India PM offers Vietnam $500 million credit line for defense cooperation
HANOI (Reuters) – Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Saturday his country would provide a credit line of half a billion dollars to Vietnam for defense cooperation, the latest sign of closer ties between two countries with separate territorial …
China, Turkey pledge to deepen counter-terrorism cooperation
HANGZHOU, China (Reuters) – Chinese President Xi Jinping and his Turkish counterpart Tayyip Erdogan agreed on Saturday to deepen counter-terror cooperation, as the two set aside previous disagreements over China’s treatment of a Turkic-speaking Muslim …
North Korea says 15 missing after recent flooding
SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korea said on Saturday that 15 people were missing in the northern city of Hoeryong and thousands were left homeless by flooding caused by heavy rain in recent days.
Son of former Chinese premier promoted to transport minister
BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s parliament on Saturday named the son of former premier Li Peng as transport minister, part of an on-going reshuffle of senior officials by President Xi Jinping ahead of a once-every-five-years congress in 2017.
China parliament ratifies Paris climate change agreement
BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s parliament on Saturday ratified the Paris agreement on climate change, the Xinhua state news agency said, which could help put the pact into force by as early as the end of the year.
Exclusive: Ahead of Suu Kyi visit, Obama weighs Myanmar sanctions relief – sources
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Gabon’s Ping declares himself president after post-poll riots
LIBREVILLE (Reuters) – Gabonese opposition candidate Jean Ping declared himself president on Friday, after a disputed election that triggered two days of post-election riots against President Ali Bongo.
Obama to meet Britain’s May during G20 in China: official
HONOLULU (Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama will hold a formal meeting with British Prime Minister Theresa May during the G20 summit in China on Sunday, a White House official said.
Colombia’s FARC reschedules conference to ratify peace deal
BOGOTA (Reuters) – Colombia’s Marxist FARC rebel group said on Friday it had rescheduled its conference to ratify a peace agreement with the government to Sept. 17-23.
Turkey pushes west in offensive against Islamic State in Syria
ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkey renewed air strikes on Islamic State sites in Syria on Friday, extending operations along a 90-km (56-mile) corridor near the Turkish border which Ankara says it is clearing of jihadists and protecting from Kurdish militia exp…
