China says changing position on sea dispute would shame ancestors
BEIJING (Reuters) – Changing position on China’s claims over the South China Sea would shame its ancestors, while not facing up to infringements of Chinese sovereignty there would shame its children, Foreign Minister Wang Yi said on Saturday.
Chinese mayor sacked after official dies from alcohol poisoning
BEIJING (Reuters) – A mayor from China’s central Hunan province and other officials have been sacked or reprimanded after one of their colleagues died from excessive alcohol consumption at an extravagant business dinner, the provincial graft watchdog s…
Sri Lanka leader dissolves parliament, seeking fresh mandate for reforms
COLOMBO (Reuters) – Sri Lanka’s president dissolved parliament on Friday, a government spokesman said, in an effort to consolidate power and push through political reforms.
Thousands march in Honduras to demand resignation of president
TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) – Thousands of angry, torch-bearing Hondurans marched on Friday to call for the resignation of President Juan Hernandez and demand an independent probe into one of the worst corruption scandals in the country’s history.
U.S. compares China’s South China Sea moves to Russia’s in Ukraine
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. State Department’s number two diplomat on Friday compared China’s behavior in pursuit of territory in the South China Sea to that of Russia in eastern Ukraine.
Brazil ministers rebut new wave of campaign funding allegations
BRASILIA/SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Two Brazilian ministers denied on Friday that there was anything illegal about campaign donations made in recent years by a businessman allegedly involved in massive corruption scandal at state-run oil company Petrobras.
Gunman kills 39 at Tunisian beachside hotel, Islamic State claims attack
SOUSSE, Tunisia (Reuters) – A gunman disguised as a tourist opened fire at a Tunisian hotel on Friday with a rifle he had hidden in an umbrella, killing 39 people including Britons, Germans and Belgians as they lounged at the beach in an attack claimed…
Burundi crisis escalates as opposition boycotts elections
BUJUMBURA (Reuters) – Opposition parties said on Friday they would boycott Burundi’s elections in protest at the president’s bid for a third term and over concerns voting would not be fair, escalating the African nation’s worst political crisis since a…
Kerry, Zarif to discuss Iran nuclear deal as deadline approaches: U.S. official
VIENNA (Reuters) – The U.S. and Iranian foreign ministers will meet on Saturday, a senior U.S. official said, as major differences persist over an agreement under which Iran would curb its nuclear program in exchange for sanctions relief.
U.N. council told sound of helicopters has Syrians ‘watching for death’
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The sound of whirring helicopter blades fills Syrians with fear that “hell and fire” is about fall in a barrel bomb, a rescue worker told the United Nations Security Council on Friday as pressure mounts for the body to take a…
