Exiles angered as China holds beer festival in Muslim county
BEIJING (Reuters) – A county in the heavily Muslim southern part of China’s unruly region of Xinjiang has held a beer festival in the run-up to the holy month of Ramadan, the government said, in what an exiled group called an open provocation.
France says Iran deal ‘still not clear’ as deadline nears
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – France’s Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said on Sunday it was unclear whether an international deal could be reached on Iran’s nuclear program by a June 30 deadline.
China opens new land route for Indian pilgrims to Tibet
BEIJING (Reuters) – China inaugurated a new land crossing into Tibet on Monday for Indian pilgrims who wish to visit one of the holiest sites in both Hinduism and Buddhism, state media said, as the two countries seek to set aside differences and improv…
Malaysia steps up health screening for MERS at entry points
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – Malaysia has stepped up health screenings at all entry points into the country, after the first case of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) was reported in neighboring Thailand last week.
Japan PM: Wants to work with South Korea’s president to improve ties
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe told South Korean Foreign Minister Yun Byung-se on Monday that he wants to work with South Korea’s President Park Geun-hye to improve bilateral ties.
China busts protest organizers who tried to sway court cases
BEIJING (Reuters) – Police in the eastern Chinese province of Shandong have busted a group it said organized mass protests in an attempt to sway court cases and influence sentences, the state-run Xinhua news agency reported.
Argentina’s Fernandez may wield big influence after presidency
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – Argentina’s Cristina Fernandez will step down as president in December, but her influence may remain strong enough to impede investment-friendly reforms in Congress if her ruling party wins legislative elections in October.
Hackers ground 1,400 passengers at Warsaw Airport
WARSAW (Reuters) – Around 1,400 passengers of the Polish airline LOT were grounded at Warsaw’s Chopin airport on Sunday after hackers attacked the airline ground computer systems used to issue flight plans, the company said.
Italy’s Renzi says no tension with France over migrant crisis
MILAN (Reuters) – Italy’s prime minister and France’s president put on a show of unity on Sunday, dismissing suggestions of tensions between their countries over handling the waves of migrants landing on southern Europe’s shores.
Several thousand rally in Athens against austerity
ATHENS (Reuters) – Thousands of people rallied in front of parliament in Athens on Sunday, urging Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras to resist pressure from international creditors to accept more austerity in exchange for unlocking billions of euros i…
