After Rouhani re-election, expect hardliners to ‘settle scores’
DUBAI (Reuters) – Iranians yearning for detente abroad and greater freedoms at home have handed President Hassan Rouhani a second term, but the hardline forces he defeated in elections on Friday will remain defiantly opposed to his plans.
Afghan Taliban launch three-pronged assault on Ghazni city
GHAZNI, Afghanistan (Reuters) – Taliban fighters launched a three-pronged attack on parts of the central-eastern Afghan city of Ghazni overnight, driving a Humvee packed with explosives into the entrance of a district governor’s compound during the ass…
Propulsion problems put Australian warships out of action
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia is investigating if problems in the propulsion systems of two $1.5 billion warships built by manufacturers from Spain, Germany and Britain are the result of design flaws.
Under siege in Washington, Trump reaps Saudi arms deal, stronger ties
RIYADH (Reuters) – Under political fire at home, U.S. President Donald Trump sealed a $110 billion arms deal with Saudi Arabia on Saturday on his maiden foreign trip as he struggled to shift attention from the aftermath of his firing of the director of…
Cambodian parties begin election campaign amid crackdown
PHNOM PENH (Reuters) – Cambodian parties on Saturday launched campaigns for June 4 local elections against the backdrop of a political crackdown by Prime Minister Hun Sen, who has vowed to stay on after more than three decades in power.
Trump’s trade rep brings ‘America First’ policy to Asia-Pacific summit
HANOI (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump’s new trade representative held his first face-to-face meetings with some key partners on Saturday as the United States charts an “America First” policy that has upended the old global order and sparked fea…
Chinese navy ships visit Myanmar for joint exercises
SHANGHAI (Reuters) – Chinese navy ships are visiting Myanmar and will conduct communications, search and rescue, and other joint exercises with the Myanmar navy, China’s defense ministry said on Saturday.
Deep magnitude 6.0 quake hits Philippines: CENC
SHANGHAI (Reuters) – A magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck near the center of the Philippine archipelago on Saturday at a depth of 540 km (336 miles), the China Earthquake Networks Center (CENC) reported.
U.S. says Iranian-directed convoy targeted by U.S. strike in Syria
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States said on Friday it believed forces in a convoy targeted by U.S. military aircraft in southern Syria on Thursday were Iranian-directed, in a possible sign of increased tension between Washington and Tehran in the …
Trump’s Saudi speech to urge unity against radical Islam: AP
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump will call for unity in the fight against radicalism in the Islamic world when he speaks in Saudi Arabia on Sunday, characterizing the effort as a “battle between good and evil,” the Associated Press re…
