China court exonerates four in latest overturned sentence
BEIJING (Reuters) – A court in China on Thursday exonerated four men who had been originally sentenced to death for rape and murder, in the latest case of courts overturning dubious verdicts.
Aid workers killed in mortar attacks in Mosul, U.N. says
ERBIL, Iraq (Reuters) – Four Iraqi aid workers and at least seven civilians were killed by mortar fire this week during aid distribution in Mosul, the United Nations said, as the campaign to retake the city from Islamic State continued to make slow and…
Serbia seeks stronger ties with Russia in balancing act with EU
BELGRADE (Reuters) – Serbia wants closer military cooperation with Russia, Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic said during a visit to Moscow, where he also stressed Belgrade’s neutrality in an attempt to balance a historic relationship with a push to join …
China military to hold secret anti-graft inspections over holidays
BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s armed forces will carry out secret inspections over the new year holidays, both Western and lunar, to ensure orders against corruption are being followed, the defense ministry said on Thursday.
Exclusive – Japan seeks to win Thai air defense radar contract: sources
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan is seeking to win a contract to supply Thailand with an air defense radar system built by Mitsubishi Electric Corp, as it looks to counter growing Chinese influence in the Southeast Asian nation, according to four Japanese gover…
U.S. drone pilots defend tactics as Afghans question civilian toll
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (Reuters) – They are speaking about the same deadly drone war that the United States has been waging this year, but talk to the U.S. military and Afghan civilians and their conclusions about who is targeted are often starkly diffe…
Can technology stop another truck attack?
LONDON (Reuters) – The attack on a Berlin Christmas market showed the devastation that can be wrought by the simple act of driving a truck into crowds, and the problems in preventing another massacre.
China begins daily civil charter flights to South China Sea outpost
BEIJING (Reuters) – China has begun daily civilian charter flights to Woody Island in the disputed South China Sea after approved the airport there for civil operations, state news agency Xinhua said on Thursday.
China says don’t read too much into U.S. drone case
BEIJING (Reuters) – China said on Thursday people should not read too much into last week’s incident when a Chinese naval vessel picked up a U.S. underwater drone in the disputed South China Sea.
Vehicles still leaving Aleppo after overnight evacuation: U.N. official in Syria
GENEVA (Reuters) – Vehicles were still streaming out of eastern Aleppo on Thursday morning after an evacuation overnight monitored by the U.N., a United Nations official in Syria told Reuters on Thursday.
