New U.S. envoy to Hong Kong vows to push for democracy
HONG KONG (Reuters) – The new U.S. envoy to Hong Kong insisted on Tuesday that Washington would not be silenced by China in calling for democracy in the global financial hub, vowing to continue speaking out for core rights and freedoms.
Russia says chemical inspectors to return to Syria on Wednesday
MOSCOW (Reuters) – U.N. chemical weapons investigators are expected to return to Syria on Wednesday to continue investigating allegations of chemical weapons use there, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said on Tuesday.
UK source says possible that London bomber’s widow involved in Nairobi attack
LONDON (Reuters) – A British security source said on Tuesday it was a possibility that the widow of a suicide bomber who attacked London in 2005 was involved in the siege of a Nairobi shopping mall where Islamist fighters killed at least 62 people.
Somali militant group says hostages in Kenya mall alive
NAIROBI (Reuters) – Somalia’s al Shabaab Islamist militant group said on Tuesday its militants were still holding out in a Kenyan shopping center they attacked over the weekend, and said hostages they held in the Westgate mall in Nairobi were still ali…
Slovenian PM says will ask for vote of confidence: TV interview
LJUBLJANA (Reuters) – The center-left prime minister of Slovenia, which is struggling to avoid a bailout, said she will ask for a confidence vote in parliament later this year, linking it to the vote on 2014 budget.
Greeks public sector workers strike as lenders check reform progress
ATHENS (Reuters) – Greek public sector workers went on strike for the second time in a week on Tuesday, shutting schools and leaving hospitals with skeleton staff, as inspectors from Greece’s foreign lenders checked if the country was meeting its bailo…
Gunmen kill second Yemeni air force colonel: ministry
SANAA (Reuters) – A Yemeni air force officer was shot dead by gunmen in Sanaa on Tuesday, the Defence Ministry said, the second such incident in as many days.
Cambodia’s Hun Sen pushes on with forming government, rejects opposition role
PHNOM PENH (Reuters) – Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen pushed ahead with forming a new government on Tuesday and said he had rejected a demand from the main opposition party, which says it won July’s general election, to be given senior positions in p…
Kenya TV says six more of the mall attackers killed
NAIROBI (Reuters) – Kenya’s Citizen TV reported on Tuesday that troops had killed “six of the remaining attackers” at a Nairobi shopping mall, but did not give further details and the report was unsourced.
Myanmar’s Suu Kyi looks to Singapore as model – minus the materialism
SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi cemented Singapore’s role as a major economic partner and model for her country on a five-day trip to the island, taking home what she said were valuable lessons on education policy and a…
