Macron’s EU vision faces reality check at Estonia dinner
TALLINN (Reuters) – French President Emmanuel Macron can expound his ambitious new vision for the European Union when he meets his fellow EU leaders over dinner in Estonia on Thursday, but is likely to receive only a cautious hearing.
South Korea expects more provocative acts by North Korea in mid-October
SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea expects more provocative acts by North Korea next month, to coincide with the anniversary of the founding of the North Korean communist party and China’s all-important Communist Party Congress.
Yemen Houthis say U.S. citizen kidnapped by unknown gunmen
DUBAI (Reuters) – Yemen’s Houthi forces denied detaining a U.S. citizen and said he had been kidnapped by unknown gunmen in the capital Sanaa, a statement from the movement said.
Israel says it foiled planned ISIS-inspired attack at Jerusalem holy site
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel said on Thursday it had thwarted a plan by two Israeli Arabs with Islamic State sympathies to mount an attack at a contested Jerusalem holy site where a July gun ambush set off a wave of violence.
Japan calls snap election as new party roils outlook
TOKYO (Reuters) – A fledgling party led by popular Tokyo governor Yuriko Koike gained momentum on Thursday ahead of an Oct. 22 election as the biggest opposition Democratic Party said it would step aside to let its candidates run under her conservative…
Iraqi PM’s office says Turkey agrees to deal only with Baghdad on oil exports
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Turkey told Iraq it would deal only with the Iraqi government on crude oil exports, the office of Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said on Thursday.
Taiwan to allow visa-free entry for visitors from Philippines
TAIPEI (Reuters) – Taiwan will allow visa-free entry for visitors from the Philippines in hopes that the Southeast Asian nation will reciprocate the gesture, a spokesman for the self-ruled island’s cabinet said on Thursday.
Leaving nothing to chance, China increases security, social control before Congress
BEIJING (Reuters) – China is tightening security for next month’s twice-a-decade Communist Party Congress, cancelling police leave in Beijing, limiting tourism to Tibet, and clamping down on the spread of political rumors.
Speed over safety? China’s food delivery industry warned over accidents
BEIJING (Reuters) – A scooter driver in a bright blue jacket on a food delivery run dashes across a busy intersection slick with rain, hits a turning car and is hurled along the tarmac in a video posted by Chinese police warning that couriers should sl…
Aid groups call for access to Myanmar conflict zone
YANGON (Reuters) – International aid groups in Myanmar have urged the government to allow free access to Rakhine State, where an army offensive has sent 480,000 people fleeing to Bangladesh but hundreds of thousands remain cut off from food, shelter an…
