Tillerson faces tough talks in Moscow amid increased tensions
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson’s visit to Moscow this week will be an early test of whether the Trump administration can use any momentum generated by a missile attack on a Syrian air base to craft and execute a strategy t…
Exclusive – ‘Dollars and euros’: How a Malaysian firm helped fund North Korea’s leadership
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – Over the past two decades, North Korean-born Han Hun Il, the founding chief executive of a Malaysian conglomerate, funneled money to the leadership in Pyongyang, a North Korean defector, speaking out for the first time, told Re…
China, South Korea discuss more sanctions on North Korea amid talk of Trump action
SEOUL/TOKYO (Reuters) – China and South Korea agreed on Monday to slap tougher sanctions on North Korea if it carries out nuclear or long-range missile tests, a senior official in Seoul said, as a U.S. Navy strike group headed to the region in a show o…
Beijing offers cash rewards to unearth foreign spies
BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s capital is stepping up a campaign against foreign espionage from Monday, offering rewards ranging from $1,500 to $73,000 to citizens who blow the whistle on suspected spies, state media said.
India, China navies stop suspected Somali pirate attack on merchant vessel
DELHI (Reuters) – A Chinese navy ship supported by an Indian navy helicopter thwarted an attack by suspected Somali pirates on a Tuvalu-flagged merchant ship, India’s defense ministry said on Sunday.
Exclusive: At strategic shoal, China asserts power through control, and concessions
SCARBOROUGH SHOAL, South China Sea (Reuters) – Far out in the South China Sea, where dark blue meets bright turquoise, a miles-long row of fishing boats anchor near Scarborough Shoal, backed by a small armada of coastguard projecting China’s power in A…
G7 ministers look to persuade Russia to abandon Syria’s Assad
LUCCA, Italy (Reuters) – Foreign ministers from the Group of Seven (G7) major industrialized nations met in Italy on Monday, looking to put pressure on Russia to break its ties with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.
Trump aides differ over Assad’s future after Syria attack
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Top aides to President Donald Trump demurred on Sunday over where U.S. policy on Syria was headed after last week’s retaliatory missile strike, leaving open questions about whether removing Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad from powe…
Venezuela Socialists’ election strategy? Block adversaries
CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuela’s move to bar two-time presidential candidate Henrique Capriles from public office for 15 years looked like an unusually brazen blow at the opposition but is just the logical extension of a strategy that has emerged as the…
Stockholm attack suspect is Uzbek denied residency in Sweden
HJULSTA, Sweden (Reuters) – The arrested man suspected by police of killing four people by ramming a truck into crowds in Stockholm is a 39-year-old from Uzbekistan who had been denied permanent residency in Sweden and who had expressed sympathy for Is…
