Islamic State claims attack on house of Afghan lawmaker
JALALABAD, Afghanistan (Reuters) – Militant group Islamic State on Wednesday claimed responsibility for a suicide attack on the home of a powerful member of parliament in the eastern Afghan city of Jalalabad that killed two security guards and both att…
Police give all-clear after bomb threat at Canadian embassy in Berlin
BERLIN (Reuters) – German police said on Wednesday they had given the all-clear after employees of the Canadian embassy in Berlin evacuated their building because they had received a bomb threat.
Jordan border crossing with Iraq to reopen in major boost to ties
AMMAN (Reuters) – Jordan will open its main border crossing with Iraq on Wednesday for the first time since 2015, now that Iraqi forces have gained control of the main highway to Baghdad from Islamic State militants, both governments said.
Exclusive: Japan seeks new U.S. missile radar as North Korea threat grows – sources
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan is worried the United States has so far declined to arm it with a powerful new radar, arguing the decision makes the U.S. missile defense system it plans to install much less capable of countering a growing North Korean threat, …
Air strike near Yemen capital kills seven people: witnesses
DUBAI (Reuters) – Warplanes attacked a checkpoint outside the Yemeni capital Sanaa on Wednesday, killing five civilians in a taxi and two armed personnel manning the site, witnesses said.
Thailand’s Thaksin breaks silence to cite tyranny in ‘name of justice’
BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thailand’s former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra on Wednesday made his first public comment since his sister fled the country last week, breaking a long silence with a Twitter post that appeared to denounce the Thai justice syste…
Malaysia sets boat ablaze as it turns up heat on illegal fishing
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – Malaysia on Wednesday for the first time set fire to a foreign boat for fishing illegally in its waters as it turns up the heat on trespassing trawlers.
Ahead of Indian leader’s visit, China sees huge potential for cooperation
BEIJING/NEW DELHI (Reuters) – China on Wednesday sought to cast its strained ties with India in a positive light ahead of a likely meeting next week between President Xi Jinping and Prime Minister Narendra Modi following their most serious military con…
South Korea names top envoys to U.S., China, Japan
SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea has appointed a former diplomat and presidential economic adviser as its ambassador to the United States and also named top diplomats to China and Japan, the presidential Blue House said on Wednesday.
Thousands more Rohingya flee to border as Myanmar violence flares
COX’S BAZAR, Bangladesh (Reuters) – More than 18,000 Rohingya Muslims, many sick and some with bullet wounds, have fled the worst violence to grip northwest Myanmar in at least five years, while thousands more are stuck at the Bangladesh border or scra…
