Rocket siren in Golan a false alarm: Israeli military
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Rocket warning sirens went off on Thursday on the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, but the Israeli military quickly said it was a false alarm.
Safe-crackers called in to bust open safe at home of Malaysia’s former PM
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – Locksmiths were called in to break open an old safe inside the grand private home of Malaysia’s ousted prime minister on Thursday, as the spectacle of a police search at his residence drew the world’s media and onlookers from a…
Protest camps quiet as Gazans fast and fill sandbags
GAZA (Reuters) – Young men filled sandbags to prepare for future protests at encampments along Gaza’s Israeli border on Thursday, though tents were mostly empty as Palestinians joined Muslims around the world observing the daylight fast at the start of…
A year after Myanmar madrassas shuttered, street prayer organizers face Ramadan in jail
YANGON (Reuters) – When Cho Nwe Soe went to a Yangon court last month with her husband, she expected he would be fined for organizing prayers in the street without a permit last year, and that they could go back home to prepare for Ramadan – the Muslim…
Italian parties agree basis for government deal, say no threat to euro
ROME (Reuters) – Italy’s two anti-establishment parties agreed the basis for a governing accord on Thursday that would slash taxes, ramp up welfare spending and pose the biggest challenge to the European Union since Britain voted to leave the bloc two …
EU fears new Italian policies could set stage for next euro zone crisis
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Italy’s emerging ruling coalition is likely to put deeper euro zone integration on hold and could set the stage for the bloc’s next crisis if it delivers on its tax-cutting and high-spending policies, European policymakers and econ…
Exclusive: Malaysia’s Anwar says ‘shattered’ Najib called him twice on election night
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – Malaysia’s ousted former premier Najib Razak was “totally shattered” the night he lost the general election and called his jailed rival Anwar Ibrahim twice for advice on what he should do, Anwar said on Thursday.
North Korea says won’t hold talks with ‘incompetent’ South unless differences settled
SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korea’s chief negotiator called the South Korean government “ignorant and incompetent” on Thursday, denounced U.S.-South Korean air combat drills and threatened to halt all talks with the South unless its demands are met.
U.S. aid chief calls on Myanmar to end violence against Rohingya
DHAKA (Reuters) – The U.S. government’s aid chief called on Thursday on Myanmar to end violence against members of the Rohingya Muslim minority and to provide humanitarian workers and media unhindered access to the country.
Venezuelan challenger Falcon aspires to vote upset
CARACAS (Reuters) – Striding a small stage in a poor hillside neighborhood of Venezuela’s capital, Caracas, presidential aspirant Henri Falcon fulminates against hunger, malnutrition and hyperinflation under socialist rule.
