Magnitude 6.5 earthquake strikes Taiwan, some damage |
- Magnitude 6.5 earthquake strikes Taiwan, some damage
- Magnitude 6.6 earthquake strikes Taiwan - USGS
- Cuba says Venezuela's spat with Colombia could hurt peace talks
- Despite series of scandals, China backs Hong Kong leader
- Vietnam police swoop on anti-China protest, 20 detained
- China not disputing Japan sovereignty over Okinawa
- Russia blocks UN Security Council declaration on Syria’s Qusair
- Turkish PM Erdogan calls for end to protests as clashes flare
- Cyber hacking to overshadow summit between Obama and China's Xi
- As Qusair fight continues, U.N. issues warning
- Insight - Presidency beckons for Jakarta's rags-to-riches governor
- As Philippines booms, overseas workers eye return home
- Bombs, boredom threaten Pakistan's "Pashto" song-and-dance cinema
- Protesters defiant as Turkey unrest goes into third day
- Presidency beckons for Jakarta's rags-to-riches governor
- Russia to ban foreign adoptions for same-sex couples
- U.S. transfers suspected senior al Qaeda member to Mauritania
- Frankfurt "Blockupy" protesters clash with police
- VIDEO: Iraqi Kurdistan women self-immolate
- Two guards dead in failed prison break in Niger's capital
| 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 ... 
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| 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 ... 
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| 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 ... 
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| 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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