China to add more cancer drugs to reimbursement list, talks end in Sept: Xinhua
China plans to add a range of cancer drugs to medicines eligible for reimbursement from the government, the official Xinhua news agency said on Saturday, adding that negotiations on pricing with manufacturers should be finished by end-September.
Scattered protests in Iran as U.S. sanctions loom
Sporadic protests broke out in several cities in Iran for a fifth night on Saturday, a day after demonstrators attacked a Shi’ite seminary, according to Iranian news agencies and social media, as Iranians brace for a return of U.S. sanctions.
Pompeo ‘optimistic’ about ending North Korea’s nuclear program
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Saturday the process of ending North Korea’s nuclear program would take time but he was optimistic that it would be achieved within a timeline set by the leaders of the two countries.
U.S. Secretary of State Pompeo, North Korea minister Ri shake hands
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and North Korean Foreign Minister Ri Yong Ho shook hands and exchanged words and smiles at a Southeast Asian security forum on Saturday in Singapore.
Indonesia to deport Australian graduate student traveling to Papua
Indonesian authorities have denied entry and will deport an Australian graduate student who was traveling via Bali to Indonesia’s easternmost province of Papua on vacation.
Pompeo urges release of Reuters reporters in meeting with Myanmar minister
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo called for the immediate release of two Reuters reporters detained in Myanmar when he met Myanmar Foreign Minister Kyaw Tin on Saturday on the sidelines of a regional conference in Singapore, the State Department sai…
Pompeo says optimistic about ending North Korea’s nuclear program
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Saturday the process of ending North Korea’s nuclear program would take time but he was optimistic that it would be done within a timeline set by the leaders of the two countries.
Pompeo urges release of Reuters reporters in meeting with Myanmar ministers
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo called for the immediate release of two Reuters reporters detained in Myanmar when he met Myanmar’s Foreign Minister Kyaw Tin on Saturday on the sidelines of a regional conference in Singapore, the State Department s…
U.S. hopes spat with Turkey over pastor resolved ‘in coming days’
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Saturday he hoped Americans detained in Turkey would be released “in coming days”, following a meeting with his Turkish counterpart in Singapore which both sides said was constructive.
North Korea has not stopped nuclear, missile program: confidential U.N. report
North Korea has not stopped its nuclear and missile programs in violation of United Nations sanctions, according to a confidential U.N. report seen by Reuters on Friday.
