Special Report: The battle for Hong Kong’s soul
HONG KONG/BEIJING (Reuters) – Since Britain handed back colonial Hong Kong in 1997, retired primary school teacher and Falun Gong devotee Lau Wai-hing has fully exercised the freedoms China promised this city of 7.2 million.
U.S. soldier charged with murder after death of Panamanian woman
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – U.S. military authorities charged on Monday a U.S. soldier with “unpremeditated murder” after he allegedly killed a Panamanian woman, an army spokeswoman said.
Kerry chides Iran ahead of Vienna nuclear talks, deadline looms
NEW YORK/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry warned Iran ahead of this week’s nuclear talks in Vienna that it has yet to prove that its nuclear ambitions are entirely peaceful in multiple rounds of talks with six world powers as a…
Gunfight kills 22 suspected gang members near Mexico City
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Twenty-two suspected gang members were killed southwest of Mexico City early on Monday and one soldier was wounded, the government said, in one of the bloodiest shootouts with security forces since President Enrique Pena Nieto t…
Exclusive: U.N. Security Council sanctions Islamist ADF in Congo – diplomats
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – A U.N. Security Council committee blacklisted Ugandan Islamist group, the Allied Democratic Forces, on Monday for recruitment and use of child soldiers, killing, maiming and sexually abusing women and children, and attacks on…
As caliphate is declared, Iraqi troops battle for Tikrit
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Iraqi troops battled to dislodge an al Qaeda splinter group from the city of Tikrit on Monday after its leader was declared caliph of a new Islamic state in lands seized this month across a swath of Iraq and Syria.
Clashes between Uganda army, CAR gunmen kill at least 17
BANGUI (Reuters) – Ugandan troops in Central African Republic (CAR) have killed at least 15 fighters from the mainly Muslim Seleka force, a group that has carved out fiefdoms in the country since leaving power earlier this year, local sources said on M…
U.S. sends 300 more troops to Iraq over security concerns
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States is ramping up its military presence in Iraq, deploying around 300 additional troops as well as helicopters and drone aircraft in response security concerns in Baghdad, officials said on Monday.
Japan poised to ease constitution’s limits on military in landmark shift
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s cabinet is expected on Tuesday to end a ban that has kept the military from fighting abroad since World War Two, a major shift away from post-war pacifism and a political victory for Prime Minister Shinzo Abe who has pursued t…
Japan ruling parties agree to plan to drop ban on collective self-defense: lawmaker
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s ruling parties agreed on Tuesday to a government proposal to end a ban that has kept the military from fighting overseas since World War Two, a ruling party lawmaker told reporters, a major step away from post-war pacifism and…
