Cuban dissidents in electoral challenge as Castro era nears end
HAVANA (Reuters) – Opponents of the Cuban government are putting forward an unprecedented number of candidates for municipal elections in late October, the first step in a process to select a new president after nearly 60 years of the Castro brothers’ …
U.S. Navy to transport damaged destroyer from Singapore to Japan
SINGAPORE (Reuters) – The U.S. Navy plans to transport the USS John S. McCain to Japan for a full damage assessment after a collision last month in which ten sailors died between Malaysia and Singapore.
Aid convoy reaches Syria’s Deir al-Zor after three-year siege
BEIRUT (Reuters) – A convoy of aid arrived at Deir al-Zor in eastern Syria on Thursday, bringing supplies to soldiers and civilians days after the Syrian army broke a three-year Islamic State siege, Syrian state media reported.
Germany disputes size of Russian wargames, predicts 100,000 troops
TALLINN (Reuters) – Germany said on Thursday that Russia was planning to send more than 100,000 troops to war games on NATO’s eastern flank this month, disputing Moscow’s version that only 13,000 Russian and Belarussian servicemen would participate.
China agrees more U.N. actions needed against North Korea after nuclear test
BEIJING/VLADIVOSTOK, Russia (Reuters) – China said on Thursday it agreed the United Nations should take more action against North Korea after its latest nuclear test, while pushing for more dialogue to resolve the crisis on the Korean peninsula.
UK’s Prince George starts school, pregnant mum Kate too ill to go
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s Prince George, the great-grandson of Queen Elizabeth and third-in-line to the throne, started school on Thursday but without his pregnant mother Kate to support him because she is suffering from severe morning sickness.
Germans most afraid of terrorism, secure about finances: study
BERLIN (Reuters) – Fear of terrorism, political extremism and social tension due to mass migration are Germans’ top concerns as they prepare to vote in a federal election, a survey showed on Thursday.
French make third arrest in terrorism probe after explosives find
PARIS (Reuters) – French police are questioning three people after a raid where explosive materials were found at a flat near Paris, Interior Minister Gerard Collomb said on Thursday.
Putin rues awarding U.S. top diplomat Tillerson Russian state honor
VLADIVOSTOK, Russia (Reuters) – Vladimir Putin took a jab at Rex Tillerson on Thursday, joking that the U.S. Secretary of State had “fallen in with the wrong company” since he had awarded him a Russian state honor for his contribution to Russian-U.S. r…
Suu Kyi says Myanmar trying to protect all citizens in strife-torn state
YANGON/COX’S BAZAR, Bangladesh (Reuters) – Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi said on Thursday her government was doing its best to protect everyone in the strife-torn state of Rakhine, as the estimated number of Rohingya Muslims who have fled to Banglade…
