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…
German ministry sees possible delay in signing missile defense contract
LONDON (Reuters) – Germany may not finish negotiations with Europe’s MBDA and Lockheed Martin Corp on the MEADS missile defense system by the end of the year as planned, according to a document sent to lawmakers by a senior German defense ministry offi…
Poland’s disappearing lakes fuel battle over coal mining
WILCZYN, Poland (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – In early summer, the Wielkopolska region in western Poland looks like a scene from “The Hobbit” with intense green fields and lakes surrounded by dense forest and pretty cottages.
