China says ‘assessing effects’ of Pacific trade pact
BEIJING (Reuters) – China is “assessing the effects” of the U.S.-backed Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) regional trade accord, the Ministry of Commerce said on Friday.
Turkish police detain 20 Islamic State suspects before G20 summit: media
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkish police detained 20 people suspected of links to Islamic State in its southwestern province of Antalya on Friday, a week before a seaside resort there hosts a G20 summit of world leaders, media reports said.
China supplies Cambodia with anti-aircraft hardware in new military aid
PHNOM PENH (Reuters) – China have provided Cambodia with shoulder-fired anti-aircraft missiles, Cambodia’s defense minister said on Friday, as the two countries agreed on new military aid to boost close ties.
Britain says it is wrong to rely on allies to tackle Islamic State
LONDON (Reuters) – It is wrong for Britain to rely on allies to protect it from Islamic State militants, Defence Secretary Michael Fallon said, calling on lawmakers to consider the case for extending air strikes to Syria from Iraq.
Train crash in northern Bavaria kills two
BERLIN (Reuters) – A passenger train collided with an articulated lorry at a railway crossing in northern Bavaria late on Thursday, killing two people and injuring several others, police said on Friday.
Russia, Turkey discuss search for political solution for Syria
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and his Turkish counterpart, Feridun Sinirlioglu, discussed the search for a political solution to the Syrian crisis on the phone, Russia’s foreign ministry said on Friday.
Vietnam agrees to Japanese warship visit, naval exercise: Kyodo
TOKYO (Reuters) – Vietnam agreed on Friday to invite a Japanese warship to visit its strategic Cam Ranh Bay base on the South China Sea and for the two countries to hold their first ever joint naval exercise, Kyodo News reported.
‘Hope to see you again’: China warship to U.S. destroyer after South China Sea patrol
ONBOARD THE USS THEODORE ROOSEVELT, South China Sea (Reuters) – As soon as the guided-missile destroyer USS Lassen breached 12-nautical-mile territorial limits around one of China’s man-made islands in the disputed South China Sea last week, a Chinese …
Malaysian police question former PM Mahathir Mohamad
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – Malaysian police questioned on Friday former premier Mahathir Mohamad, who is under investigation after calling on the current prime minister to step down over a financial scandal.
Clash of cultures as democratic Taiwan meets autocratic China
TAIPEI/BEIJING (Reuters) – As Taiwan President Ma Ying-jeou was being peppered with reporters’ questions ahead of his historic meeting with China’s leader, Chinese state television was showing a dreary press conference on industrial reform.
