Australia’s Abbott faces tough mission on ‘trifecta of trade’ in Asia
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott wants to finalize a free trade agreement with Japan on his forthcoming North Asia trip, but will have to walk a fine line between Tokyo and Beijing over geopolitical tensions in the region.
‘Toy-like’ drone that crashed in South Korea came from North: media
SEOUL (Reuters) – A South Korean military inquiry into a drone found on a border island has concluded that North Korea flew the unmanned aircraft to conduct reconnaissance missions, a South Korean media report said on Wednesday.
Magnitude 8.0 quake off Chile sparks tsunami warning along Latin America’s Pacific coast
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A massive magnitude 8.0 earthquake on Tuesday off the coast of Chile, near the mining port of Iquique, sparked a tsunami warning for all of Latin America’s Pacific coast, the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said.
Magnitude 8.0 earthquake strikes off Chile, near Iquique: USGS
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A major earthquake of magnitude 8.0 struck off the coast of Chile on Tuesday, near the mining area of Iquique, the U.S. Geological Survey said.
NATO suspends cooperation with Russia over Ukraine crisis
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – NATO suspended all practical cooperation with Russia on Tuesday in protest at its annexation of Crimea, and ordered military planners to draft measures to strengthen its defenses and reassure nervous Eastern European countries.
East Libyan rebels to end oil port blockage within days: senior leader
TRIPOLI (Reuters) – A rebel group in eastern Libya has agreed with the government to end its seizure of vital oil ports within days, a senior leader told Reuters on Tuesday, raising hopes for an end to an eight-month stalemate that has dried up state i…
Venezuela troops block opposition leader from parliament
CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuelan troops dispersed opposition demonstrators with tear gas on Tuesday and blocked anti-government activist Maria Corina Machado, recently stripped of her seat in the National Assembly, from reaching the legislature.
Prominent Islamist shot dead on Kenyan coast: police
MOMBASA, Kenya (Reuters) – A prominent Kenyan Islamist, accused by the United States and U.N. Security Council of supporting the Somali militant group al Shabaab, was shot dead on Tuesday, police said.
Cameroon releases minister suspected of embezzling public funds
YAOUNDE (Reuters) – A Cameroon minister has been release from jail a day after he was arrested and remanded in custody on suspected embezzlement of public funds, the Central African Nation’s government spokesman said on Tuesday.
Japan may only be able to restart one-third of its nuclear reactors
TOKYO (Reuters) – Three years after the Fukushima disaster prompted the closure of all Japan’s nuclear reactors, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is moving to revive nuclear power as a core part of the energy mix, but many of those idled reactors will never c…
