Spike in migrant boats to Spain may signal shift in Africa exodus
MADRID/DAKAR (Reuters) – The number of migrants crossing into Spain by sea from North Africa has doubled in 2017 from last year, outpacing the Libya-Italy route as the fastest growing entry point to Europe.
South Korea bomb shelters forgotten with no food, water as North Korea threat grows
SEOUL (Reuters) – Long within reach of most conventional North Korean artillery and missiles, South Korea and Japan are far from prepared if an all-out military conflict breaks out as tensions escalate over Pyongyang’s rapidly advancing nuclear weapons…
Aircraft carrier visit to Hong Kong likely heralds new era in Chinese military outreach
HONG KONG (Reuters) – Following this weekend’s historic visit of China’s first aircraft carrier, Hong Kong is expected to play host to more frequent military displays as Beijing seeks new ways of forging nationalist sentiment across the free-wheeling f…
India orders Kashmir clampdown ahead of anniversary of militant killing
SRINAGAR, India (Reuters) – Indian authorities on Friday shut down the internet in disputed Kashmir and sealed off the hometown of a slain militant leader a day before the anniversary of his killing by the army, which had fuelled further unrest across …
China prosecutes former provincial party boss over graft
BEIJING (Reuters) – China has prosecuted the former chief of the ruling Communist Party in the northeastern province of Liaoning for offences including bribery and corruption, the country’s top prosecutor said on Friday.
Gross property insurance claims for London tower fire may reach 50 million pounds: insurer
OSLO (Reuters) – The London fire that killed scores of people last month could lead to gross property and liability insurance claims of 50 million pounds ($64.80 million), the company that had insured the property said.
Police evict thousands of migrants from north Paris sidewalks
PARIS (Reuters) – French police evicted thousands of migrants living on sidewalks in an area of northern Paris as dawn broke on Friday – many of them people who fled war or strife in countries as far away as Sudan, Eritrea and Afghanistan.
U.S. bombers challenge China in South China Sea flyover
TOKYO/BEIJING (Reuters) – Two U.S bombers have flown over the disputed South China Sea, the U.S. Air Force said on Friday, asserting the right to treat the region as international territory despite China’s claim to virtually all of the waterway.
Canada pays C$10.5 million settlement to former Guantanamo inmate: Globe and Mail
(Reuters) – Canada paid a settlement of C$10.5 million ($8.1 million) to former Guantanamo Bay inmate Omar Khadr, the Globe and Mail reported on Thursday.
Hundreds show support for former Thai PM as rice scheme trial nears an end
BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thailand’s former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra arrived at a Bangkok court to shouts of encouragement from her supporters on Friday, two weeks before the final stages of a case about her involvement in a ruinously expensive sta…
