Iran says wants China’s help to resolve Middle East tensions
BEIJING (Reuters) – Iran wants China’s help to resolve tensions and unrest in the Middle East and is ready to play host to more Chinese firms once sanctions against it are lifted, Iran’s foreign minister said on Tuesday
U.N. nuclear chief to visit Tehran this week: Iranian official
DUBAI (Reuters) – The head of the United Nations nuclear watchdog will visit Tehran this week, joining a group of experts who were due to fly late on Monday, Iran’s top nuclear official said.
Seven sentenced to death over Kuwaiti mosque bombing: news agency
KUWAIT (Reuters) – Seven defendants were sentenced to death on Tuesday for the Islamist militant suicide bombing of a mosque in June in Kuwait that killed 27 people, the Kuwaiti news agency KUNA reported.
China says hopes for peace on Korean peninsula
BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday it hoped “relevant parties” could do more to ensure peace and stability on the Korean peninsula.
New Australia PM sticks to script with focus on the economy
CANBERRA/SYDNEY (Reuters) – New prime minister Malcolm Turnbull dashed hopes of swift action on progressive issues such as same-sex marriage after he was sworn in as Australia’s fourth leader in two years on Tuesday, promising instead to focus on impro…
Turkish poll shows AK Party falling short of majority
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Support for Turkey’s ruling AK Party has risen to 41.4 percent from 40.9 percent in June’s election but it is not set to win enough votes to form a single-party government in another election on Nov. 1, a Metropoll survey showed.
Conglomerate controlled by Iran’s supreme leader a winner from nuclear deal
WASHINGTON/BEIRUT (Reuters) – The historic nuclear deal reached between Iran and major world powers has yet to be implemented, but one clear winner has emerged: Iran’s highest authority, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
Southeast Asia wheezes in haze, Indonesia cracks down on land burning
JAKARTA (Reuters) – A worsening haze across northern Indonesia, neighboring Singapore and parts of Malaysia on Tuesday forced some schools to close and airlines to cancel flights, while Indonesia ordered a crackdown against lighting fires to clear fore…
Japan sets out extra curbs on asylum seekers
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan announced on Tuesday changes to its refugee system that activists said will make the country, which accepted less than a dozen asylum seekers last year, increasingly hard to reach for people in need of protection.
Hong Kong leader plays down comments by top Beijing official
HONG KONG (Reuters) – Hong Kong leader Leung Chun-ying said on Tuesday some people had misunderstood controversial comments by Beijing’s top representative in the Chinese-ruled city that the chief executive was above the law.
