India, China navies stop suspected Somali pirate attack on merchant vessel
DELHI (Reuters) – A Chinese navy ship supported by an Indian navy helicopter thwarted an attack by suspected Somali pirates on a Tuvalu-flagged merchant ship, India’s defense ministry said on Sunday.
Exclusive: At strategic shoal, China asserts power through control, and concessions
SCARBOROUGH SHOAL, South China Sea (Reuters) – Far out in the South China Sea, where dark blue meets bright turquoise, a miles-long row of fishing boats anchor near Scarborough Shoal, backed by a small armada of coastguard projecting China’s power in A…
G7 ministers look to persuade Russia to abandon Syria’s Assad
LUCCA, Italy (Reuters) – Foreign ministers from the Group of Seven (G7) major industrialized nations met in Italy on Monday, looking to put pressure on Russia to break its ties with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.
Trump aides differ over Assad’s future after Syria attack
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Top aides to President Donald Trump demurred on Sunday over where U.S. policy on Syria was headed after last week’s retaliatory missile strike, leaving open questions about whether removing Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad from powe…
Venezuela Socialists’ election strategy? Block adversaries
CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuela’s move to bar two-time presidential candidate Henrique Capriles from public office for 15 years looked like an unusually brazen blow at the opposition but is just the logical extension of a strategy that has emerged as the…
Stockholm attack suspect is Uzbek denied residency in Sweden
HJULSTA, Sweden (Reuters) – The arrested man suspected by police of killing four people by ramming a truck into crowds in Stockholm is a 39-year-old from Uzbekistan who had been denied permanent residency in Sweden and who had expressed sympathy for Is…
Tillerson: Syria strike a message to others, including North Korea
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. military strikes against Syria over its alleged use of chemical weapons are a warning to other nations, including North Korea, that “a response is likely” if they pose a danger, U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said on …
Fillon, Melenchon seek last-gasp boost in French presidential election
PARIS/MARSEILLE (Reuters) – Two of the outside contenders in France’s presidential election, Francois Fillon and Jean-Luc Melenchon, whipped up support with mass rallies on Sunday, seeking a last-gasp boost ahead of an increasingly tight first voting r…
Norway raises threat level after Oslo bomb scare
OSLO (Reuters) – Norwegian police raised the country’s security threat level following the discovery of an explosive device in central Oslo late on Saturday.
Migrants in Turkey pray for return to Syria, work farms to survive
REYHANLI, Turkey (Reuters) – Ahmad Mustafa fled northern Syria to Turkey four months ago, badly injuring his hand along the way.
