North Korea digging tunnel at nuclear test site, possibly for future test: report
SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korea is digging a new tunnel at its nuclear test site with an eye to conducting more tests of atomic devices in the future, a South Korean news report said on Friday, two days before the leaders of the South, Japan and China me…
Korea’s Park says ‘comfort women’ central to Japan summit: report
TOKYO (Reuters) – South Korean President Park Geun-hye said the emotional issue of “comfort women”, who were forced into prostitution at Japanese wartime brothels, would be central at this weekend’s bilateral summit and key to stable ties with Japan.
U.S., Chinese navies agree to maintain dialogue to avoid clashes
BEIJING/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. and Chinese navies held high-level talks on Thursday after a U.S. warship challenged China’s territorial assertions in the South China Sea, and a U.S. official said they agreed to maintain dialogue and follow pro…
Argentina’s Fernandez rallies voters for Nov. 22 run-off election
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – Argentina’s outgoing leader Cristina Fernandez gave an emotional campaign speech on Thursday in her first public address since a surprisingly weak performance by her party’s candidate in the first-round presidential election on…
Apologetic Venezuelan prosecutor says country’s justice system ruled by fear
MIAMI (Reuters) – A Venezuelan state prosecutor who helped put prominent opposition leader Leopoldo Lopez behind bars said he apologized to the jailed man’s parents by phone this week after fleeing the country to avoid pressing the government’s trumped…
Rockets land near Baghdad airport, no initial reports of casualties
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Around 15 rockets landed on Thursday near a camp next to Baghdad International Airport holding members of an exiled Iranian opposition group, an Iraqi military spokesman said.
U.S. Navy scrambled jets as Russian warplanes approached carrier
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The USS Ronald Reagan aircraft carrier scrambled four fighter jets to intercept approaching Russian warplanes as it carried out a military exercise on Tuesday in the Sea of Japan, U.S. military officials said on Thursday.
Warplanes bomb Libya’s Sirte, target Islamic State: witness
BENGHAZI, Libya (Reuters) – Unidentified warplanes carried out air strikes on Libya’s Sirte city, targeting areas controlled by Islamic State militants in the south and west, a witness said on Thursday.
U.S., Chinese navies agree to maintain dialogue to avoid clashes
BEIJING/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. and Chinese navies held high-level talks on Thursday after a U.S. warship challenged China’s territorial assertions in the South China Sea, and a U.S. official said they agreed to maintain dialogue and follow pro…
U.S. urges Iraq to step up security at camp holding Iranian dissidents
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States urged the Iraqi government to increase security at a camp near Baghdad airport holding Iranian dissidents after an attack on the facility on Thursday, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said in a statement.
