Borussia Dortmund bomb suspect to stand trial for attempted murder
FRANKFURT (Reuters) – A German-Russian man suspected of detonating three bombs targeting the Borussia Dortmund soccer team bus in April is due to appear in a German court on Thursday, charged with 28 counts of attempted murder.
Dying for a paycheck: the Russian civilians fighting in Syria
ORENBURG, Russia (Reuters) – When Vladimir Kabunin signed up as a private military contractor, he saw a chance to make a wage much higher than any he could earn in his provincial Russian hometown.
South Africa’s Standard Bank urges Ramaphosa to lift economy
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – South Africa’s biggest lender by assets, Standard Bank, urged the newly elected leadership of the ruling ANC party on Thursday to urgently implement sweeping reforms to restore investor confidence and reverse economic decline.
Car plows into pedestrians in Australia’s Melbourne, up to 15 hurt
MELBOURNE (Reuters) – A car plowed into pedestrians at a crowded intersection in the Australian city of Melbourne on Thursday, injuring up to 15 people, police said, adding they had arrested the driver and a second man.
Australia finds wreck of first Allied submarine to sink in World War One
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia has discovered the wreck of its first submarine off the coast of Papua New Guinea, authorities said on Thursday, resolving one of the country’s oldest naval mysteries after more than a century.
U.S. creating ‘sensational hype’ over China’s military modernization: ministry
BEIJING (Reuters) – The United States has created “sensational hype” over China’s military modernization, the defense ministry has said in reaction to a White House report branding China a competitor seeking to challenge U.S. power.
British PM May forces her deputy to resign over pornography scandal
LONDON (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Theresa May forced her most senior minister, Damian Green, to resign for lying about whether he knew pornography had been found on computers in his parliamentary office.
Indian court acquits all accused in 2G telecoms case
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – An Indian court on Thursday acquitted a former telecoms minister, politicians and business executives of graft and money laundering charges in the grant of telecoms licenses due to lack of evidence in one of the country’s biggest …
India’s special court acquits all accused in 2G telecoms case
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – A special court in India on Thursday acquitted a former telecoms minister, politicians and several business executives of graft and money laundering charges in the grant of telecoms licenses in one of the country’s biggest graft s…
Mexico arrests former high-ranking PRI official in corruption probe
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexican authorities on Wednesday arrested a former high-ranking official of President Enrique Pena Nieto’s party in a corruption investigation in the northern state of Chihuahua, the state’s governor said.
