‘I just can’t choose’: French abstainers, undecideds alarm presidential hopefuls
PARIS (Reuters) – Pensioner Jeannine Delaplane, care-worker Cecile Lungeri, and millions like them are giving French presidential candidates and pollsters nightmares.
European court rules Russia mishandled Beslan school siege
STRASBOURG/MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian authorities breached European human rights laws when they stormed a school seized by Islamist militants in 2004, contributing to the deaths of more than 300 hostages, the continent’s rights court ruled on Thursday….
U.S.-backed forces launch new attacks on Islamic State in Syria: statement
BEIRUT (Reuters) – U.S.-backed forces fighting Islamic State in Syria launched a new phase of their offensive on Thursday, a statement said, but they have not yet begun to attack the militant group’s stronghold of Raqqa city in an apparent delay in the…
At Chinese border with North Korea, trade cools but few signs of strain
DANDONG, China (Reuters) – Despite heightened tension on the Korean peninsula and North Korea warning of a nuclear strike against any sign of U.S. aggression, there were few signs of strain on Thursday on the main border post between China and the recl…
German judge authorizes arrest of Iraqi detained after Dortmund blasts
BERLIN (Reuters) – A German judge authorized on Thursday the arrest of a 26-year-old Iraqi man detained after an attack on a bus carrying players of a soccer team, and prosecutors said they believed he was a member of Islamic State.
Chemical weapons experts in Turkey to investigate; UK confirms sarin use
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – Global chemical weapons investigators have gone to Turkey to collect samples as part of an inquiry into an alleged chemical weapons attack in neighbouring Syria last week that killed 87 people.
Russian tycoon sues Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny
MOSCOW (Reuters) – One of Russia’s richest businessmen has filed a lawsuit against leading Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny, court documents released on Thursday showed, after alleging that Navalny had defamed him.
Arson attempt at Le Pen campaign HQ causes minor damage: source
PARIS (Reuters) – An arson attempt left very minor damage at the Paris building where French presidential candidate Marine Le Pen has her headquarters, a police source said, and Le Pen accused leftist groups of the attack.
Tensions lurk behind Pence’s ‘partnership’ visit to Indonesia
JAKARTA (Reuters) – Washington has billed Vice President Mike Pence’s visit to Indonesia next week as a booster for the Strategic Partnership between the world’s second- and third-largest democracies, but a raft of bilateral tensions could sap the good…
Japan scrambles jet fighters at record pace as Chinese military activity rises
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s air force scrambled fighter jets to chase away foreign aircraft at record pace in the year to March 31, government figures showed on Thursday, as Chinese military activity in and around the East China Sea escalated.
