China accuses Manila, Tokyo of joining forces over South China Sea
BEIJING (Reuters) – Japan and the Philippines teamed up at a regional security forum this week to attack China over the disputed South China Sea, China’s Foreign Ministry said, detailing the feisty defense its foreign minister mounted in return.
French hostage freed in Yemen, president’s office says
PARIS (Reuters) – A French woman who was abducted in Yemen in February has been freed, the French president’s office said in a statement early on Friday, adding that she would come back to France in the coming hours.
Truck bomb in central Kabul kills eight, wounds over 100
KABUL (Reuters) – A powerful truck bomb tore through the center of the Afghan capital early on Friday morning, killing at least eight people and wounding over a hundred, police and health ministry officials said.
Allies of Brazil’s Rousseff see leadership vacuum as economy sinks
BRASILIA (Reuters) – Allies of Brazil’s President Dilma Rousseff have turned to her opponents to talk about filling what they see as a damaging leadership vacuum after losing confidence in her ability to pull the country out of an economic tailspin, pa…
Malaysia says matches prove wing part is from missing flight MH370
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – Malaysia said on Thursday paint color and maintenance-record matches proved that a piece of wing found on the shore of an Indian Ocean island was part of the wreckage of Malaysian Airlines flight MH370, which vanished last year…
South Sudan’s warring sides resume talks under sanctions threat
ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) – South Sudan’s rival factions resumed peace talks on Thursday to end 20 months of bloodshed, under growing international pressure and the threat of further sanctions if an Aug. 17 deadline is not met.
Looting and violence on the rise in Venezuela supermarkets
CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuelan supermarkets are increasingly being targeted by looters as swollen lines and prolonged food shortages spark frustration in the OPEC nation struggling with an economic crisis.
Egypt’s Sisi opens New Suez Canal, says to defeat terrorists
ISMAILIA, Egypt (Reuters) – Egypt received a show of international support on Thursday as it inaugurated a major extension of the Suez Canal which President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi hopes will power an economic turnaround in the Arab world’s most populous …
Drone attack kills at least four suspected militants in Pakistan
BANNU, Pakistan (Reuters) – A U.S. drone strike killed at least four suspected militants in northwest Pakistan on Thursday, three Pakistani intelligence officers said, in what appeared to be an attack on the Haqqani Network.
Violence in Burundi imperils the region: U.N. representative
KIGALI (Reuters) – Growing violence in Burundi is a danger to the entire region and the international community must act to keep the crisis from escalating, the U.N.’s Special Representative for Central Africa said on Thursday.
