China rocked by second deadly chemical plant blast in two weeks
SHANGHAI (Reuters) – A huge explosion ripped through a chemical plant in eastern China, killing one person and injuring nine, Xinhua news agency said, less than two weeks after two deadly blasts destroyed a warehouse storing chemicals in the northeast….
South Korean officials visit Iran to seek post-sanction deals
SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korean government and corporate officials are visiting Iran this week to hunt out possible deals in the oil, gas and construction industries since an agreement was reached to lift sanctions on Tehran.
After failed attempts to remove rival, Myanmar’s president used force
NAYPYITAW/YANGON (Reuters) – Myanmar President Thein Sein had tried and failed at least twice before to topple his arch-rival Shwe Mann, but when armed police burst into the headquarters of the country’s ruling party late on Aug. 12 he finally succeede…
Thousands of Lebanese protest against government in Beirut
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Lebanese police fired tear gas and water cannon and shot in the air to try to disperse thousands of protesters in Beirut calling on the government to step down for mishandling a dispute which left rubbish uncollected in the streets f…
Guatemala ministers resign after impeachment bid against president
GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) – The last remaining ministers of Guatemalan President Otto Perez’s original cabinet said on Saturday they could no longer work in his government after prosecutors sought to impeach him for corruption, piling pressure on the he…
France train gunman identified as Islamist militant
PARIS/MADRID, France (Reuters) – Fingerprint evidence shows that the gunman overpowered by passengers on a train in France is a Morrocan known to European authorities as a suspected Islamist militant, according to a source familiar with the case.
Thousands of Lebanese protest against government in Beirut
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Lebanese police fired tear gas and water cannon and shot in the air to try to disperse thousands of protesters in Beirut calling on the government to step down for mishandling a dispute which left rubbish uncollected in the streets f…
Refugees tear through police lines at Macedonian border
GEVGELIJA, Macedonia (Reuters) – Thousands of migrants stormed across Macedonia’s border on Saturday, overwhelming security forces who threw stun grenades and lashed out with batons before apparently abandoning a bid to stem their flow through the Balk…
Kabul bomb targets foreign contractors, kills mostly Afghans
KABUL (Reuters) – A car bomb targeting a convoy carrying civilian NATO contractors killed 12 people outside a Kabul hospital on Saturday, part of a wave of attacks in the capital since news broke last month of the death of Taliban leader Mullah Omar.
Over 50 people killed in Syrian missile strikes at rebel areas near Damascus
AMMAN (Reuters) – At least 50 bodies were retrieved from buildings leveled to the ground after Syrian army missiles hit residential areas in the rebel-held northeast of Damascus on Saturday, rescue workers said.
