Syria aid convoy heads for Afrin, ICRC says
GENEVA (Reuters) – An aid convoy is heading for Afrin in Syria to bring humanitarian supplies to 50,000 displaced people, Iolanda Jaquemet, a spokeswoman for the International Committee of the Red Cross, said on Thursday.
Suicide car bomb in Mogadishu leaves casualties – police
MOGADISHU (Reuters) – Somalia’s Islamist group al Shabaab set off a suicide car bomb at a security checkpoint about 15 kilometers outside the capital Mogadishu on Thursday, the group’s spokesman and a police official told Reuters.
Putin says Russia needs breakthrough in living standards
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that Russia needed a breakthrough in living standards.
Cyber attack on German government sought more sensitive data than 2015 hack: lawmaker
BERLIN (Reuters) – The latest hack of German government networks involved complex malicious software and targeted more sensitive data than a 2015 breach of the German parliament, a leading member of Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservatives said on Thur…
EU’s Tusk warns of hard border in Ireland after Brexit
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – European Council President Donald Tusk warned Britain on Thursday that its plan to leave the EU’s customs union and single market on Brexit could mean a return to a “hard border” on the island of Ireland.
Russia may end cooperation with European Court of Human Rights: RIA
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia is considering withdrawing from the European Convention on Human Rights and ending cooperation with the European Court of Human Rights, the RIA news agency reported on Thursday, citing unnamed government sources.
Russia says civilians in Syria’s Ghouta are asking to be evacuated: TASS
MOSCOW (Reuters) – The Russian military said on Thursday that civilians in Syria’s rebel-held eastern Ghouta had made numerous requests to be evacuated, the TASS news agency reported, citing Russian Major-General Vladimir Zolotukhin speaking to reporte…
China angered with U.S.-Taiwan travel bill, adding to tensions
BEIJING/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – China expressed anger on Thursday after the U.S. Senate passed a bill promoting closer U.S. ties with Taiwan, but the step drew praise from the self-ruled island which pledged to deepen cooperation.
Death toll rises to 31 in PNG quake as weather and damage hamper relief effort
SYDNEY (Reuters) – The death toll from the strongest earthquake to strike Papua New Guinea’s rugged interior in almost a century has climbed to 31 and would probably rise further, officials said on Thursday, as damage to roads, runways and phone lines …
Cambodian PM denounces ‘dogs’ for burning his effigy in Australia
PHNOM PENH (Reuters) – Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen, criticized by rights groups for a crackdown on the opposition and media, denounced protesters in Australia as dogs on Thursday for burning his effigy, days after threatening to beat them up.
