Taiwan protest over China trade pact won’t deter any Ma-Xi meeting
TAIPEI (Reuters) – Taiwanese President Ma Ying-jeou said on Saturday student protests over a controversial trade pact with mainland China will not affect the potential for a meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping.
Exclusive: Russia threatened countries ahead of U.N. vote on Ukraine: envoys
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – Russia threatened several Eastern European and Central Asian states with retaliation if they voted in favor of a United Nations General Assembly resolution this week declaring invalid Crimea’s referendum on seceding from Ukra…
Brazilian plane makes emergency landing with no front wheels
BRASILIA (Reuters) – An Avianca Airlines passenger jet safely made an emergency landing in Brasilia on Friday after its front landing gear failed to deploy, authorities said.
China charges 4 surviving suspects of Kunming attack
BEIJING (Reuters) – China has laid out the charges against the four surviving suspects in a knife attack in the southwestern city of Kunming this month that left at least 169 dead or injured, the official People’s Daily newspaper said on Saturday.
Syrian forces take two villages near Lebanon
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Syrian forces took control of two villages near the Lebanese border on Saturday after driving out rebels, state media said, helping President Bashar al-Assad secure the route connecting Damascus with Aleppo and the Mediterranean coas…
Obama seeks to reassure Saudi Arabia over Iran, Syria
RIYADH (Reuters) – President Barack Obama sought to reassure Saudi King Abdullah on Friday that he would support moderate Syrian rebels and reject a bad nuclear deal with Iran, during a visit designed to allay the kingdom’s concerns that its decades-ol…
Slovak underdog has chance to beat PM Fico in presidential vote
PRAGUE (Reuters) – Slovakia’s political heavyweight Prime Minister Robert Fico faces the threat of his biggest defeat at the ballot box from an underdog philanthropist in presidential election runoff on Saturday.
Obama seeks to reassure Saudi Arabia over Iran, Syria
RIYADH (Reuters) – President Barack Obama sought to reassure Saudi King Abdullah on Friday that he would support moderate Syrian rebels and reject a bad nuclear deal with Iran, during a visit designed to allay the kingdom’s concerns that its decades-ol…
Fresh objects seen in new Malaysia jet search area
PERTH/KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – Fresh objects spotted by planes searching for a missing Malaysian passenger jet in a new area of the southern Indian Ocean have again raised hopes of unraveling the three-week old mystery.
U.N. urges end to Syria’s ‘convoluted’ aid restrictions
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The United Nations humanitarian chief Valerie Amos on Friday urged Syria’s government to end needless restrictions on access to areas where besieged Syrians are in desperate need of aid after three years of civil war.
