China, Vietnam must manage sea dispute well to keep peace: Xi
BEIJING (Reuters) – Chinese President Xi Jinping told the visiting head of Vietnam’s ruling Communist Party on Tuesday that the two countries must manage their dispute over the South China Sea well to maintain peace and stability, state media reported….
South Africa prevents girl trying to join Islamic State
CAPE TOWN (Reuters) – South African authorities stopped a 15-year-old girl believed to be traveling to join Islamic State from taking a flight in Cape Town, the state security ministry said on Monday, the country’s first known detention linked to the m…
Two Tunisian soldiers killed in militant attack on checkpoint: official
TUNIS (Reuters) – Two Tunisian soldiers were killed and three wounded when Islamist militants attacked a military checkpoint in the southern region of Kasserine, an army spokesman said on Tuesday.
Looking for greater power, Turkey’s Erdogan eyes allies for June vote
ANKARA (Reuters) – Close allies of Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan are expected to feature in the ruling AK Party’s list of candidates for a June parliamentary election due to be unveiled on Tuesday, as he seeks to cement support for stronger presiden…
Albania and Kosovo to unite, inside EU or not: Albanian PM
PRISTINA/BELGRADE (Reuters) – The unification of Albania and Serbia’s majority-Albanian former province of Kosovo is “inevitable”, whether it happens through membership of the European Union or not, Albania’s prime minister said on Tuesday.
Dutch businessman behind horsemeat scandal gets two and a half years’ jail
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – The businessman at the center of a Europe-wide fraud in which falsely labeled horsemeat led to thousands of tonnes of meat being recalled was sentenced to two and a half years in prison on Tuesday.
Twitter and Facebook vow to challenge Turkey over ban
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Twitter and Facebook have vowed to fight a Turkish ban that briefly blocked access to social media sites this week, a clampdown critics said was further evidence of Ankara’s growing authoritarianism.
Philippines, U.S. exercises near disputed sea not ‘show of force’
MANILA (Reuters) – About 11,500 U.S. and Philippine troops will take part in annual military exercises this month near disputed waters in the South China Sea, the Philippine military said on Tuesday, while denying the drills were a show of force to Chi…
No Rafale sale announcement before Indian PM visit to France: Hollande
PARIS (Reuters) – French President Francois Hollande said there will be no news on the sale of Rafale fighter jets to India before the arrival of Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday for a state visit to France.
China peeved as Hillary Clinton denounces women’s detention
BEIJING (Reuters) – China called on other countries on Tuesday to respect its judicial sovereignty after former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton denounced as “inexcusable” the detention of five women activists.
