For some Russian oligarchs, sanctions risk makes Putin awkward to know
MOSCOW (Reuters) – The threat of new U.S. sanctions has spread anxiety among Russia’s wealthiest people that their association with President Vladimir Putin could land them on a U.S. government blacklist, members of the business elite say.
France finds traces of radioactive cesium in Russian mushrooms: ASN
PARIS (Reuters) – France has found traces of radioactive cesium on mushrooms imported from Russia, the head of French nuclear regulator ASN said on Thursday.
At least 800 civilians killed by coalition strikes in Iraq, Syria: report
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – At least 800 civilians have been killed in strikes in Iraq and Syria by the U.S.-led coalition fighting Islamic State since the campaign began in 2014, according to a report released by the coalition on Thursday.
Muslim holds ancient key to Jesus tomb site in Jerusalem
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – As dark falls, Adeeb Joudeh, a Muslim, makes his way through the stone alleyways of Jerusalem’s walled Old City cradling the ancient key to one of Christianity’s holiest sites.
Migration to UK plunges in year after Brexit, driven by EU citizens
LONDON (Reuters) – Net migration to Britain fell sharply in the 12 months after last year’s Brexit referendum, with more than three-quarters of the drop due to EU citizens leaving and fewer arriving, official data showed on Thursday.
The thinking behind Kim Jong Un’s ‘madness’
SEOUL (Reuters) – On an icy December day in 2011, North Korea’s new leader Kim Jong Un was accompanied by seven advisers as they escorted the hearse that carried his father, Kim Jong Il, through the streets of Pyongyang.
Hezbollah emerges a winner from Mideast turmoil, alarming foes
BEIRUT (Reuters) – When Iran declared victory over Islamic State in Syria and Iraq, it hailed the “strong and pivotal” role played by Lebanon’s Hezbollah movement.
Yet another North Korean boat found in distress in Japanese waters
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s coast guard on Thursday boarded a North Korean fishing boat near a Japanese island where the crew said they had taken shelter from rough seas, the latest in a series of North Korean vessels in distress drifting into Japanese w…
Thai politician eyes kingmaker role as election plotting starts
BANGKOK (Reuters) – An election could be a year away in army-ruled Thailand, but Anutin Charnvirakul is already eyeing a role as a potential kingmaker with ties across the traditional political divide and to the politicized generals.
Playing with fire: tens of thousands refuse to leave Bali volcano homes
KARANGASEM, Indonesia (Reuters) – Tens of thousands of villagers on the Indonesian holiday island of Bali are refusing to evacuate a 10-km (six-mile) danger zone around an erupting volcano, putting their fate in the hands of the gods or simply staying …
