In busy day for rescues at sea, migrants cheer when told ‘Libya is over’
ABOARD THE AQUARIUS RESCUE SHIP (Reuters) – Rescues began at dawn on Thursday and by the end of the day some 2,300 migrants had been pulled off 22 wooden and rubber boats in the Mediterranean, with many rejoicing when rescuers told them that their long…
Brazil’s Supreme Court approves probe into Temer: Globo TV
SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Brazil’s Supreme Court has approved an investigation of President Michel Temer after he was purportedly taped agreeing to bribe a powerful witness in a sprawling anti-graft investigation, Globo TV reported on Thursday without citi…
Merkel’s SPD rival turns to education after poll setbacks
BERLIN (Reuters) – Chancellor Angela Merkel’s Social Democrat (SPD) rival promised on Thursday to raise spending on education in Germany to above the OECD average in a bid to regain momentum before September’s national election.
Bridge collapses in western Indian state, several feared dead
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – An metal footbridge over the Zuari river in the western Indian state of Goa collapsed late on Thursday evening, killing several people who had gathered on the bridge after an alleged suicide attempt, local police said.
Congo authorities recapture 179 prisoners after mass escape, mayor says
KINSHASA (Reuters) – Congolese authorities said on Thursday they had recaptured 179 fugitives who broke out of the capital’s main prison, in a mass escape that underscored growing security concerns since President Joseph Kabila refused to step down fro…
Turkey ready to wage more campaigns like Euphrates Shield, Erdogan says
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkey will not hesitate to carry out further operations like its Euphrates Shield campaign in northern Syria, or retaliate if it faces a threat from the YPG militia, President Tayyip Erdogan said on Thursday.
New ferry links North Korea and Russia despite U.S. calls for isolation
VLADIVOSTOK, Russia (Reuters) – A new ferry between isolated North Korea and Russia docked for the first time at the Pacific port of Vladivostok on Thursday, in spite of U.S. calls for countries to curtail relations with Pyongyang over its nuclear and …
Fresh Syria peace talks off to another stumbling start
GENEVA (Reuters) – Syria peace talks hosted by the United Nations in Geneva spawned a new series of meetings on Thursday with no hint of tangible progress toward a deal to end the six-year-old civil war.
In tight Iran race, outspoken Rouhani breaks political taboos
ANKARA (Reuters) – Known for years as a mild-mannered cleric, Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani has reinvented himself as a rabble-rousing political street fighter to shore up his chances in an unexpectedly tight race against a united conservative bloc.
South Africa’s Zuma says spate of women and child murders ‘a crisis’
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – South African President Jacob Zuma said on Thursday that a spate of violent attacks against women and children represented a national “crisis” as he visited the family of a three-year old girl who was raped and killed.
