Belgium investigates suspected cyber spying by foreign state
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Belgium said on Monday it was investigating suspected foreign state espionage against its main telecoms company, which is the top carrier of voice traffic in Africa and the Middle East, and a newspaper pointed the finger at the Uni…
China rejects interference in Hong Kong, ‘thoughtless’ British remarks
HONG KONG (Reuters) – China said on Monday it would not tolerate outside interference in the affairs of Hong Kong, rejecting as “thoughtless” a call from a British minister for people in the former British territory to have a genuine political choice.
West, Russia agree Syria to face consequences for non-compliance: U.S.
PARIS (Reuters) – The United States, Britain, France and Russia agree Syria must face consequences if it does not fully comply with a U.N. resolution to ensure a handover of its chemical weapons, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said on Monday.
U.S. and Cuba resume talks on direct mail service
HAVANA (Reuters) – The United States and Cuba sit down on Monday in Havana for a second round of talks on re-establishing direct mail services between the two countries after a 50-year ban.
Thai police clash with protesters rejecting rubber deal
BANGKOK (Reuters) – Around 500 protesters armed with slingshots clashed with riot police firing tear gas on Monday after blocking a highway in southern Thailand in a bid to force the government to increase a subsidy for rubber farmers.
Militant opposition groups step up crimes in Syria: U.N. report
GENEVA (Reuters) – Militant opposition groups in Syria, including foreign fighters invoking jihad or holy war, have stepped up killings and other crimes in the north, U.N. human rights investigators said on Monday.
Insight: After Syria, Iran laments its own chemical weapons victims
DUBAI (Reuters) – An Iranian war veteran fell into a coma in a Tehran hospital last week after suffering respiratory failure, his lungs ravaged by mustard gas during the Iran-Iraq war 30 years ago.
South Korea military shoots man trying to float across river to North
SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea’s military shot and killed a man who undertook a rare attempt to enter North Korea on Monday by floating across a river that runs near the heavily militarized border, an official in Seoul said.
Fire breaks out on Russian nuclear submarine
VLADIVOSTOK, Russia (Reuters) – A fire burned for five hours on an atomic-powered submarine undergoing repairs near Russia’s eastern port of Vladivostok on Monday, but naval and shipyard officials said there was no risk of a radiation leak and nobody w…
Indonesian president struggles to find successor
JAKARTA (Reuters) – Beset by a foundering economy and graft investigations into senior members of his party, Indonesian president Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono is struggling to find a successor.
