U.S. may send strategic assets, but not warheads, to South Korea
SEOUL/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States and South Korea are discussing deploying more U.S. “strategic assets” to the region after North Korea’s atomic test last week but not restoring U.S. nuclear arms to the South, a U.S. official said on Monda…
U.N. official says starvation exists in besieged Syrian towns
AMMAN (Reuters) – U.N. and relief agency workers saw starving people in two besieged Syrian areas where aid deliveries were made on Monday, a senior U.N. official said.
U.S. aircraft bombs Islamic State cash pile in Iraq: U.S. military
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A U.S. aircraft bombed an Islamic State cash distribution site in Iraq on Monday, part of efforts by the American-led coalition to disrupt the militant group’s financing of its activities, the U.S. military said.
Aid convoy reaches starving Syrian town of Madaya
MADAYA, Syria (Reuters) – An aid convoy entered a besieged Syrian town on Monday where thousands have been trapped without supplies for months and people are reported to have died of starvation.
Mexico says Sean Penn meeting was ‘essential’ to finding kingpin Chapo
LOS MOCHIS, Mexico (Reuters) – A secret meeting that Hollywood star Sean Penn held with the world’s most-wanted drug boss, Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, in pursuit of a magazine article was essential to finding the fugitive, Mexico’s Attorney General said…
Venezuela Supreme Court declares congress decisions void
CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuela’s Supreme Court ruled on Monday that the new National Assembly’s decisions are void until three banned opposition lawmakers are removed from office, deepening a power struggle over the opposition’s new legislative majority…
Iraqi embassy in Berlin issues 1,400 passports for migrants to return
BERLIN (Reuters) – The Iraqi embassy in Berlin has issued 1,400 passports recently for Iraqi migrants who want to return to their home country, the German foreign ministry said on Monday.
Iran fills heavy water nuclear reactor core with cement: Fars
DUBAI (Reuters) – Iran has removed the core of its Arak heavy water nuclear reactor and filled it with cement as required under a nuclear deal signed with world powers last year, the semi-official Fars news agency said on Monday, citing an informed Ira…
U.N. Security Council discusses starving, besieged areas of Syria
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The U.N. Security Council was discussing the besieged towns of Syria on Monday after reports emerged that tens of thousands of civilians have been trapped for months without supplies and are starving to death.
North Korea holding U.S. citizen for allegedly spying: CNN
SEOUL (Reuters) – A Canadian pastor serving a life sentence in North Korea for subversion said he spends eight hours a day digging holes at a labor camp, while a naturalized American citizen said he is being held by the state for spying, CNN reported f…
