Entrance of Syrian forces into Afrin to have serious consequences – Erdogan spokesman
ANKARA (Reuters) – Pro-Syrian government forces which tried to enter the Afrin region on Tuesday retreated after artillery fire by Turkish forces fighting a Kurdish militia there, Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan’s spokesman said on Wednesday.
Top Bahrain rights activist sentenced to five years in prison – lawyer
DUBAI (Reuters) – Prominent Bahraini rights activist Nabeel Rajab was sentenced to five years in prison on Wednesday after he was convicted over critical comments he allegedly made on Twitter about the government, his lawyer and activists said.
Gunmen kill five police in attack on South African police station
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – Gunmen killed six people in an attack on a police station in a small South African town on Wednesday, stealing quantities of weapons and a vehicle in what police were treating as a robbery.
Putin nemesis Navalny, barred from election, tries political siege
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Two young anti-Putin activists trudged through a snow-logged Moscow housing estate on a recent Saturday, putting up fliers promoting a boycott of a presidential election next month.
Syria’s Ghouta residents ‘wait to die’ as bombs fall
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Residents of Syria’s eastern Ghouta district said they were waiting their “turn to die” on Wednesday, amid one of the most intense bombardments of the war by pro-government forces on the besieged, rebel-held enclave near Damascus.
More than 60 lawmakers demand UK PM May delivers Brexit with full autonomy: BBC
LONDON (Reuters) – More than 60 lawmakers in Prime Minister Theresa May’s Conservative Party have signed a letter demanding that she deliver a Brexit that ensures “full regulatory autonomy” for Britain after it leaves in March 2019, the BBC reported.
Trump Jr. says missing out on India deals because of father’s self-imposed curbs
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump’s elder son described India as an important market for The Trump Organization but said the global company will lose out on new deals because of self-imposed restrictions put in place by his father since…
Thai junta says ‘not concerned’ about ousted PM Thaksin’s Asia tour
BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thailand is not concerned about the movement of fugitive former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra and his sister, also an ousted former leader, after recent visits by the pair to several Asian cities and meetings with members of the…
Sri Lanka bus explosion injures 19, including 12 military personnel: spokesman
COLOMBO (Reuters) – Nineteen people including 12 military personnel were injured on Wednesday in an explosion on a bus in Sri Lanka, said the military, adding they do not know the cause but suspect it may be a bomb or grenade.
Russia says Syrian ceasefire monitoring center hit in shelling: TASS
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia’s ceasefire monitoring center has been damaged by shelling from the rebel-held district of eastern Ghouta outside the Syrian capital Damascus, the TASS news agency cited Russia’s Ministry of Defense as saying late on Tuesday.
