Yemen refugees return to ruined Aden with mix of hope and grief
ADEN (Reuters) – Yemeni refugees cheered and ululated as their plane dipped towards Aden, returning them to a precarious life in their home city three weeks after fighting there ended and months after most of them fled.
Iranian minister’s Turkey visit postponed: Turkish official
ANKARA (Reuters) – A planned visit to Turkey by Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif, during which he had been expected to discuss the Syrian conflict, has been postponed, a Turkish Foreign Ministry official said on Tuesday.
Ex-Indonesian leader Suharto’s family ordered to pay back millions
JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesia’s Supreme Court has ordered the family of ex-president Suharto to pay back millions in embezzled funds to the state, a spokesman said on Tuesday.
U.N. urges Thailand to amend tough law against royal insults
GENEVA (Reuters) – The United Nations human rights office voiced alarm on Tuesday at what it called “shockingly disproportionate prison terms” handed down by military courts in Thailand for insulting the monarchy, and urged authorities to amend the law…
Saudi Foreign Minister says Assad has no place in Syria future
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir said on Tuesday Riyadh’s position on the conflict in Syria has not changed and that there was no place for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in the future of the country.
Japan restarts reactor in test of Abe’s nuclear policy
TOKYO/SATSUMASENDAI (Reuters) – Japan has restarted a nuclear reactor for the first time under new safety standards put in place since the Fukushima disaster in 2011, as Prime Minister Shinzo Abe seeks to reassure a nervous public that the industry is …
After nuclear deal, Pakistan and Iran seek to increase trade
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Pakistan is in the final stages of negotiating a deal to increase its electricity imports from Iran tenfold, a Pakistani government spokesman said Tuesday, part of a push to boost trade if sanctions relating to Iran’s nuclear prog…
Yemen ‘crumbling’ from war, desperately needs aid: Red Cross
GENEVA (Reuters) – Yemen is “crumbling” under a deepening humanitarian crisis after months of civil war, the head of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said on Tuesday.
China prepares to ordain second bishop with Pope’s approval
BEIJING (Reuters) – China is preparing to ordain a second bishop with the Pope’s approval, the spokesman for a Catholic diocese said on Tuesday, a possible sign of easing relations between the Chinese government and the Vatican.
Japan anxious at lull, U.S. ‘giving up’, in pan-Pacific trade talks
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan has expressed concern about a loss of momentum in talks on a pan-Pacific trade pact after participants failed to agree to meet again this month to try to clinch a deal that would cover 40 percent of the global economy.
