Magnitude 6.5 earthquake strikes Taiwan, some damage

Magnitude 6.5 earthquake strikes Taiwan, some damage

Magnitude 6.5 earthquake strikes Taiwan, some damage

Posted: 01 Jun 2013 11:24 PM PDT

TAIPEI (Reuters) - A magnitude 6.5 earthquake struck the island of Taiwan on Sunday and caused some damage, Taiwan media reported.

Magnitude 6.6 earthquake strikes Taiwan - USGS

Posted: 01 Jun 2013 10:57 PM PDT

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - A magnitude 6.6 earthquake struck the island of Taiwan on Sunday, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) said.

Cuba says Venezuela's spat with Colombia could hurt peace talks

Posted: 01 Jun 2013 09:57 PM PDT

HAVANA (Reuters) - Cuba expressed support on Saturday for its ally Venezuela in a row with Colombia, which Havana suggested could hurt peace talks it has been hosting to end Colombia's long war with leftist rebels.

Despite series of scandals, China backs Hong Kong leader

Posted: 01 Jun 2013 09:31 PM PDT

HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong leader Leung Chun-ying is facing fresh uncertainty over the political support he has from China after his campaign manager and close ally quit the cabinet last month because of a police investigation into his commodities trading business.

Vietnam police swoop on anti-China protest, 20 detained

Posted: 01 Jun 2013 09:54 PM PDT

HANOI (Reuters) - Police in Vietnam moved swiftly to break up an anti-China protest on Sunday, making at least 20 arrests in the latest sign of the communist regime's tough stance on dissent, and even after it chided Beijing for aggression in the South China Sea.

China not disputing Japan sovereignty over Okinawa

Posted: 01 Jun 2013 08:29 PM PDT

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - China does not dispute Japanese sovereignty over Okinawa and recent comments in Chinese newspapers merely reflects the views of some academics, a senior Chinese military leader said on Sunday.

Russia blocks UN Security Council declaration on Syria’s Qusair

Posted: 01 Jun 2013 05:32 PM PDT

UNITED NATIONS, June 2 — Russia yesterday blocked a UN Security Council declaration of alarm over the bloody siege of the Syrian town of al-Qusair by Syrian troops and Hezbollah guerrillas, Security Council diplomats said. Britain, president of the 15-nation council, had circulated a draft statement to fellow members voicing "grave concern about ...
    

Turkish PM Erdogan calls for end to protests as clashes flare

Posted: 01 Jun 2013 04:19 PM PDT

ISTANBUL, June 2 — Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan yesterday made a defiant call for an end to the fiercest anti-government demonstrations in years as authorities arrested almost a thousand people in protests across the country. Riot police backed by armoured vehicles and helicopters fired tear gas and water cannons in Istanbul and Ankara ...
    

Cyber hacking to overshadow summit between Obama and China's Xi

Posted: 01 Jun 2013 07:37 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A shirt-sleeves summit between the world's two top economic powers is shaping up as anything but relaxing, with an assertive new Chinese leadership seeking a bigger place at the global table and the United States pushing back, especially in the battle over cyberspace.

As Qusair fight continues, U.N. issues warning

Posted: 01 Jun 2013 07:14 PM PDT

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syrian troops and Hezbollah guerrillas besieging the border town of Qusair fought with rebels on Saturday as the United Nations warned all sides they would be held accountable for the suffering of trapped civilians.

Insight - Presidency beckons for Jakarta's rags-to-riches governor

Posted: 01 Jun 2013 07:11 PM PDT

JAKARTA (Reuters) - Joko "Jokowi" Widodo, the governor of Jakarta, might well be the future of Indonesian democracy. Here's why.

As Philippines booms, overseas workers eye return home

Posted: 01 Jun 2013 06:13 PM PDT

MANILA (Reuters) - Mateo Ragonjan took a leap of faith in August last year.

Bombs, boredom threaten Pakistan's "Pashto" song-and-dance cinema

Posted: 01 Jun 2013 07:07 PM PDT

PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) - A projectionist lies asleep in the sweltering Pakistani heat, his face covered by a cloth. A colleague rewinds a reel manually while on screen, through the hashish smoke, a woman bounces on a bed singing "hello, hello, hello" into a cellphone.

Protesters defiant as Turkey unrest goes into third day

Posted: 01 Jun 2013 05:08 PM PDT

ISTANBUL/ANKARA (Reuters) - Protesters lit fires and scuffled with police in parts of Istanbul and Ankara early on Sunday, but the streets were generally quieter after two days of Turkey's fiercest anti-government demonstrations for years.

Presidency beckons for Jakarta's rags-to-riches governor

Posted: 01 Jun 2013 04:41 PM PDT

JAKARTA (Reuters) - Joko "Jokowi" Widodo, the governor of Jakarta, might well be the future of Indonesian democracy. Here's why.

Russia to ban foreign adoptions for same-sex couples

Posted: 01 Jun 2013 08:26 AM PDT

MOSCOW, June 1 — Russia will ban foreign same-sex couples from adopting Russian children, an official said today, underscoring a growing rift with the West over gay rights under President Vladimir Putin. Putin said in April that a French law allowing same-sex marriage went against traditional Russian values and signalled Moscow would take steps to ...
    

U.S. transfers suspected senior al Qaeda member to Mauritania

Posted: 01 Jun 2013 03:11 PM PDT

NOUAKCHOTT (Reuters) - U.S. authorities have transferred Younis al-Mauritani, a suspected senior member of al Qaeda previously held in Afghanistan, to Mauritania, officials in the West African nation said on Saturday.

Frankfurt "Blockupy" protesters clash with police

Posted: 01 Jun 2013 06:04 PM PDT

FRANKFURT (Reuters) - German police used pepper spray and batons against thousands of anti-capitalist demonstrators from the Blockupy movement on Saturday during a second day of protests in Frankfurt against Europe's austerity policies.

VIDEO: Iraqi Kurdistan women self-immolate

Posted: 01 Jun 2013 01:22 PM PDT

Doctors in the Kurdistan region of Iraq say they are seeing hundreds of cases of women self-immolating each month which are often the result of domestic violence, social injustice and discrimination.

Two guards dead in failed prison break in Niger's capital

Posted: 01 Jun 2013 01:35 PM PDT

NIAMEY (Reuters) - Two prison guards were killed and three more were wounded in Niger's capital Niamey on Saturday during what government officials said was a failed escape attempt by Islamist militants serving terms on terrorism charges.

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