Indonesia eyes regular navy exercises with U.S. in South China Sea
JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesia wants to hold regular military exercises with the United States near the sparsely populated Natuna archipelago, an area of the South China Sea near China’s claims, a navy spokesman said on Monday.
Bomb kills two police in northeast Myanmar near China border
YANGON (Reuters) – – Two police officers from an anti-narcotics task force were killed and three wounded when a bomb exploded in a volatile area of northeastern Myanmar near the border with China, a police official said on Monday.
History now made, U.S. and Cuba face bumpy road ahead
PANAMA CITY (Reuters) – Cuba and the United States just made history. Now comes the hard part.
Japan PM Abe’s bloc wins two key governor races, bolstering policy push
TOKYO (Reuters) – Candidates backed by Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s ruling bloc won two key governor elections on Sunday, setting the stage for him to push on with divisive policies to boost defense and restart nuclear reactors shut after the 2…
South Korea’s Park to skip Russia World War Two event that North’s Kim will attend
SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korean President Park Geun-hye will not attend an event in Moscow to mark the end of World War Two in Europe and instead send an envoy, an official said on Monday, dashing the possibility for a rare summit with the leader of Nor…
Islamic State militants claim attacks on embassies in Libya
TRIPOLI (Reuters) – A bomb exploded at the gate of the Moroccan embassy in the Libyan capital early on Monday, causing some damage but hurting nobody, a security official said, only hours after gunmen attacked South Korea’s mission in Tripoli.
Brazilians protest Rousseff in second big demonstration of 2015
SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Brazilians took to the streets in over 100 cities on Sunday in the second major protest of the year against President Dilma Rousseff, blaming her for a sputtering economy and widening corruption scandal at state-run oil company Pe…
Germanwings plane evacuated after bomb scare
BERLIN (Reuters) – A Germanwings flight bound for Italy from Germany was evacuated late on Sunday due to a bomb threat, the airline said.
Yemen’s exiled president appoints conciliatory figure as deputy
ADEN/RIYADH (Reuters) – Yemeni President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi appointed his former prime minister as vice president on Sunday, a move apparently aimed at improving the chances of a peaceful settlement to the civil war that forced Hadi to flee to Saud…
History now made, U.S. and Cuba face bumpy road ahead
PANAMA CITY (Reuters) – Cuba and the United States just made history. Now comes the hard part.
