Wary of China, Japan and Vietnam boost security ties
TOKYO (Reuters) – Vietnam agreed with Japan on Tuesday to step up security cooperation, becoming the latest Southeast Asian country to seek closer ties with Tokyo as China maintains an assertive posture in disputed waters in the South China Sea.
Rouhani’s nuclear dividend to feature in Iranian elections
(Reuters) – Iran’s nuclear deal may be eroding its isolation overseas, but at home it is deepening political infighting within the country’s complex power structure before two important elections, officials and analysts say.
President urges South Sudanese to unite to implement peace deal
JUBA (Reuters) – South Sudan’s president urged his people on Tuesday to “join hands” in implementing a peace deal to end more than 20 months of conflict, after repeated outbreaks of fighting since rebels and the government signed the pact last month.
Syrians gamble with life to get to Europe
Gaziantep, Turkey (Reuters) – Images of a father struggling to hold his baby above the waves and of drowned Syrians washed ashore have not deterred Racha Sattout from gambling her life to seek sanctuary in Germany after fleeing a Syria ripped apart by …
Thai bomb revenge for trafficking crackdown, not Uighur expulsion: police
BANGKOK (Reuters) – The perpetrators of last month’s deadly Bangkok bombing were members of a network that trafficked Uighur Muslims and launched the attack in anger with Thailand’s crackdown on the trade, police said on Tuesday.
Suu Kyi party manifesto pledges ‘dignified’ Myanmar military role
NAYPYITAW (Reuters) – Myanmar’s main opposition party has launched an election manifesto that pledges to retain a “dignified” role for the military as a defender of democracy and consolidate government ministries to save costs.
Zimbabwe parliament suspends broadcast of Mugabe speech
HARARE (Reuters) – Zimbabwe’s parliament suspended television and radio broadcasting of a speech by President Robert Mugabe on Tuesday after opposition parties threatened to disrupt the event.
China frees activist academic before Xi trip to United States
BEIJING (Reuters) – Chinese authorities on Tuesday released on bail a prominent activist and academic who helped blind dissident Chen Guangcheng flee to the U.S. embassy three years ago after he had spent 11 months in detention, the scholar’s wife said…
China appears to be working on third airstrip on disputed South China Sea islets: expert
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – China appears to be carrying out preparatory work for a third airstrip in contested territory in the South China Sea, a U.S. expert said on Monday, citing satellite photographs taken last week.
Thirteen Turkish soldiers wounded in bomb blast in east: sources
DIYARBAKIR, Turkey (Reuters) – Thirteen Turkish soldiers were wounded when their convoy was hit by a roadside bomb explosion in the largely Kurdish eastern province of Mus, security sources said on Tuesday.
