South Korea charges 100 with corruption over nuclear scandal
SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea has indicted 100 people, including a top former state utility official, of corruption in a scandal over fake safety certifications for parts in its nuclear reactors, authorities said on Thursday.
Somalia looks to rickety port to rebuild threatened state
MOGADISHU (Reuters) – The dock workers at Mogadishu’s port have to carry cargo on their backs to clear berths for the ships waiting out at sea.
US, Vietnam sign nuclear trade agreement
BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Brunei (Reuters) – The United States and Vietnam on Thursday signed a pact that would allow the transfer of nuclear technology to the Southeast Asian nation and open the way for U.S. investment in the burgeoning industry, in anothe…
Analysis: Western powers ask is Iran really ready to make a nuclear deal?
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – Western nations are struggling to answer one key question as they assess conflicting signals from Tehran ahead of next week’s big-power meeting with Iran in Geneva – is the Islamic Republic ready to make a deal on its controv…
Insight: Exiled Iran dissidents ponder return after Rouhani election
DUBAI (Reuters) – For the first time since Iran’s authorities cracked down on dissent after the 2009 presidential election, some critics are returning from exile, spurred by signs of openness by the government of President Hassan Rouhani.
Kerry assures China’s Li U.S. committed to ending fiscal crisis
BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Brunei (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry assured China’s Premier Li Keqiang the United States was committed to resolving a fiscal impasse after the Chinese leader raised the issue in a meeting on the sidelines of an As…
U.S., Japan press China on South China Sea dispute
BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Brunei (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry will press China and Southeast Asian nations to discuss the South China Sea dispute at an Asian summit, a senior U.S. official said, despite Beijing’s reluctance to address the …
Nigeria troops raid Kano suicide vest factory
KANO (Reuters) – Nigerian soldiers raided an Islamist bomb-making factory just outside the north’s biggest city of Kano on Wednesday, seizing guns, fertilizer and equipment for assembling suicide vests, the military said.
Caribbean drug trade rises under new generation of ‘Cocaine Cowboys’
MIAMI (Reuters) – The Caribbean is becoming a hot spot again for drug smuggling into the United States as a new generation of “Cocaine Cowboys” plows the seas in fast boats in search of easy entry points for illicit shipments into the world’s largest c…
Mursi faces trial as U.S. reviews aid to Egypt
CAIRO (Reuters) – Egypt’s ousted President Mohamed Mursi will stand trial on November 4 on charges of inciting the killing of protesters, a prospect sure to raise concern in Washington, already considering cutting aid as a way to urge Cairo to restore …
