U.S. Navy ship with 550 Marines on board entering Gulf: CNN
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The USS Mesa Verde with 550 Marines on board entered the Gulf on Monday to support possible U.S. action to help Iraq’s Shi’ite-led government combat a Sunni Islamist insurgency that has overtaken large areas of the country’s nort…
China deports Australian artist after Tiananmen remarks
BEIJING (Reuters) – China deported a well-known Chinese-born Australian artist on Monday after he was detained following his comments on the 25th anniversary of the bloody crackdown on pro-democracy protesters in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square.
Five Pakistani soldiers killed in bomb attack on army convoy
MIRANSHAH Pakistan (Reuters) – At least five Pakistani soldiers were killed when a roadside bomb hit an army convoy in North Waziristan, intelligence sources said, in the first insurgent attack against state troops since the start of an army offensive …
Three killed, 75 injured, houses set ablaze in Sri Lanka ethnic clashes
ALUTHGAMA Sri Lanka (Reuters) – At least three Muslims were killed and 75 people seriously injured in violence between Buddhists and Muslims in southern Sri Lankan coastal towns best known as tourist draws, with Muslim homes set ablaze, officials and r…
China sentences three to death for Tiananmen Square attack
BEIJING (Reuters) – China sentenced three people to death on Monday over a deadly attack at Beijing’s Tiananmen Square last October, state television reported, an incident blamed by the government on Islamist militants.
Russia’s Gazprom reduces gas to Ukraine after deadline passes
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian natural gas exporter Gazprom reduced supplies to Ukraine on Monday after Kiev failed to meet a deadline to pay off its gas debts in a dispute that could disrupt supplies to the rest of Europe.
Suu Kyi says law barring her from Myanmar presidency is unacceptable
KATHMANDU (Reuters) – Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi put her political future in the hands of the people of Myanmar on Monday, saying that a parliamentary panel vote to retain a key constitutional clause was intended to bar her from running for the pr…
Ukraine fighting threatens water supply to four million: OSCE
KIEV (Reuters) – Fighting in eastern Ukraine threatens water supplies to the city of Donetsk and could have serious consequences for 4 million people, monitors for the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe said on Monday.
Philippines calls for construction freeze in South China Sea
MANILA (Reuters) – The Philippines said on Monday that China’s “expansion agenda” in the disputed South China Sea threatened security and stability in the region, calling on all claimant states to halt construction activities that may raise tensions.
Deutsche managers knew about, didn’t stop entertainment of Japan pension funds: regulator
TOKYO (Reuters) – A pattern of spending on hostess bars and overseas junkets for local pension fund officials went unchecked by senior managers at Deutsche Bank’s Japanese securities arm, who failed to prevent or turned a blind eye to expenses that cou…
