Pakistani TV channel sues powerful spy agency for defamation
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Pakistani television channel Geo News is suing the powerful spy agency for defamation over accusations of being anti-state, it said on Friday, in a move unprecedented in a country where public criticism of the military is taboo.
China denounces Tibet exile leader, says is a separatist
BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s foreign ministry denounced the prime minister of Tibet’s government-in-exile on Friday as a separatist who had never done a good thing in his life, in a sign that Beijing is unlikely to resume talks anytime soon.
China says still no compensation from Vietnam for riot victims
BEIJING (Reuters) – China said on Friday it had received no compensation from Vietnam for losses inflicted by anti-Chinese riots in Vietnam last month, demanding that Hanoi pay up and punish assailants responsible for the widespread damage.
North Korea says detains U.S. tourist, three now in custody
SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korea said on Friday it had detained an American tourist for violating its laws after entering the secretive state in April, bringing the number of U.S. citizens held by Pyongyang to three.
Sword-wielding Sikhs clash at India’s Golden Temple
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Sikhs wielding swords clashed inside the compound of their religion’s holiest shrine on Friday, the 30th anniversary of a controversial raid by Indian security forces that flushed out separatist militants holed up in the temple.
In Russian protege Abkhazia, a cautionary tale for Crimea
CHUBURKHINJI Abkhazia (Reuters) – Trudging over a bridge hundreds of meters long, English teacher Natia Ablotia struggles home in the blazing heat, laden with goods that are cheaper to buy across the river in Georgia than in Abkhazia, where she lives.
Chinese military spending exceeds $145 billion, drones advanced: U.S.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – China’s military spending exceeded $145 billion last year as it advanced a program modernizing an arsenal of drones, warships, jets, missiles and cyber weapons, the Pentagon said on Thursday, offering a far higher figure than Bei…
North Korea detained a third U.S. citizen in mid-May: Kyodo
(Reuters) – North Korea detained another U.S. citizen in mid-May, bringing the total to three currently being held in the country, Japan’s Kyodo news agency said on Friday, quoting diplomatic sources.
Key Colombia oil pipeline shut again by bomb attack: source
BOGOTA (Reuters) – A bomb attack blamed on Colombia’s leftist guerrillas has shut down the key Cano Limon-Covenas oil pipeline, a source at state-run oil company Ecopetrol which owns the pipeline, said on Thursday.
Exclusive: Canadian review will recommend buying Lockheed F-35 fighter jet – sources
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Canada is poised to buy 65 Lockheed Martin Corp F-35 Joint Strike Fighter jets, sources familiar with the process told Reuters, marking a major renewal of Canada’s fighter fleet and helping contain costs of the expensive defense …
