Turkey warns U.S. of blowback from decision to arm Kurdish fighters in Syria
ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkey warned the United States on Wednesday that a decision to arm Kurdish forces fighting Islamic State in Syria could end up hurting Washington, and accused its NATO ally of siding with terrorists.
China most-wanted suspect gets ‘home detention’ in New Zealand
WELLINGTON (Reuters) – A Chinese-born New Zealand citizen on China’s most-wanted list was sentenced to five months home detention for money laundering on Wednesday after years of investigation by police from both countries.
Merkel’s conservatives could govern with Greens, FDP-German poll
BERLIN (Reuters) – Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservatives could form a three-way coalition with the liberal Free Democrats (FDP) and the pro-environment Greens after a September parliamentary election, a poll released by the Forsa Institute on Wednes…
China says Taiwan health not at risk by absence from U.N. meeting
BEIJING (Reuters) – The Chinese government said on Wednesday that the health of people in Taiwan is not being put at risk by Taiwan’s inability to attend a U.N. health meeting this year as there is no barrier to technical or medical exchanges and aid.
Trump to meet Russian foreign minister Lavrov on Wednesday: senior U.S. official
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump will meet Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov at the White House on Wednesday to discuss Syria and a wide range of international issues, a senior U.S. official said.
For one Chinese city, new ‘Silk Road’ leaves old problems unsolved
HUNCHUN, China (Reuters) – In August, 2014, planners in the northeastern Chinese city of Hunchun argued in state media that it should be included in the “One Belt, One Road” project, Beijing’s vision laid out the previous year of a new Silk Road across…
New South Korean president vows to address North Korea, broader tensions ‘urgently’
SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea’s new liberal President Moon Jae-in was sworn in on Wednesday and vowed to tackle immediately the difficult tasks of addressing North Korea’s advancing nuclear ambitions and soothing tensions with the United States and Chi…
Bomb threat causes panic on Saudi airliner
CAIRO (Reuters) – An apparently mentally unstable man caused panic among passengers on a airliner heading for Cairo from Jeddah in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday when he threatened to blow up the aircraft, airport sources said.
Bins, cooking, the bedroom: Britain’s May offers glimpse of private life
LONDON (Reuters) – He takes the garbage out, she cooks at weekends and work never enters the bedroom – British Prime Minister Theresa May and her husband Philip offered a glimpse of their private lives in a television interview on Tuesday.
U.N. aviation agency seeks global approach to laptop ban
MONTREAL/PARIS (Reuters) – A United Nations agency has launched an effort to craft global guidance for the use of laptops and other portable electronics in passenger aircraft cabins after selective bans by the United States and Britain upset airline pa…
