Israel’s crackdown on Hamas slows in search for missing teens
RAMALLAH West Bank (Reuters) – Israel eased a crackdown on Hamas in the occupied West Bank on Tuesday after the dragnet, accompanying a search for three Israeli teenagers, raised fears of a Palestinian uprising.
Russia’s Putin renounces right to send troops to Ukraine
MOSCOW/VIENNA (Reuters) – President Vladimir Putin asked Russia’s upper house on Tuesday to revoke the right it had granted him to order a military intervention in Ukraine in defence of Russian-speakers there.
Japan, neighbors must put World War Two behind them: Singapore PM
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Singapore’s prime minister on Tuesday urged Japan and its neighbors to put World War Two behind them, saying that if they kept reopening issues dating back to the conflict it would be a “continuing sore” in their relations.
Chinese official looks to charm Taiwan during landmark visit
BEIJING/TAIPEI (Reuters) – China’s top official in charge of Taiwan ties will make a landmark visit to the island this week to try to woo Taiwanese who remain suspicious about a pending trade pact as well as meet a senior figure from the pro-independen…
Kerry urges Kurds to save Iraq from collapse
ARBIL Iraq (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry urged leaders of Iraq’s autonomous Kurdish region on Tuesday to stand with Baghdad in the face of a Sunni insurgent onslaught that threatens to dismember the country.
U.S. says Thai military rule likely to last longer than expected
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Military rule in Thailand is likely to last longer than expected and has been more repressive than after the country’s last coup in 2006, a senior U.S. official said on Tuesday.
Gunmen fire on plane at Pakistan’s Peshawar airport
PESHAWAR Pakistan (Reuters) – Gunmen fired on a Pakistan International Airlines plane as it was landing in the northern Pakistani city of Peshawar on Tuesday night, killing a woman on board and injuring three crew members in the third incident at a Pak…
Chinese official looks to charm Taiwan during landmark visit
BEIJING/TAIPEI (Reuters) – China’s top official in charge of Taiwan ties will make a landmark visit to the island this week to try to woo Taiwanese who remain suspicious about a pending trade pact as well as meet a senior figure from the pro-independen…
Chile’s Bachelet promises to return land to indigenous people
SANTIAGO (Reuters) – President Michelle Bachelet on Tuesday announced a plan to buy and return disputed ancestral lands to Chile’s indigenous communities as part of a strategy to better incorporate them into the country’s political process and economic…
Egypt’s president says will not interfere in judicial rulings
CAIRO (Reuters) – Newly elected Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi said on Tuesday he would not interfere with judicial verdicts, following an international outcry over lengthy prison sentences given to three Al Jazeera journalists a day earlier.
