Thai police end search of temple without finding monk
BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thai police ended their search of Thailand’s biggest temple on Friday after laying siege to it for more than three weeks without finding the former abbot, who is wanted for suspected money-laundering.
Berlin: Expect Turkey has heard our messages not to use Nazi comparisons
BERLIN (Reuters) – The German government believes the Turkish government has heard its pleas not to use Nazi comparisons in an escalating row about appearances by Turkish politicians in Germany, a spokesman for the German foreign ministry said on Frida…
Benelux wants to discuss EU future with central, eastern Europe
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg, the so-called Benelux countries, invited Poland, the Czech Republic, Hungary and Slovakia for talks in the Netherlands on the future of the European Union, Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte sa…
Kremlin says President Putin met new Exxon CEO
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters on Friday that President Vladimir Putin had met new Exxon Mobil chief executive officer Darren Woods on Thursday.
Helicopter with business executives crashes in Istanbul, killing all aboard
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – A helicopter carrying an executive of the Turkish Eczabicasi group and four Russians, including the firm’s Russian operations chief, crashed in Istanbul on Friday, killing all seven people on board, the city’s mayor was quoted as s…
China urges ‘out of the box’ thinking on North Korea
BEIJING (Reuters) – China on Friday called for all parties involved in the dispute over North Korea’s nuclear and missile program to think “out of the box” to reach a resolution.
Russian police detain prominent Putin critic after his prison release: wife
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Police in Moscow detained prominent anti-Kremlin activist Ildar Dadin on Friday, less than two weeks after he was released from prison, when he staged a one-man demonstration outside Russia’s prison service, his wife and eye witnesse…
U.S.-backed SDF says it can capture Syrian city of Raqqa
BEIRUT (Reuters) – U.S.-backed Syrian militias said on Thursday they have enough forces to capture the city of Raqqa from Islamic State with support from the U.S.-led coalition, underlining their opposition to any Turkish role in the attack.
France’s Juppe backs Fillon, says ‘not leaving the ship’
PARIS (Reuters) – Former prime minister Alain Juppe on Friday backed Francois Fillon’s French presidential bid and became one of his sponsors, a bid to heal party divisions just days after he sharply criticized the conservative candidate in a speech.
Turkey seeks to build Syrian military cooperation with Russia
MOSCOW/ANKARA (Reuters) – President Tayyip Erdogan sought to build cooperation with Russian leader Vladimir Putin on Friday over military operations in Syria, as Turkey attempts to create a border “safe zone” free of Islamic State and the Kurdish YPG m…
