China says agrees with U.S. to speed up military conduct talks
BEIJING (Reuters) – China and the United States agreed at a meeting earlier this month in Washington to speed up talks on a mutual reporting mechanism on major military operations and a code of safe conduct, China’s Defense Ministry said on Thursday.
One year after devastating super typhoon, Philippines approves rebuilding plan
MANILA (Reuters) – Almost a year after a super typhoon devastated wide areas of the central Philippines killing thousands, President Benigno Aquino only this week approved a $3.74 billion master plan to rebuild housing, social services and public infra…
Egypt targets universities as last haven for political expression
CAIRO (Reuters) – Hundreds of police surround its walls, patrolling in armored vehicles with sirens blaring, while muscle-bound security guards man metal detectors, searching all who enter.
Egypt bans pro-Mursi pressure group
CAIRO (Reuters) – Egypt on Thursday banned a pressure group that has pushed for the reinstatement of President Mohamed Mursi of the Muslim Brotherhood, who was overthrown by the army last year, dealing a new blow to the country’s oldest Islamist moveme…
Pakistan civilians flee as military steps up Khyber offensive on Taliban
PESHAWAR Pakistan (Reuters) – Twenty-nine people were killed and thousands of civilians forced to flee Pakistan’s northwestern region of Khyber, the military said on Thursday, as it stepped up a two-week-old offensive against Taliban militants in the a…
China calls on Japan to end jet scrambles
BEIJING (Reuters) – China called on Japan on Thursday to stop scrambling its jets against Chinese aircraft following a rise in the number of such operations, saying it was source of flying safety concerns.
Pakistan civilians flee as military steps up Khyber offensive on Taliban
PESHAWAR Pakistan (Reuters) – Twenty-nine people were killed and thousands of civilians forced to flee Pakistan’s northwestern region of Khyber, the military said on Thursday, as it stepped up a two-week-old offensive against Taliban militants in the a…
U.S. drone strike kills five militants in Pakistan
WANA Pakistan (Reuters) – A suspected U.S. drone strike killed at least five militants in a Pakistani tribal region bordering Afghanistan on Thursday, with local villagers saying the dead included of a senior Arab commander.
South Korean court-martial jails soldiers in hazing death case
YONGIN South Korea (Reuters) – A South Korean court-martial convicted four soldiers on Thursday of homicide for the beating death of a fellow conscript and sentenced them to long prison terms in a case that sparked an outcry about how enlisted are trea…
France says conditions still not met to deliver warship to Russia
PARIS (Reuters) – France said on Thursday that the conditions were not yet met to deliver the first of two controversial Mistral warships to Russia, contradicting reports that Russia had received an invitation to take delivery on Nov. 14.
