China, Vietnam clash again over South China Sea claims
BEIJING (Reuters) – China and Vietnam have clashed again over competing claims in the South China Sea, after Vietnam submitted its position to an arbitration tribunal initiated by the Philippines over the festering dispute that involves several countri…
Mexico finance minister bought home from government contractor in scandal: WSJ
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexico’s finance minister bought a home from a government contractor who is at the center of a conflict-of-interest scandal embroiling President Enrique Pena Nieto and his administration, the Wall Street Journal reported on Thur…
Sensitive topics off agenda as China’s Li goes overseas
BEIJING (Reuters) – Chinese Premier Li Keqiang heads to Serbia, Thailand and Kazakhstan next week, but three of the most touchy topics he could encounter are off the agenda, including the fate of Muslims from western China who have fled to Southeast As…
Unable to pay salaries, Afghanistan asks donors for more money
KABUL (Reuters) – Afghanistan does not have enough money to pay salaries this month and has asked aid donors for a bailout before the end of the year, the treasury chief told Reuters on Thursday.
Ukrainian president slams India over Crimean leader visit
SYDNEY/NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko lashed out at India on Friday over a visit by the leader of Crimea, the former Ukrainian territory annexed by Russia, who accompanied President Vladimir Putin’s annual summit delegation …
U.S. defends program to fund anti-government hip-hop music in Cuba
MIAMI (Reuters) – The U.S. government financed a four-year effort to promote Cuba’s rap music scene as part of an effort to promote democracy on the communist-run island, federal officials confirmed on Thursday.
In 2003, U.S. experts doubted key Iraq war claim: cable
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A CIA cable disclosed on Thursday showed that U.S. counter terrorism officials in 2003 discounted reports that a leader of the Sept. 11 attacks met an Iraqi intelligence official in Prague just before the attacks, further undermi…
IAEA to get more money for Iran nuclear deal monitoring
VIENNA (Reuters) – Several states pledged on Thursday to back a U.N. nuclear agency request for 4.6 million euros ($5.7 million) as soon as possible to pay for its monitoring of an extended, interim nuclear deal between Iran and world powers.
UK deputy PM says open to inquiry over spies’ role in torture
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg said on Thursday he would support an inquiry into whether British spies were complicit in CIA torture of terrorism suspects, if other investigations failed to uncover the truth.
Blasts kill at least 40 in Nigerian city of Jos
JOS, Nigeria (Reuters) – Two bombs exploded near a bus station in the central Nigerian city of Jos on Thursday evening, witnesses said, the second one killing at least 40 people.
