Taiwan enters South China Sea legal fray, as group seeks to sway international court
HONG KONG/TAIPEI (Reuters) – A Taiwanese group has intervened in the Philippines’ international court case against China’s claims in the South China Sea, pressing Taipei’s position that Taiwan is entitled to a swathe of the disputed waterway as an econ…
Judge OKs U.S. extradition of Mexican drug boss ‘El Chapo’ Guzman
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – A Mexican judge has ruled that drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman can be extradited to face charges in the United States, the country’s federal court authority said on Monday, days after he was moved to a prison near the U.S. b…
Husband calls on Iran to release detained British-Iranian aid worker
(Reuters) – The husband of a British-Iranian aid worker who has been jailed in Iran for the past five weeks called on Iranian officials to free his wife on Monday. Richard Ratcliffe also said that Iranian officials have confiscated the passport of the couple’s 22-month-old daughter, barring the infant from leaving Iran as well.
Alleged Syrian hacker sympathetic to Damascus being sent to U.S.: source
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – An alleged Syrian computer hacker sympathetic to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s government is due to appear in federal court in Alexandria, Virginia, on Tuesday after extradition from Germany, a U.S. law-enforcement source sa…
Iranian minister denies recent mid-range ballistic missile test
DUBAI (Reuters) – Iran’s minister of defence denied on Monday that the Revolutionary Guards had recently tested a medium-range ballistic missile but reiterated that Tehran had not stopped bolstering what it insists is a purely defensive arsenal.
Islamic State car bomb in eastern Iraq kills 16, sources say
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – A car bomb claimed by Islamic State in the eastern Iraqi city of Baquba killed at least 16 people on Monday and wounded 54 others near a bakery close to the city center, police and hospital sources said.
Iraqi forces retake village from Islamic State in slow campaign
ERBIL/BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Iraqi forces retook a northern village from Islamic State on Monday, supported by artillery and air strikes from a U.S.-led coalition, as they try to close in on the city of Mosul.
Venezuela first lady’s nephews getting help to cover defense costs: U.S
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Two nephews of Venezuela’s first lady facing U.S. charges that they conspired to import cocaine into the United States are getting their defense costs paid for by an unnamed third party, prosecutors said.
Dissent stifled, not crushed, in Turkish ruling party as PM exits
ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan may have stamped his authority on the ruling AK Party with the exit of Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu, but the move has pushed dissent underground rather than cementing unity in its ranks.
Regional powers to hold Libya talks in Vienna, Italian minister says
TUNIS (Reuters) – Talks on providing support for Libya’s new unity government will be held in Vienna next week, Italy’s foreign minister said on Monday.
