.S. police said on Tuesday.
Mexico’s top diplomat says Venezuela is no longer a democracy
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexico’s top diplomat Luis Videgaray said on Tuesday that Venezuela is no longer a functioning democracy, one day before foreign ministers from across the Americas are due to meet to discuss the crisis gripping the South America…
Daughter of ousted South Korean president’s confidante returns to Seoul
SEOUL (Reuters) – The daughter of a key figure in a corruption scandal that led to the ouster of ex-South Korean president Park Geun-hye is expected to arrive in South Korea on Wednesday from Denmark where she had been fighting extradition on criminal …
