Event ‘consistent with an explosion’ detected near missing Argentine sub: navy
BAHIA BLANCA, Argentina (Reuters) – An abnormal sound detected in the South Atlantic ocean around the time that an Argentine navy submarine sent its last signal last week was “consistent with an explosion,” a navy spokesman said on Thursday.
Cambodia’s Hun Sen will fall like Mugabe, says opponent Rainsy
PARIS (Reuters) – Cambodia’s Prime Minister Hun Sen will be driven from power like President Mugabe in Zimbabwe, veteran opposition chief Sam Rainsy told Reuters on Thursday, adding that Western states should impose targeted sanctions after his party w…
Aid agencies say Yemen blockade remains, Egeland calls it ‘collective punishment’
GENEVA (Reuters) – The Saudi-led coalition’s blockade of Yemen, which has cut off food imports to a population where 7 million people are on the brink of famine, is “illegal collective punishment” of civilians, a prominent aid official said on Thursday…
Russian bombers hit Islamic State targets in Syria: RIA
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia’s defense ministry said on Thursday long-range bombers had carried out air strikes on Islamic State targets in Syria’s Deir al-Zor province, the RIA news agency reported.
Top Russian general says Moscow likely to reduce its troops in Syria
SOCHI, Russia (Reuters) – The size of the military force that Russia has in Syria is likely to be reduced, the chief of the general staff of the armed forces said on Thursday.
Object detected by U.S. navy flight is not missing Argentine sub: embassy
BAHIA BLANCA, Argentina (Reuters) – An object detected by a U.S. Navy plane near the area where a missing Argentine navy submarine sent its last signal last week turned out not to be the missing vessel, a U.S. embassy spokeswoman said on Thursday.
Russia says Google down-ranking Sputnik, RT would be censorship
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia’s foreign ministry said on Thursday that moves by Alphabet Inc’s Google to place articles from Russian news outlets Sputnik and Russia Today lower in search results would amount to censorship.
May to meet EU’s Juncker, Barnier December 4, EU confirms
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Theresa May will meet European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker and his chief Brexit negotiator in Brussels on Monday, Dec. 4, the EU executive confirmed on Thursday.
Pope faces diplomatic dilemma in Myanmar visit
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – Pope Francis visits Myanmar next week, a delicate trip for the world’s most senior Christian to a majority Buddhist country accused by Washington of the “ethnic cleansing” of Muslim Rohingya people.
U.S. ally seen clinching re-election in Honduras vote, eight years after coup
TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) – Eight years after a coup sparked by a previous president’s flirtation with a second term, voters in the poor Central American country of Honduras look poised on Sunday to re-elect their U.S.-friendly leader whose assault on gang…
