China tells U.S., don’t let allies set South China Sea policy
BEIJING (Reuters) – The United States should not decide its policy on the South China Sea based on what its allies think, and should stick to its promises not to take sides in the dispute, a senior Chinese diplomat said on Thursday ahead of Sino-U.S. s…
India, Westinghouse in ‘advanced’ talks to close nuclear deal – ambassador
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Toshiba Corp’s Westinghouse Electric and India are in “advanced discussions” for the company to build six nuclear reactors there, the country’s ambassador to the United States said on Wednesday, ahead of Indian Prime Minister Nar…
U.N. council condemns North Korea missile launches, threatens action
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The United Nations Security Council on Wednesday condemned three recent failed ballistic missile tests by North Korea and threatened to take further “significant measures.”
U.S. military sees Afghan talks with new Taliban leader unlikely
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A U.S. military spokesman said on Wednesday that talks with the Afghan Taliban on ending the war in Afghanistan are unlikely any time soon after the militant group chose a conservative religious scholar as its new leader.
Strong quake rattles Indonesia’s Sumatra, no damage reported
PADANG, Indonesia (Reuters) – An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.5 shook buildings and caused momentary panic in the Indonesian port city of Padang on Thursday, officials and residents said, but there were no immediate reports of damage or injury.
U.S.-backed forces open major front in Syria war
WASHINGTON/BEIRUT (Reuters) – Thousands of U.S.-backed fighters opened a major new front in Syria’s war, launching an offensive to drive Islamic State out of a swathe of northern Syria it uses as a logistics base and appearing to make swift initial ba…
Libyan forces lose 10 men in clashes with Islamic State near Sirte
TRIPOLI (Reuters) – Libyan brigades aligned with a new U.N.-backed government in Tripoli lost 10 men and had another 40 wounded in fighting close to the Islamic State stronghold of Sirte on Wednesday, a hospital spokesman said.
Al Shabaab car bomber strikes hotel in Somali capital, at least 15 dead
MOGADISHU (Reuters) – A suicide car bomber crashed into a gate outside a hotel frequented by lawmakers in the center of the Somali capital of Mogadishu on Wednesday and the attack was followed by gunfire, killing 15 people, police said.
South China Sea set to dominate Singapore security summit
SINGAPORE/HONG KONG (Reuters) – Roiling tensions in the South China Sea are set to dominate Asia’s biggest security summit starting in Singapore on Friday, exposing a deepening rivalry between the United States and China ahead of a landmark legal rulin…
U.N. chief recommends adding 2,500 peacekeepers to Mali mission
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has asked the Security Council to add just over 2,500 peacekeepers to the U.N. peacekeeping mission in Mali, which has been hit by a series of deadly attacks, according to a new U….
