North Korea publicly executes two officials: South Korean newspaper
SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korea publicly executed two officials in early August for disobeying leader Kim Jong Un, a South Korean newspaper reported on Tuesday, in what would be the latest in a series of high-level purges under the young leader’s rule, i…
Syrian rebels make gains in northern Hama province, capture strategic town
AMMAN (Reuters) – Syrian rebels have captured a strategic town in northern Hama province in a major offensive that threatens government loyalist towns populated by minority Christians and Alawites north of the provincial capital, rebels and a monitor s…
Portugal’s Guterres still leads race for U.N. chief after third ballot
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – Former Portuguese Prime Minister Antonio Guterres still leads the race to become the next United Nations Secretary-General after a third U.N. Security Council secret ballot on Monday, diplomats said.
U.S. tries to stop feuding allies from unraveling Syria strategy
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States scrambled on Monday to get its feuding allies, Turkey and Kurdish YPG militia, to focus their firepower on Islamic State instead of each other after clashes that have threatened to unravel America’s war strategy…
Turkish forces deepen push into Syria, draw U.S. rebuke over their target
BEIRUT/KARKAMIS, Turkey (Reuters) – Turkish-backed forces pushed deeper into northern Syria on Monday and drew a rebuke from NATO ally the United States, which said it was concerned the battle for territory had shifted away from targeting Islamic State…
Support for Australian PM hits all-time low
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Support for Australia’s Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has fallen to an all-time low, according to a poll by The Australian newspaper on Tuesday.
European experts float post-Brexit ‘partnership’ with Britain
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – A senior German lawmaker, an adviser to the French prime minister and a former deputy head of the Bank of England have proposed that a post-Brexit Britain form a new “continental partnership” with the EU.
U.S., India sign military logistics agreement
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States and India have signed an agreement to share military logistics, they said in a joint statement on Monday, a step toward building defense ties as both countries seek to counter the growing maritime assertiveness …
Exclusive: Yemen council head hails peace push, wants Saudis to ‘feel pain’
SANAA (Reuters) – The head of a Houthi-backed ruling council pledged readiness on Monday to resume negotiations on ending Yemen’s war but reserved the right to resist attacks by a Saudi-backed exiled government seeking to unseat it.
New Cuba tourism seen slow to take off despite U.S. flights
HAVANA/NEW YORK (Reuters) – An expected explosion in U.S. tourism to Cuba will likely take years to materialize even after U.S. airlines resume commercial flights to the Caribbean island this week for the first time since 1961, industry officials said….
