Nearly 100 people still missing after Moscow attack, Russian news site says
Hundreds of rights groups urge US to stop deporting Haitians fleeing gang war
Baltimore bridge collapse sends vehicles tumbling into water
Russia's FSB chief accuses Ukraine, US and UK of being behind Moscow shooting
Dozens killed in Israeli strikes on north and south of Gaza
Indian opposition supporters detained ahead of protest at Modi's home
India seeks cooperation with Philippines including in defence and security, foreign minister says
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PHILLIPINE Outspoken Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte said on Monday the families of people killed in his controversial war on drugs will not receive “justice”, rejecting calls from rights groups seeking redress for the thousands of deaths.
BRAZIL A 200 basis-point increase in interest rates could spark a sharp rise in the proportion of emerging market corporate debt issues at risk of default, with Brazilian and Indian firms most vulnerable, a report from McKinsey Global Institute showed.
NORTH KOREA North Korean leader Kim Jong Un arrived in Beijing on Tuesday, where he will likely brief Chinese President Xi Jinping on his summit with U.S. President Donald Trump last week, as Washington and Seoul agreed to suspend a major joint military exercise.
ZURICH The Swiss National Bank will keep its ultra-loose monetary policy in place when it gives its latest decision on Thursday, analysts polled by Reuters were unanimous in saying.
AUSTRALIA Australia’s central bank is sounding more upbeat about a pick-up in economic activity, but high household debt and slow wage growth mean interest rates are set to stay at all-time lows for some while yet, minutes of its June policy meeting showed on Tuesday.
CHINA China will soon announce a further opening of sectors to foreign investment, the China Securities Journal reported on Tuesday, extending a years-long effort to liberalize capital markets and loosen investment rules in the world’s second-biggest economy.
IRAQ Iraq on Tuesday condemned air strikes targeting forces fighting Islamic State in Iraq or Syria after Syrian state media said that U.S.-led coalition aircraft had bombed a Syrian army position near the Iraqi border, causing deaths and injuries.
US U.S. President Donald Trump threatened on Monday to impose a 10 percent tariff on $200 billion of Chinese goods, prompting a swift warning from Beijing of retaliation, as the trade conflict between the world’s two biggest economies quickly escalated.