Iranian MPs arrive in Damascus before joint offensive
DUBAI (Reuters) – A delegation of Iranian lawmakers arrived in Damascus on Wednesday in the build-up to a joint operation against insurgents in northwest Syria, and said U.S.-led efforts to fight rebels had failed.
Philippine army rejects call for negotiations to free hostages
MANILA (Reuters) – The Philippine army on Wednesday rejected demands by Islamist militants to start negotiations for the release of three abducted foreign tourists and a Filipino woman and halt an offensive on a remote southern island.
China’s Tianjin to relocate chemicals firms after blasts
BEIJING (Reuters) – Hazardous chemical companies in the Chinese port city of Tianjin will be moved to an industrial zone far from the site of deadly warehouse explosions in August in the city’s development area, state media reported on Wednesday.
Brazil’s Rousseff gains time to avert impeachment
BRASILIA (Reuters) – A Supreme Court ruling on Tuesday won President Dilma Rousseff more time to muster votes in Congress to block opposition efforts to impeach her on charges of manipulating government accounts.
China says has not militarized South China Sea
BEIJING (Reuters) – China has not militarized the South China Sea, but there are certain countries which keep flexing their muscles who should stop hyping up the issue, China’s Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday.
Soldier killed in east Ukraine, minister blames rogue group
KIEV (Reuters) – A Ukrainian serviceman was killed and two wounded in separatist eastern regions despite a ceasefire deal, Ukraine’s defense minister said on Wednesday, suggesting a rogue group not controlled by rebel authorities could be behind the at…
U.S. to raise Iranian missile test at U.N. Security Council
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A missile test announced by Iran over the weekend was an apparent violation of a U.N. Security Council resolution and Washington will raise it at the United Nations, the U.S. State Department said on Tuesday.
India’s Modi calls beef killing ‘unwelcome’ as intolerance concerns grow
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has condemned the murder of a Muslim man over rumors he ate beef, in his first response to an incident that has sparked concern about growing religious intolerance.Many among India’s majority Hi…
Without deep change, case for UK to stay in EU weak: Lloyds chairman
LONDON (Reuters) – The chairman of Lloyds Banking Group has said that there was no “compelling economic argument” for Britain to stay in the European Union without a significant change in its relationship with the bloc.
U.S., Australia rebuff China over South China Sea
BOSTON (Reuters) – In a rebuff to China, U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter said on Tuesday that the United States military would sail and fly wherever international law allowed, including the disputed South China Sea.
