Iran shares some information in nuclear probe, no breakthrough: IAEA
VIENNA (Reuters) – The U.N. nuclear watchdog said on Friday it had made incremental progress but no breakthrough in its inquiry into whether Iran may have researched an atom bomb, a sobering message that may dim chances for a deal between Tehran and bi…
Special Report: Russian fighters, caught in Ukraine, cast adrift by Moscow
KIEV (Reuters) – From his hospital bed in the Ukrainian capital, Russian fighter Alexander Alexandrov feels abandoned by his country, its leaders and even the local Russian consul.
U.S. says China agrees ‘pressure’ key on North Korea
BEIJING (Reuters) – China has agreed that “pressure” on North Korea is an important element in a push to rid the country of its nuclear weapons, a U.S. official overseeing policy on North Korea said on Friday.
One Ukrainian servicemen killed in east Ukraine
KIEV (Reuters) – One Ukrainian serviceman has been killed and six other have been wounded in attacks by Russian-backed separatists in eastern Ukraine, a Kiev military spokesman said on Friday.
Cyprus police probe Israel link in ammonium nitrate haul -media
NICOSIA (Reuters) – Cypriot police suspect a man they arrested this week of planning an attack on Israeli interests on the island after they found almost two tonnes of ammonium nitrate in his basement, local newspapers reported on Friday.
Malaysia bars second Hong Kong democracy activist
HONG KONG (Reuters) – Hong Kong lawmaker and democracy activist Leung Kwok-hung was denied entry to Malaysia on Friday, the second time this week the country has stopped a Hong Kong democracy activist from entering.
Bomb damages sweet shop belonging to Ukraine president’s Roshen chain
KIEV (Reuters) – A bomb exploded outside a sweet shop in Kiev that is owned by Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko’s Roshen chain, police said on Friday.
Five more victims’ remains found at Nepal crash site of U.S. helicopter
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Authorities have found DNA evidence that five more people may have been on board a U.S. military helicopter that crashed during a humanitarian relief mission after the Nepal earthquake, a U.S. military spokesman said.
China land reclamation in South China Sea creates ‘new facts’: U.S.
ABOARD A U.S. MILITARY AIRCRAFT (Reuters) – U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter, in Washington’s latest challenge of Chinese land reclamation in the South China Sea, said the scale of Beijing’s activities, not the United States, was altering the status q…
Civilians emerge as pawns in South China Sea legal chess game
HONG KONG/MANILA (Reuters) – On tiny specks in the disputed Spratly archipelago of the South China Sea, Vietnamese and Filipino children skip to school each day. Not far away, China is building lighthouses and weather stations on reclaimed land. Furthe…
