Erdogan says Turkey will soon close Iraq border and air space
ANKARA (Reuters) – President Tayyip Erdogan said on Thursday that Turkey would soon close its border with northern Iraq and shut its air space in response to last week’s Kurdish independence referendum.
Venezuela’s unrest, food scarcity take psychological toll on children
LOS TEQUES, Venezuela (Reuters) – Venezuelan siblings Jeremias, 8, and Victoria, 3, were in their pajamas and preparing to go to bed when a tear gas canister smashed through their family’s kitchen window in early July.
Saudi king tells Putin Iraqi territorial integrity must be preserved
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia’s King Salman said at the start of talks in Moscow with Russian leader Vladimir Putin on Thursday that the territorial integrity of Iraq must be preserved.
Row over Pakistani paramilitary unit fuels political confusion
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – An unexplained dispute between Pakistan’s interior minister and an elite paramilitary unit under his command is adding to political confusion in Islamabad, prompting questions about a rift in ties between civilian leaders and the …
U.S. confirms three soldiers killed, two injured in Niger attack
DAKAR (Reuters) – Three U.S. soldiers were killed and two others injured in an attack in southwest Niger on a joint patrol with Nigerien troops, U.S. Africa Command said in a statement on Thursday.
After British PM May’s speech fiasco, her party puzzles: Who next?
LONDON (Reuters) – It was meant to be the speech that rescued Theresa May’s premiership, but her public humiliation before the assembled Conservative Party has thrust her own future into doubt.
U.S. condemns arrest of Istanbul consulate worker
ANKARA (Reuters) – A U.S. consulate employee in Istanbul was arrested on charges of links to a cleric blamed for last year’s failed coup, Turkish authorities said on Thursday, a move condemned by Washington as baseless and damaging to ties between the …
Nerve agent VX found on shirts of women accused of North Korean murder, expert says
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – Traces of a deadly nerve agent that killed the estranged half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un were found on the clothes worn by the two women accused of the sensational murder, a Malaysian court was told on Thursday….
Thai court issues second arrest warrant for fugitive former PM Yingluck
BANGKOK (Reuters) – A Thai criminal court has issued a second arrest warrant for former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra, who fled the country weeks ago before she was sentenced to jail in absentia, police said on Thursday.
Islamic State’s last stronghold in northern Iraq falls
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Iraqi forces have captured Islamic State’s last stronghold in northern Iraq, the military said on Thursday, leaving the militant group holed up in pockets of land by the Syrian border, across which its self-proclaimed “caliphate” on…
