Government forces take town east of Damascus on rebel supply route
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Syrian government and allied forces took control of a rebel-held town east of Damascus on Saturday after a 12-day battle, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said, compromising a supply route into opposition territory.
Super typhoon hits Taiwan, cutting power and transport
TAIPEI (Reuters) – Super typhoon Nepartak hit Taiwan on Friday, driving thousands of people from their homes, disrupting power supplies and grounding more than 600 flights, authorities said.
South Korea, U.S. to deploy THAAD missile defense, drawing China rebuke
SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea and the United States said on Friday they would deploy an advanced missile defense system in South Korea to counter the threat from nuclear-armed North Korea, drawing a sharp and swift protest from neighboring China.
U.N. air warning site to publish threats more quickly
MONTREAL (Reuters) – A U.N. website launched as part of a global response to the downing of a Malaysian airliner in 2014 will post warnings about potential attacks against aircraft more quickly but only when they come from the country where the threat …
NATO agrees to reinforce eastern Poland, Baltic states against Russia
WARSAW (Reuters) – NATO leaders agreed on Friday to deploy military forces to the Baltic states and eastern Poland for the first time and increase air and sea patrols to reassure allies who were once part of the Soviet bloc following Russia’s seizure o…
UK PM candidates vow to make EU immigration harder after Brexit
LONDON (Reuters) – Both candidates seeking to become Britain’s next prime minister vowed in interviews published on Friday to impose tougher rules on EU citizens newly arriving in Britain, as they face a ballot of party members to choose David Cameron’…
Friends, foes blast Peru president-elect’s call for protest
LIMA (Reuters) – Peru’s President-elect Pedro Pablo Kuczynski faced criticism from across the political spectrum on Friday for calling for a march on the incoming Congress to help him press opposition lawmakers to reopen a polymetallic smelter.
Almost 50 killed in Syria on ceasefire’s last day: monitor
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Air strikes killed 23 people at a holiday spot in Syria’s Idlib province while at least 25 died when rebels shelled government-held areas of Aleppo city on Friday, the last day of a 72-hour ceasefire announced by the Syrian army, a w…
U.S. says it expelled two Russian officials after attack on U.S. diplomat
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States expelled two Russian officials on June 17 in response to an attack by a Russian policeman on a U.S. diplomat in Moscow earlier in the month, the State Department said.
Zimbabwe’s Mugabe says pay delay is no reason for strike
BINDURA, Zimbabwe (Reuters) – Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe said on Friday a delay in paying wages to public workers was “a temporary problem” that did not justify their strike this week, and warned of a plot to overthrow his ruling ZANU-PF party….
