China warns Japan against stationing workers on disputed isles
TOKYO/BEIJING (Reuters) – China said it would not tolerate provocation on Tuesday after Japan’s top government spokesman said the country might station government workers on disputed islands in the East China Sea to defend its sovereignty.
Thailand doubles rubber subsidy to appease farmers
BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thailand’s government doubled its offer of help to rubber farmers on Tuesday, but it was not clear if it would be enough to head off fresh protests planned for the weekend.
Forty-four killed in collision of two buses in Iran
DUBAI (Reuters) – Forty-four people were killed and 39 injured in Iran when two passenger buses collided outside the capital Tehran and caught fire, Iranian media reported on Tuesday.
China welcomes Russia’s proposal for Syria weapons handover
BEIJING (Reuters) – China said on Tuesday that it welcomes and supports Russia’s proposal that Syria hand over its chemical weapons for destruction, which could avert planned U.S. military strikes.
Two held in Afghanistan over killing of Indian writer
KHOST, Afghanistan (Reuters) – Afghan police have detained two insurgents suspected of killing an Indian author who they accused of spying, a provincial police chief said on Tuesday.
School bomb attack kills two in southern Thailand
BANGKOK (Reuters) – A bomb attack by suspected Muslim rebels on a school in southern Thailand killed two soldiers on Tuesday, part of a patrol sent there to protect the teachers, police said.
Iran supports proposal on Syria chemical weapons – official
DUBAI (Reuters) – Iran supports Russia’s offer to work with Syria to put its chemical weapons under international control, the Iranian foreign ministry said on Tuesday.
Thai cabinet approves $659 million rubber subsidy scheme: spokesman
BANGKOK (Reuters) – The Thai cabinet has approved a 21.2 billion baht ($659 million) budget for subsidies for rubber farmers, double the amount initially proposed last week, a government spokesman said on Tuesday.
French unions march in protests against pension reform
PARIS (Reuters) – French unions take to the streets on Tuesday in protest against a reform of the country’s indebted pension system, with some disruption in transport expected but no mass upheaval against an overhaul seen as moderate in scope.
Syria’s Assad regime likely responsible for chemical attack: rights group
(Reuters) – Evidence strongly suggests Syrian government forces were responsible for a poison gas attack that killed more than 1,400 people, Human Rights Watch said on Tuesday, contradicting repeated denials by Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.
