North Korea says conducts hydrogen bomb test, Trump to meet with advisers
SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korea conducted its sixth and most powerful nuclear test on Sunday, which it said was an advanced hydrogen bomb for a long-range missile, marking a dramatic escalation of the regime’s stand-off with the United States and its all…
Syrian army, allies advance towards Deir al-Zor
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Syria’s army and its allies advanced towards their enclave in Deir al-Zor, besieged by Islamic State forces, on Sunday, taking al-Kharata oil field, a war monitor reported.
Vote ruling by chief justice surprises Kenyans, but not his colleagues
NAIROBI (Reuters) – Kenya’s Supreme Court ruling to scrap last month’s presidential election was shaped by a new chief justice who proved a staunch defender of judicial independence on a continent where judges are often seen as being under the thumb of…
Iran says warns off U.S. U2 spy plane, drone
DUBAI (Reuters) – Iran’s air defenses have forced an approaching U.S. spy plane and a reconnaissance drone to change course near its air space over the past six months, a military official was quoted as saying on Sunday .
Merkel’s rivals narrow gap slightly ahead of TV debate
BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany’s center-left Social Democrats (SPD) slightly narrowed the gap with Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservatives in a poll published on Sunday, only hours before the center-right leader will face her challenger Martin Schulz in a…
North Korea says conducts hydrogen bomb test, Trump calls it a ‘rogue nation’
SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korea conducted its sixth and most powerful nuclear test on Sunday, which it said was an advanced hydrogen bomb for a long-range missile, marking a dramatic escalation of the regime’s stand-off with the United States and its all…
U.S.-led coalition says Islamic State Syria convoy split in two
BEIRUT (Reuters) – An Islamic State evacuation convoy trying to reach IS territory in east Syria has split in two, with some buses remaining in the open desert after others turned back into government-held areas, a U.S.-led coalition fighting the group…
Frankfurt starts defusing massive WWII bomb after evacuating 60,000
FRANKFURT (Reuters) – German explosives experts started to defuse a massive World War Two bomb in Frankfurt on Sunday after tens of thousands of people evacuated their homes.
Russia: U.S. closure of diplomatic sites a ‘blatantly hostile act’
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Moscow denounced the American decision to close three Russian diplomatic facilities in the United States as a “blatantly hostile act” that violated international law and demanded Washington reverse the order on Sunday.
Iran re-imposes death sentence on spiritual figure that supreme court quashed
DUBAI (Reuters) – An Iranian court has re-imposed the death penalty on the founder of a spiritual movement after the first sentence was struck down by the supreme court, the judiciary said on Sunday.
