B-1B bomber joins U.S.-South Korea drills as tensions escalate
SEOUL (Reuters) – A U.S. B-1B bomber on Wednesday joined large-scale U.S.-South Korean military exercises that North Korea has denounced as pushing the peninsula to the brink of nuclear war, as tension mounts between the North and the United States.
Ukraine police fail to find Saakashvili in protest camp raid
KIEV (Reuters) – Dozens of Ukrainian police in riot gear raided a protest camp outside parliament early on Wednesday in a failed attempt to detain former Georgian president Mikheil Saakashvili, who was freed from custody by supporters a day earlier.
Russian lawmakers vote to bar entry to reporters of U.S. media
MOSCOW (Reuters) – The State Duma lower house of Russia’s parliament voted on Wednesday to bar correspondents of U.S. mass media, including The Voice of America and Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, from attending its sessions, the Interfax news agency …
Christine Keeler, the love triangle call girl in Britain’s biggest sex scandal, dies
LONDON (Reuters) – Christine Keeler, the woman at the center of a 1960s love triangle between a minister and Soviet naval attache that produced Britain’s biggest political sex scandal, has died at the age of 75.
Iran denies U.S. accusation of destabilizing the region
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Iran’s foreign ministry denied on Wednesday U.S. accusations that the Islamic Republic is playing a destabilizing role in the region, state media reported.
Saudi-led coalition intensifies Yemen air strikes after Saleh’s death
ADEN (Reuters) – A Saudi-led coalition intensified air strikes on Yemen early on Wednesday as the armed Houthi movement tightened its grip on the capital after it killed former president Ali Abdullah Saleh, who switched sides in the civil war.
Chinese state media takes praise for leader to new heights as Xi tightens grip
BEIJING (Reuters) – The official newspaper of China’s ruling Communist Party has lavished unusually high levels of praise on President Xi Jinping’s signature leadership, as China’s strongest leader in decades consolidates his personal power.
Britain foils Islamist suicide plot to kill PM May in Downing Street: Sky News
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain has foiled an Islamist suicide plot to kill Prime Minister Theresa May with a bomb in Downing Street, Sky news reported, citing unidentified sources.
U.S. B-1B bomber flies over Korean peninsula during military drills
SEOUL (Reuters) – A U.S. B-1B bomber flew over the Korean peninsula on Wednesday, the South Korean military said, as part of a large-scale joint aerial drill that has been denounced by North Korea as pushing the peninsula to the brink of nuclear war.
China accuses Australia of paranoia over foreign influence laws
MELBOURNE (Reuters) – China accused Australia of hysteria and paranoia on Wednesday after Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull vowed to ban foreign political donations in a move to curb external influence on its domestic politics.
