China province says graft probes leaves 300 jobs empty
BEIJING (Reuters) – A sweeping graft probe in the northern Chinese province of Shanxi has left the government with almost 300 jobs to fill, including several senior positions, state media said on Tuesday, giving details of the practical impact of the i…
Canada will expand anti-ISIS bombing campaign to Syria: sources
OTTAWA (Reuters) – Canada plans to expand its mission against Islamic State militants by sending fighter bombers to attack targets in Syria as well as Iraq, two well placed political sources said on Monday.
China executes three men convicted in mass stabbing at train station
BEIJING (Reuters) – China executed three accused separatists on Tuesday for their role in an attack that killed 31 people at a train station in the southwest last year, a court said.
Masked gunmen kill 13 Afghans in third bus attack in a month
KABUL (Reuters) – Masked gunmen attacked a bus about an hour’s drive from the Afghan capital Kabul on Tuesday and opened fire on all its passengers killing 13 people, local officials said.
China confirms, in roundabout way, Japan invite for war memorial
BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s Foreign Ministry confirmed, in a roundabout way, on Tuesday that it had issued an invitation to wartime enemy Japan to attend events in China to mark the 70th anniversary of the end of World War Two later this year.
U.S. drone strike kills nine Pakistani Taliban in Afghanistan
DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan (Reuters) – A U.S. drone strike killed at least nine Pakistani militants in Afghanistan’s Nangarhar province early Tuesday, intelligence officials said, part of an intensifying drone campaign against Pakistani militants in Af…
U.S. drone strike kills nine Pakistani Taliban in Afghanistan
DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan (Reuters) – A U.S. drone strike killed at least nine Pakistani militants in Afghanistan’s Nangarhar province early Tuesday, intelligence officials said, part of an intensifying drone campaign against Pakistani militants in Af…
Japan lawmakers to submit casino legalization bill by end-March
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s pro-casino lawmakers said on Tuesday that they will resubmit by the end of this month a failed bill to legalize gambling at so-called “integrated resorts”, hoping to finally pass the controversial law this year.
Myanmar to invite Western observers for general election
YANGON (Reuters) – – A senior member of Myanmar’s government has said members of the U.S.-based Carter Center and the European Union will be invited to monitor a general election later this year, the first time in at least 65 years that the country will call in Western poll observers.
Syrian people feel abandoned as world focuses on Islamic State: U.N.
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The people of Syria feel “increasingly abandoned by the world” as global attention focuses on Islamic State militants, while violence and government bureaucracy hinder attempts to deliver aid to 12 million people, U.N. chief …
