Nine dead in China as remnants of super typhoon Nepartak strike
BEIJING (Reuters) – Nine people were killed and 18 are missing after wind and driving rain bought by the remains of super typhoon Nepartak swept into China over the weekend, the government said on Monday.
Three police officers shot dead in southeast Turkey: Anadolu
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – A youth shot dead three Turkish police officers and wounded three others at a bus station in the city of Sanliurfa in southeast Turkey before he was also shot dead, the state-run Anadolu Agency reported on Monday.
Beijing says should be no South China Sea talk at Asia-Europe summit
BEIJING (Reuters) – The South China Sea is not on the agenda and should not be discussed at a major summit between Asian and European leaders in Mongolia at the end of the week, a senior Chinese diplomat said on Monday.
U.S. sends Yemeni Guantanamo inmate to Italy, 78 detainees left
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States said on Sunday it had transferred a Yemeni inmate from the Guantanamo Bay prison to Italy, bringing the number of detainees at the U.S. naval base in Cuba to 78.
Bin Laden’s son threatens revenge for father’s assassination: monitor
DUBAI (Reuters) – The son of slain al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden has threatened revenge against the United States for assassinating his father, according to an audio message posted online.
Australian PM Turnbull looks for unity in political division
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull on Monday began the hard work of uniting a divided parliament after claiming a tight victory in Australia’s cliffhanger election and as a second ratings agency warned a splintered Senate may hinder deb…
El Salvador says Romanian consul dies in suspected homicide
SAN SALVADOR (Reuters) – The honorary consul serving as Romania’s diplomatic representative in El Salvador has died in a suspected homicide at his home in San Salvador, authorities in the crime-ridden Central American nation said on Sunday.
Magnitude 6.4 earthquake strikes Ecuador’s northwest coast: USGS
(Reuters) – A shallow earthquake with a magnitude of 6.4 struck Ecuador’s northwest coast on Sunday, said the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).
Elections on Nauru fair and transparent: international observers
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Elections on the tiny South Pacific island of Nauru were fair and transparent, the first international observers to monitor polls on the world’s smallest republic in more than a decade said on Monday.
Islamic State lost quarter of its Iraq, Syria territory in 18 months: IHS
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Islamic State lost an area the size of Ireland – a quarter of its territory – to hostile forces in the last 18 months in Iraq and Syria and is likely to further step up attacks on civilians in coming months, IHS said in a report on S…
