Somalia says it requested U.S. air strike which killed 100 militants
MOGADISHU (Reuters) – Somalia’s government said on Wednesday it had requested the U.S. air strike which killed more than 100 suspected militants on the previous day to help pave the way for an upcoming ground offensive against Islamist militant group a…
Thailand arrests woman wanted over deadly 2015 bombing at shrine
BANGKOK (Reuters) – Police in Thailand on Wednesday arrested a woman wanted in connection with a 2015 bombing in Bangkok that killed 20 people, 14 of them foreign tourists.
Ex-Bosnian Serb commander Mladic convicted of genocide, gets life in prison
THE HAGUE (Reuters) – A U.N. tribunal on Wednesday convicted ex-Bosnian Serb military commander Ratko Mladic of genocide and crimes against humanity for massacres of Bosnian Muslims and ethnic cleansing campaigns to forge a “Greater Serbia”, and jailed…
Lebanon’s PM Hariri shelves resignation, easing crisis
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Lebanon’s Saad al-Hariri on Wednesday shelved his decision to resign as prime minister at the request of President Michel Aoun, easing a crisis that had deepened tensions in the Middle East.
Norway’s police downgrade threat level
OSLO (Reuters) – Norwegian police said on Wednesday they had lowered the national threat assessment, but still regarded an attack by militants as a possibility.
Egypt detains 29 people on suspicion of espionage for Turkey
CAIRO (Reuters) – Egypt’s public prosecutor has ordered the detention of 29 people suspected of espionage on behalf of Turkey and joining a terrorist organization, state news agency MENA reported on Wednesday.
North Korea calls terror relisting ‘serious provocation’ by Trump: state media
SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korea denounced on Wednesday U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision to relist it as a state sponsor of terrorism, calling it a “serious provocation and violent infringement”, North Korean state media reported.
Escape from North Korea: video shows defector under fire
SEOUL (Reuters) – A North Korean border guard briefly crossed the border with the South in the chase for a defector last week – a violation of the ceasefire accord between North and South, a video released on Wednesday by the U.N. Command (UNC) in Seou…
China says hopes South Korea continues to appropriately handle THAAD issue
BEIJING (Reuters) – Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi told his South Korean counterpart Kang Kyung-wha on Wednesday that Beijing hopes Seoul continues to appropriately handle their dispute over the deployment of a U.S. anti-missile system in South Korea…
U.S. Navy plane crashes in Philippine Sea, three missing
TOKYO (Reuters) – A U.S. Navy transport plane carrying 11 people crashed in the Philippine Sea south of Japan on Wednesday as it flew to the aircraft carrier Ronald Reagan and three people were missing, in the latest Navy accident in the region.
