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.
Special Report: Rebekah Brooks – The tangled tale of a tabloid career
LONDON (Reuters) – On July 7, 2011, at the height of Britain’s phone-hacking scandal, Rebekah Brooks announced the closure of Britain’s biggest-selling newspaper, The News of the World. That evening, she sat with senior colleagues in a restaurant in London’s Chelsea Harbour, fighting back tears.
At least 18 killed in attack on northern Nigerian village: police
JOS Nigeria (Reuters) – At least 18 people were killed when gunmen stormed a village in the northern Nigerian state of Kaduna overnight, a police spokesman said on Tuesday, the latest in daily bloody attacks that have racked Africa’s most populous coun…
EU sets Albania on road to membership
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Union set Albania on the road to membership on Tuesday, granting the small Balkan state the status of candidate to join in recognition of recent reforms, while warning the government that progress was conditional on fu…
