China arrests 98 in crackdown on online gambling rings
BEIJING (Reuters) – Chinese police arrested 98 people connected to online gambling networks that handled $78 billion in bets, state media said on Tuesday, the latest in a series of moves to control illegal activity on the Internet.
Obama puts South China Sea dispute on agenda as summitry begins
MANILA (Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama put tensions over Beijing’s claims to the South China Sea squarely on the agenda ahead of an Asia-Pacific summit on Tuesday, pointedly visiting the main warship of close ally the Philippines shortly after …
Tear gas fired inside and outside Kosovo parliament
PRISTINA (Reuters) – Opposition lawmakers in Kosovo fired tear gas and pepper spray in parliament on Tuesday and police clashed with rock-throwing protesters in a deepening political crisis over relations with former master Serbia.
Dissident Afghan Taliban leader ‘shot and wounded’ by bodyguard
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) – A leader of a breakaway Afghan Taliban faction fighting for control of the Islamist movement has been shot and wounded by a bodyguard, two Taliban commanders said on Tuesday, highlighting unprecedented chaos embroiling th…
Hungarian parliament votes to challenge EU migrant quotas in court
BUDAPEST (Reuters) – Hungary’s parliament authorized the government in a law passed on Tuesday to turn to the courts to challenge an EU decision on mandatory migrant relocation quotas for EU members.
Abandoned as baby, senator front-runner for Philippine president
MANILA (Reuters) – A woman abandoned as a baby in a church consolidated her position as front-runner to become next Philippine president on Tuesday when a tribunal rejected a petition that sought to disqualify her because she was not a Philippine citiz…
Tunisia says it prevented major Islamist attack this month
TUNIS (Reuters) – Tunisia has arrested a cell of 17 Islamist militants and prevented a major assault on hotels and security forces in the resort town of Sousse planned for this month, a senior government official told Reuters on Tuesday.
Quake hits off Greek island, at least one dead-police
ATHENS (Reuters) – A strong earthquake struck off the western Greek island of Lefkada on Tuesday, killing at least one person and damaging several buildings, Greek police said.
China says has shown ‘great restraint’ in South China Sea
BEIJING (Reuters) – China has shown “great restraint” in the South China Sea by not seizing islands occupied by other countries even though it could have, a senior Chinese diplomat said on Tuesday ahead of two regional summits where the disputed waterw…
Obama arrives in Manila for APEC summit, bilateral meetings
MANILA (Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama arrived in Manila on Tuesday for the first of back-to-back Asia-Pacific summits that were supposed to be a chance for the United States to reinforce trade and security ties with the economically dynamic region but which are now clouded by the Islamic State threat half a world away.
