Warplanes kill seven, injure 70 in Syria’s Deir al-Zor: Observatory
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Air strikes pounded a town in the eastern Syrian province of Deir al-Zor on Thursday, killing seven civilians and injuring more than 70 others, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.
Fatal Belgian rail accident caused by speeding train: prosecutors
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – A Belgian railway accident that killed one person last month was the result of the train traveling at more than double the speed limit, prosecutors said on Thursday.
One of China’s ‘most-wanted’ fugitives returns from U.S. to surrender
BEIJING (Reuters) – A former employee of a state-owned newspaper who figured among China’s 100 “most-wanted” fugitives has returned from the United States to turn himself in, the top anti-graft body said on Thursday, as China mapped out its strategy on…
Merkel tells Turkey to stop Nazi references; Turkey repeats comparison
BERLIN/ISTANBUL (Reuters) – German Chancellor Angela Merkel told Turkey to stop invoking Berlin’s Nazi past in criticizing cancellations of Turkish ministers’ rallies in Germany, and said she would do everything possible to keep Turkish domestic confli…
Turkey’s Syria plans face setbacks as Kurds see more U.S. support
ANKARA/BEIRUT (Reuters) – Turkey has lost momentum in the war for northern Syria as the United States draws on Kurdish allies in the assault on Islamic State-held Raqqa, but Ankara is still pressing Washington for a deal that allays its fears of Kurdis…
South Korea struggles to retaliate in missile spat with China
SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korean firms have had a torrid time in China since Seoul dismissed Chinese objections and approved a new missile defense system, but for all the discriminatory tactics Korean firms say they are victims of, there is little Seoul …
Special Report : Aircraft carriers, championed by Trump, are vulnerable to attack
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Last week, President Donald J. Trump chose the deck of the newest U.S. aircraft carrier, the $13 billion USS Gerald R. Ford, for a speech extolling his planned boost in military spending.
EU snubs Poland by keeping Tusk in top post
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The leaders of the European Union delivered a withering snub to Poland’s right-wing government on Thursday by steamrolling its objections and reappointing former Polish premier Donald Tusk to chair their summits.
Singapore ‘closely studying’ U.N. report on North Korea arms trade
SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Singapore’s government was “closely studying” a United Nations report that linked a local company to a North Korean firm involved in the sales of arms, the foreign ministry said on Thursday.
Thai officials raise prospect of disrobing renegade monk
BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thailand’s top religious council will consider the case of a renegade monk being hunted by police and steps that could go as far as disrobing him, a senior official said on Thursday.
