Iraq puts out more oil fires at northern field, some still burning
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Iraq has put out fires at six more oil wells in the Qayyara region, which Iraqi forces recaptured from Islamic State late last month, but at least three fires are still blazing, the oil ministry said on Tuesday.
Uzbekistan seeks stability in relations, says U.S. diplomat
TASHKENT (Reuters) – Uzbekistan wants to maintain a stable relationship with the United States as it goes through its first leadership change since independence, a senior U.S. diplomat said on Tuesday after meeting the Uzbek foreign minister in Tashken…
Turkish air strikes hit 12 targets in north Iraq: military
ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkish warplanes destroyed 12 targets in northern Iraq late on Monday, the military said, striking a region where Ankara says the leadership of Turkey’s outlawed Kurdish militant group PKK is based.
China says has netted one-third of top overseas graft suspects
BEIJING (Reuters) – China has bought back to the country one-third of those on its top 100 list of most wanted corruption suspects who have fled overseas, the ruling Communist Party’s top graft buster said on Tuesday.
China’s Xi calls for appropriate handling of disputes with Britain
BEIJING (Reuters) – China and Britain should increase mutual political trust and appropriately handle disputes, Chinese President Xi Jinping told British Prime Minister Theresa May, as the two nations grapple with a delayed $8 billion nuclear power inv…
Attacks in Afghan capital kill at least 24
KABUL (Reuters) – A car bomb hit the center of Kabul late on Monday, just hours after a Taliban suicide attack near the Defense Ministry killed at least 24 people including a number of senior security officials, and wounded 91 others, officials said.
U.S., Russia work on Syria truce, as Islamic State blasts kill dozens
BEIRUT/HANGZHOU, China (Reuters) – The United States and Russia will work in the next few days on a deal to curb fighting in Syria and build cooperation in the fight against terrorism, their leaders said on Monday, as blasts claimed by Islamic State ki…
World will miss education-for-all target by 50 years: U.N.
LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – The world is set to miss by more than half a century a deadline for ensuring all children receive secondary education, the United Nations said on Tuesday, adding that 40 percent of pupils are being taught in a lang…
Journalist charged in Venezuela after anti-Maduro protest
CARACAS (Reuters) – A prominent journalist and lawyer jailed on Venezuela’s Margarita island was charged on Monday with money laundering, according to family and a rights group, following his arrest after publicizing a protest against President Nicolas…
North Korea fires three ballistic missiles as G20 leaders meet in China
SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korea fired three ballistic missiles into the sea off its east coast on Monday, the South Korean and U.S. militaries said, as the leaders of the Group of 20 major economies held a summit in China, the North’s main diplomatic all…
