Moscow hopes Syrian opposition would attend Russia-backed congress: Interfax
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia hopes that all Syrian opposition groups will attend “Syrian Congress on National Dialogue”, which it plans to host on Nov. 18 in Sochi, Interfax news agency reported on Thursday citing Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail B…
After air strike, Israeli minister warns against arms shipments to Hezbollah
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – A senior Israeli minister on Thursday declined to comment on reports that Israeli aircraft had struck a target in Syria the night before but repeated a threat to hit arms shipments to Lebanese Hezbollah guerrillas.
Catalan secessionist leaders to appear in court, without Puigdemont
MADRID (Reuters) – Catalonia’s secessionist leaders will appear before a court in Madrid on Thursday to answer charges of rebellion and sedition, though the region’s former president Carles Puigdemont said he would not turn up.
One in five Indonesian students support Islamic caliphate: survey
JAKARTA (Reuters) – Nearly 20 percent of high school and university students in Indonesia support the establishment of a caliphate in the world’s largest Muslim-majority country over the current secular government, a new survey showed this week.
Myanmar’s Suu Kyi visits troubled Rakhine as Rohingya exodus in spate
SITTWE, Myanmar (Reuters) – Myanmar’s de facto leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, on Thursday visited areas riven by ethnic violence for the first time since hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Muslims began fleeing the country to escape a brutal military operati…
Turkish troops, Kurdish militants clash near Iraqi border, eight killed: sources
DIYARBAKIR, Turkey (Reuters) – Four members of Turkey’s security forces and four Kurdish militants were killed in a clash early on Thursday near the border between northern Iraq and southeast Turkey, security and hospital sources said.
Ousted Pakistani prime minister Nawaz Sharif returns to face trial
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Pakistan’s ousted prime minister Nawaz Sharif returned home on Thursday to face trial in an anti-corruption case he calls political revenge but opposition leaders have termed as accountability for the rich and powerful.
Myanmar’s Suu Kyi visits troubled Rakhine border district: witness
SITTWE, Myanmar (Reuters) – Myanmar’s de facto leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, visited areas hit by conflict in the western state of Rakhine on Thursday for the first time since attacks by militants from the Rohingya Muslim minority two months ago sparked a …
White House slams Russia over veto on Syria chemical weapons probe
(Reuters) – The White House admonished Russia on Wednesday after it vetoed a United Nations plan to continue an ongoing investigation that recently found Syria killed dozens of people with chemical weapons and implored the international body to renew t…
Mexico women protest violence in skeletal Day of Dead march
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Wearing black clothing and skeletal face paint, dozens of women marched in downtown Mexico City on Wednesday to commemorate the growing number of women murdered and pressure the government to put an end to what they say is the r…
