North Korea restricts access to uncensored mobile Internet
SEOUL (Reuters) – Foreigners in North Korea no longer have access to the country’s 3G network, the country’s mobile phone provider said in a message sent to its subscribers in the country.
Exclusive: U.S.-Cuba deal expected in early July to restore ties, reopen embassies
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Obama administration is expected to announce an agreement with Cuba in early July to reopen embassies and restore diplomatic relations severed more than five decades ago, U.S. sources familiar with the matter said on Friday.
Attack by Colombian FARC rebels kills two police officers, civilian
BOGOTA (Reuters) – Marxist rebels killed two Colombian police officers and a civilian in the country’s southwest, the government said on Friday, as the guerrillas continue to increase attacks against infrastructure and the armed forces.
Two Russians found dismembered in Mexican border city
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – The dismembered bodies of a Russian woman and her daughter were found in the Mexican border city of Tijuana, the attorney general’s office of Baja California state said on Friday, and an official said another daughter had confes…
U.S. says China investment treaty would be important step
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States and China exchanged initial offers on exceptions to an investment treaty, a spokeswoman for the U.S. Trade Representative said on Friday.
Iraq’s speaker secures aid in visit to White House, Pentagon
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The speaker of Iraq’s parliament, Saleem al-Jabouri, met with President Barack Obama and other top officials in Washington on Friday, securing an additional $9 million in U.S. humanitarian aid for Iraq, the White House said.
Obama adviser Rice stresses need to narrow disagreements with China
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama’s top national security adviser met a top Chinese general on Friday and stressed the need to narrow disagreements on maritime and cyber security issues and to strengthen risk-reduction measures, the White H…
One person dies in Sudan protest: police
KHARTOUM (Reuters) – One person died after police fired teargas to try and break up a protest in Sudan’s capital Khartoum on Friday, the force said.
Iran says concerned over cyber-security of nuclear talks: Fars
ANKARA (Reuters) – Iran expressed concern on Friday over cyber-security of nuclear talks with six world powers after reported cyber-attacks on venues linked to the negotiations on its disputed nuclear program, the semi-official Fars news agency reporte…
Pentagon sent live anthrax to Japan in 2005
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Pentagon on Friday added Japan to a list of countries that received live anthrax samples from the U.S. military, while a news report said the lab that sent out the bacteria faced sanctions in 2007 for failing to kill specimen…
