U.S. military says no plans to suspend more major exercises on Korean peninsula
The U.S. military has no plans yet to suspend any more major military exercises with South Korea, the defense secretary said on Tuesday, in the middle of a breakdown in diplomacy with North Korea over its nuclear weapons.
Bombing at Philippine street festival leaves one dead, wounds 35: officials
A homemade bomb hidden under a motorcycle killed at least one person and wounded more than 30 at a local street festival in the southern Philippines on Tuesday, police and the army said, the latest unrest in a region prone to militancy.
Exclusive: Iran-based political influence operation – bigger, persistent, global
An apparent Iranian influence operation targeting internet users worldwide is significantly bigger than previously identified, Reuters has found, encompassing a sprawling network of anonymous websites and social media accounts in 11 different languages…
Brazil sends army to border as Venezuelans flee crisis at home
Brazil said it was sending armed forces to keep order near the Venezuelan border area, while Peru declared a health emergency, as a regional crisis sparked by thousands of Venezuelans fleeing economic collapse escalated on Tuesday.
Haley says U.S. Rohingya report ‘consistent’ with U.N. findings
Findings of a U.S. State Department investigation into Myanmar’s Rohingya crisis are “consistent” with those of a report by U.N. investigators released this week that called for Myanmar’s commander-in-chief and other generals be tried for genocide, the…
Brazil’s Temer says Venezuelan exodus a threat to whole region
Brazilian President Michel Temer signed a decree on Tuesday to deploy the Armed Forces to the northern state of Roraima on the border with Venezuela to assist in keeping order and ensuring the safety of Venezuelan immigrants.
South Sudan rebels to sign latest draft peace deal: Sudan
Sudan said on Tuesday that South Sudanese rebels will sign the latest draft of a comprehensive peace deal with the Juba government later this week after assurances that a power-sharing accord inked earlier this month will be honored.
Iran says it has arrested ‘tens of spies’ in state bodies
Security forces in Iran have arrested tens of spies working in state bodies, Intelligence Minister said on Tuesday, at a time of rising tensions between Iran and the West following the reimposition of U.S. sanctions on Tehran.
Haley says U.S. Rohingya report ‘consistent’ with U.N. findings
The findings of a U.S. State Department investigation into Myanmar’s Rohingya crisis are “consistent” with those of a damning report by U.N. investigators released this week that called for Myanmar officials to face genocide charges, the U.S. ambassado…
U.N. Rohingya report deserves ‘serious consideration’: Guterres
A report by United Nations investigators saying Myanmar’s military carried out mass killings and gang rapes of Muslim Rohingya with “genocidal intent,” and that the country’s commander-in-chief and five generals should be prosecuted, deserves serious…
