U.S. stresses safety in talks on nuclear power with Saudi Arabia: Perry
The United States is close to working with Saudi Arabia on building nuclear power reactors, but talks on tough non-proliferation standards with the kingdom remain a challenge, U.S. Energy Secretary Rick Perry said on Wednesday.
China executes man who killed nine in school stabbing
China executed a man on Thursday for killing nine students and injuring 11 others in a knife attack at a middle school in central China’s Shaanxi province in April, according to a post on a Chinese court’s official social media account.
From chatroom to courtroom: China’s #MeToo movement takes legal turn
When a former intern at China’s state broadcaster wrote in July about being groped and forcibly kissed by one of the country’s most recognizable television stars, her story ignited a social media firestorm in a country where a backlash against sexual h…
Syrian rebels see jihadists leaving Idlib demilitarized zone
Syrian mainstream rebel groups said on Thursday they have growing confidence that their jihadist rivals will comply with a requirement to leave a demilitarized buffer zone set up by Turkey and Russia under a deal that averted a Russian-backed Syrian ar…
Venezuela’s president says he is willing to meet with Trump
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said on Wednesday he is willing to meet with U.S. President Donald Trump and to speak about anything the U.S. government wants to discuss.
Japanese carrier drills with British warship heading to contested South China Sea
Japan’s biggest warship, the Kaga helicopter carrier, joined naval drills with Britain’s HMS Argyll in the Indian Ocean on Wednesday as the frigate headed toward the contested South China Sea and East Asia.
Trump says learned about Syria’s Idlib from supporter at recent rally
U.S. President Donald Trump suggested on Wednesday he had never heard of the rebel-held Syrian region of Idlib under threat from Syrian government and Russian forces until a supporter brought it up at a recent rally about a month ago.
Turkey’s Erdogan calls on Germany to list Gulen group as terrorist
President Tayyip Erdogan, on the eve of a visit to Germany on Thursday, urged it to designate as a terrorist organization the Fethullah Gulen movement, which Turkey blames for a 2016 coup attempt.
UK PM May challenges Trump with defense of multilateralism
British Prime Minister Theresa May on Wednesday called on world leaders in New York to reject nationalism and fight to preserve the multilateral system, challenging U.S. President Donald Trump’s anti-globalism stance.
UK Labour’s Corbyn to urge EU’s Barnier to avoid no deal Brexit
The leader of Britain’s opposition Labour party Jeremy Corbyn will warn the EU’s Brexit chief Michel Barnier of the dangers of a “no deal” Brexit when he visits Brussels on Thursday, his party said.
