South Korea courts isolated North’s old friends in push for change
SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea’s foreign minister will visit Moscow next week after touring Cuba, Uganda and Iran as part of a push to enlist North Korea’s old allies to press for change in the isolated state, Seoul said on Tuesday.
China tells U.S. to play constructive South China Sea role
BEIJING (Reuters) – China told the United States on Tuesday that it should play a constructive role in safeguarding peace in the disputed South China Sea, as U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry called for talks and a peaceful resolution.
France’s rail chief is hopeful strike will end before Euro soccer
PARIS (Reuters) – The head of France’s state railway said on Tuesday he was hopeful a week-long strike would end before the Euro 2016 soccer tournament starts on Friday after a new deal was put to the hardline CGT and other unions.
U.S.-backed Syria force closes in on IS-held city; slow Iraq advance causes rift
BEIRUT/BAGHDAD (Reuters) – U.S.-backed Syrian fighters have surrounded the Islamic State-held city of Manbij from three sides as they press a major new offensive against the jihadists near the Turkish border, a spokesman for the fighters said on Monday…
Drones emerge from shadows to become key cog in U.S. war machine
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan/CREECH AIR FORCE BASE, Nevada (Reuters) – When U.S. drones obliterated a car carrying Taliban leader Mullah Akhtar Mansour last month, it was the kind of targeted killing that unmanned aircraft are best known for.
Turkey to suspend EU migration deal if no visa-free travel for Turks: minister
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkey would have to suspend its agreement with the European Union to stem the flow of migrants into the bloc if there is no deal to grant visa-free travel to Turks, Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu told state broadcaster TRT Habe…
Kremlin: NATO war games undermine trust, threaten Europe’s security
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Military exercises currently being conducted by NATO in Poland and several other European nations do not contribute to an atmosphere of trust and security on the continent, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told journalists on Tuesday….
China says foreign NGO law a step to advance rule of law
BEIJING (Reuters) – Chinese State Councillor Yang Jiechi, the country’s top diplomat, said on Tuesday a new law managing the operation of foreign non-government organizations in China is a step to advance the rule of law.
Kerry says U.S., China will enforce sanctions on North Korea
BEIJING (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said on Tuesday the United States and China are determined to fully enforce sanctions against North Korea.
Japanese boy left in forest was crying so hard, he walked the wrong way: media
TOKYO (Reuters) – The seven-year-old Japanese boy abandoned in a forest by his parents for being naughty meant to follow his parents’ car but was crying so hard he went the wrong way, a newspaper said.
