China to step up free trade talks with Middle East
BEIJING (Reuters) – China will speed up free trade talks with six countries on the Arabian peninsula and begin trade negotiations with Israel next year, state media said on Tuesday, as Beijing accelerates efforts to sign such agreements.
U.S. suspects North Korea had help attacking Sony Pictures: source
WASHINGTON/BOSTON (Reuters) – U.S. investigators believe that North Korea likely hired hackers from outside the country to help with last month’s massive cyberattack against Sony Pictures, an official close to the investigation said on Monday.
Ice-cream shop closure stirs Venezuela’s economic blame game
CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuela’s Tourism Ministry denied on Monday that a famous ice-cream store had closed due to lack of milk, the latest quirky twist in the bitter national debate over who is to blame for the nation’s economic problems.
Libya contracts U.S. firm to extinguish port storage tanks fire
TRIPOLI (Reuters) – Libya’s recognized government has contracted a U.S. firefighter firm to help extinguish fires at storage tanks at the Es Sider oil port, a spokesman said on Monday.
U.S. adds four more Russians to human rights sanctions list
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States imposed sanctions on Monday on four more Russians for alleged human rights abuses, including two officials said to be involved in the cover-up of the death of a lawyer who died in prison after exposing large-sca…
U.S. launches air strike in Somalia targeting al Shabaab senior leader
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. military launched an air strike in Somalia on Monday targeting a senior leader of the al Qaeda-aligned al Shabaab militant group, the Pentagon said.
Beijing looks at U.S. deal to recover dirty assets: China Daily
BEIJING/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – China is looking at signing an agreement with the United States to target assets illegally taken out of China by corrupt officials, a state-run newspaper said on Monday, as the government tightens the screws in its anti-g…
U.S. suspects North Korea had help attacking Sony Pictures: source
WASHINGTON/BOSTON (Reuters) – U.S. investigators believe that North Korea likely hired hackers from outside the country to help with last month’s massive cyberattack against Sony Pictures, an official close to the investigation said on Monday.
Indonesia says missing AirAsia plane could be at ‘bottom of sea’
SURABAYA, Indonesia/JAKARTA (Reuters) – A missing AirAsia jet carrying 162 people could be at the bottom of the sea after it was presumed to have crashed off the Indonesian coast, an official said on Monday, as countries around Asia sent ships and plan…
Ferry stricken by blaze fully evacuated, 10 dead
ROME/ATHENS (Reuters) – Rescue teams evacuated more than 400 people from a car ferry that caught fire off Greece’s Adriatic coast in a 36-hour operation on roiling seas, but 10 people were killed in the disaster.
