China hints Japan to be invited to war memorial parade
BEIJING (Reuters) – China will welcome all national leaders to a military parade marking the 70th anniversary of the end of World War Two, the foreign minister said on Sunday, the strongest sign yet that it could invite wartime enemy Japan.
China says progress being made on India border talks
BEIJING (Reuters) – Progress is being made on drawn-out border talks with India, China’s foreign minister said on Sunday, likening the process to climbing a mountain that becomes harder the closer to the summit you get.
China defends island building in South China Sea, says not seeking new world order
BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s foreign minister on Sunday defended his government’s controversial policy of reclamation on disputed isles in the South China Sea which has sparked regional concern, and said Beijing was not seeking to overturn the internati…
China says North Korean leader meeting to happen when ‘convenient’
BEIJING (Reuters) – The leaders of China and North Korea will meet when it is convenient for them, China’s foreign minister said on Sunday, calling China’s isolated neighboring country a friend.
U.N. chief disappointed by failure of South Sudan peace talks
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Saturday expressed deep disappointment after troubled talks to end more than a year of bloodshed in South Sudan broke off without a deal a day earlier.
Friendly fire kills one, wounds three from U.S.-led coalition in Iraq
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – One member of the U.S.-led coalition fighting Islamic State was killed and three were wounded in a friendly fire incident with Kurdish forces in northern Iraq, the U.S. military said on Saturday.
U.S., France ‘on same page’ over Iran, want stronger deal
PARIS (Reuters) – The United States and France sought on Saturday to play down any disagreements over nuclear talks with Iran, saying they both agreed the accord now under discussion needed to be strengthened.
UN says Libyan factions to consult before talks next week
RABAT (Reuters) – The United Nations said on Saturday talks with Libya’s warring factions had made progress and delegates would return to Morocco next week for more negotiations after consultations at home on forming a unity government.
Islamist militants kill 5 in restaurant attack in Mali capital
BAMAKO/PARIS (Reuters) – A Sahara-based Islamist group on Saturday claimed responsibility for a rare attack in Mali’s capital that killed five people, including two foreigners, highlighting continued volatility in the African nation two years after Fra…
Four bombs in Nigeria’s Maiduguri city kill at least 50
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters) – Four bomb blasts killed at least 50 people in Maiduguri in Nigeria’s northeast on Saturday in the worst attacks there since Islamist militants tried to seize the city in two major assaults earlier this year.
