Tank traps meet tourist traps at Korea’s Demilitarised Zone
DEMILITARISED ZONE, South Korea (Reuters) – South Korean soldiers are everywhere on the south side of the misleadingly named Demilitarized Zone. They guard buildings and man roadblocks to keep the invading hordes at bay.
Pakistan prime minister urges Obama to end drone strikes
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif urged U.S. President Barack Obama on Wednesday to end drone strikes in Pakistan, touching on a sore subject just as relations between the two countries improve after years of suspicion over A…
Insight: China party’s secretive judicial system laid bare in torture case
BEIJING (Reuters) – As Yu Qiyi’s interrogation entered its 39th day, officials from the Chinese Communist Party’s anti-corruption watchdog debated how to get a confession out of the detained man, the chief engineer at a state-owned firm in eastern Wenz…
Insight: China party’s secretive judicial system laid bare in torture case
BEIJING (Reuters) – As Yu Qiyi’s interrogation entered its 39th day, officials from the Chinese Communist Party’s anti-corruption watchdog debated how to get a confession out of the detained man, the chief engineer at a state-owned firm in eastern Wenz…
United Nations set to send mission guards to Central African Republic
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has recommended 560 troops be sent to the Central African Republic to protect a United Nations political mission in the virtually lawless country.
U.N. envoy says Iran human rights record should not be overlooked amid overtures
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – Iran’s human rights record should not be overlooked amid overtures to the West by new President Hassan Rouhani, a U.N. envoy said on Wednesday as he criticized Tehran for executing 724 people in 18 months, including dozens ju…
Germany says U.S. may have monitored Merkel’s phone
BERLIN (Reuters) – The German government has obtained information that the United States may have monitored the mobile phone of Chancellor Angela Merkel and she called President Barack Obama on Wednesday to demand an immediate clarification, her spokes…
Pakistan prime minister urges Obama to end drone strikes
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Wednesday urged U.S. President Barack Obama to end drone strikes in Pakistan, touching on a sore subject just as relations between the two countries improve after years of suspicion over A…
U.S., Israel differ on how to resolve Iran nuclear issue
ROME (Reuters) – U.S. and Israeli officials differed over Iran’s nuclear program on Wednesday as Israel called for its effective dismantlement and the United States suggested better safeguards could assure that it is peaceful rather than military in na…
White House seeks to limit fallout from U.S.-Saudi tensions
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Obama administration sought on Wednesday to limit any damage to the long-standing U.S. alliance with Saudi Arabia in a rift over America’s role in the Middle East that has underscored growing strategic differences.
