China expels detained Swedish NGO worker
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – China expelled a Swedish national taken into custody this month on suspicion of acts detrimental to the country’s national security, China’s Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday.
China denounces ‘irresponsible’ U.S. official’s remarks on North Korea
BEIJING (Reuters) – China on Tuesday criticised what it said were “irresponsible” remarks made by a U.S. official this week calling for Beijing to do more to curb North Korea’s banned nuclear program.
Malaysia says debris found off Thai coast not from missing MH370
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – A piece of suspected plane wreckage found off the coast of southern Thailand does not belong to a Malaysia Airlines passenger jet that disappeared almost two years ago, the Malaysian transport ministry said on Tuesday.
Malaysians search for capsized boat after 13 found dead
KUALA LUMPUR/JAKARTA (Reuters) – Malaysian authorities on Tuesday launched a search for a boat carrying up to 35 people, after 13 bodies washed up on a beach in the southern state of Johor.
Exclusive: South Sudan needs arms embargo; leaders killing civilians – U.N. panel
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The United Nations Security Council should place an arms embargo on South Sudan, while the oil-rich country’s President Salva Kiir and a rebel leader qualify to be sanctioned over atrocities in a two-year civil war, U.N. sanc…
Haiti edges toward interim government after election collapse
PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) – President Michel Martelly is determined to leave office on the first day of Haiti’s carnival in two weeks even though he has no replacement, the prime minister said on Monday, making it likely an interim government will guide…
Quake of magnitude 6.3 strikes off Papua New Guinea
SINGAPORE (Reuters) – An earthquake of magnitude 6.3 struck off the Pacific Ocean nation of Papua New Guinea on Tuesday, the U.S. Geological Survey said.
Deals and warms words flow as Iranian president visits Europe
ROME (Reuters) – Italy and Iran signed billions of dollars of business deals on Monday at the start of a visit to Europe by Iranian President Hassan Rouhani aimed at rebuilding his nation’s ties with the West after years of economic sanctions.
U.N. seeks Syrian peace talks this week, opposition threatens boycott
BEIRUT/GENEVA – The United Nations said on Monday it would issue invitations for marathon Syrian peace talks to begin this week, but opposition groups signaled they would stay away unless the government and its Russian allies halt air strikes and lift …
U.N., El Salvador launch U.S.-backed anti-corruption program
SAN SALVADOR (Reuters) – The U.N. on Monday announced a U.S.-financed pilot program to help fight corruption in El Salvador, a Central American country so torn by drugs and gang warfare that it ranks among the most violent in the world.
