Obama defends deal that freed soldier amid growing demands for hearings
WASHINGTON/WARSAW (Reuters) – President Barack Obama defended on Tuesday the prisoner swap deal that freed a U.S. soldier from Taliban captivity in Afghanistan, and the Army pledged to investigate the circumstances of his capture after fellow soldiers …
Mine accident in southwest China kills 22 people: Xinhua
SHANGHAI (Reuters) – Twenty two workers were killed in a coal mine accident in southwestern China, the official Xinhua news agency reported on Wednesday, the latest mining disaster to highlight poor safety standards in the world’s biggest coal producin…
Lockheed to deliver first of 36 F-16s to Iraq this week
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Lockheed Martin Corp this week will deliver the first of 36 F-16 fighter jets to Iraq, marking what Baghdad’s envoy to the United States called a “new chapter” in his country’s ability to defend its vast borders with Iran and oth…
Suicide bomber kills anti-ISIL leader in Iraq’s Anbar province: source
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – One of the leaders of Iraq’s pro-government Sunni tribal fighters was killed late on Tuesday by a suicide bomber in western Anbar province’s capital of Ramadi, one of his men said.
Wary China keeps close watch as Tiananmen anniversary arrives
BEIJING (Reuters) – Twenty-five years ago, Wang Nan took his camera and headed out to Beijing’s Tiananmen Square, where tens of thousands of people had gathered calling for democratic reforms. The 19-year-old told a friend he wanted to record history.
No tsunamis expected after 5.4 quake shakes Peru’s capital
LIMA (Reuters) – A magnitude 5.4 earthquake that shook buildings in the Peruvian capital of Lima on Tuesday will not cause any tsunamis, Peruvian authorities said.
Exclusive: Guinea-Bissau’s ex-navy chief pleads guilty in U.S. drug case
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Guinea-Bissau’s former navy chief, captured in a high-profile drug sting on the West African coast, has secretly pleaded guilty ahead of a trial on charges he conspired to import narcotics into the United States, court sources said…
G7 powers meet without Russia in summit snub over Ukraine
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The world’s leading industrialized nations meet without Russia for the first time in 17 years on Wednesday, leaving President Vladimir Putin out of the talks in retaliation for his seizure of Crimea and Russia’s part in destabilizi…
Ukraine army targets separatists in new offensive in east
DONETSK Ukraine (Reuters) – Fighting raged in eastern Ukraine for the second straight day on Tuesday as the army rolled out an offensive against pro-Russia separatists holding the city of Slaviansk, with dead and wounded on both sides.
North Korea says U.S., South Korea smear it to hide own rights abuses
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – South Korea and the United States are waging a smear campaign against North Korea to distract from their own records of human rights abuses, Pyongyang has complained to the United Nations, warning that “curses, like chickens,…
