Seoul to allow women activists to march from North to South Korea
SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea will allow an international women’s group to enter the country on a planned march from North Korea by crossing the heavily-fortified demilitarized zone (DMZ), South Korean government officials told Reuters on Friday.
U.S. official misspoke on deployment of bombers to Australia: PM Abbott
SYDNEY/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Australia said on Friday a senior U.S. defense official misspoke when he told U.S. lawmakers the Pentagon planned to send B-1 bombers to Australia, while a Pentagon spokesman said future military rotations to Australia wer…
German defense ministry decides to buy MEADS from MBDA: newspaper
BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany’s defense ministry has decided to buy MEADS, a successor to the Patriot missile defense system developed by European defense group MBDA and U.S. weapons maker Lockheed Martin Corp, German newspaper Sueddeutsche Zeitung report…
U.S. and Cuba to hold another round of talks next week
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. and Cuban negotiators will meet next week to discuss the reopening of embassies in each other’s capitals as part of efforts to restore diplomatic ties, the State Department said on Thursday.
China says nabs 150 graft suspects since start of 2015: China Daily
SHANGHAI (Reuters) – Chinese police have brought back 150 graft suspects from 32 countries as the government’s crackdown on economic crimes intensifies, the China Daily newspaper reported.
Obama: U.S. helping investigate reports of chlorine in bombs in Syria
CAMP DAVID, Md. (Reuters) – President Barack Obama said on Thursday if reports of chlorine gas attacks in Syria were confirmed, the United States would work with the international community to put a stop to them.
U.S. official ‘misspoke’ about B-1 bomber deployment in Australia
SYDNEY (Reuters) – A U.S. official misspoke when he told a Senate committee in the United States this week about plans to base long-range B-1 bombers and other surveillance aircraft in Australia, a spokesman for Australia’s defense minister said on Fri…
Obama vows to ‘stand by’ Gulf allies amid concern over Iran threat
CAMP DAVID, Md. (Reuters) – President Barack Obama vowed on Thursday to back Gulf allies against any “external attack,” seeking to reassure them of Washington’s iron-clad commitment to their security amid Arab anxiety over U.S.-led efforts to reach a n…
Militiamen rape 127 women in east Congo town: medical charity
KINSHASA (Reuters) – Armed men raped 127 women earlier this month during a raid on a town in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo’s South Kivu province, medical charity Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) said on Thursday.
Embattled from the outset, new Netanyahu government sworn in
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s new rightist coalition government, hobbled by a razor-thin parliamentary majority, was sworn in late on Thursday amid wrangling within his Likud party over cabinet posts.
