Kidnapped Ukrainian MP found unharmed, attackers detained: prosecutor
KIEV (Reuters) – A Ukrainian lawmaker kidnapped in the southern city of Odessa earlier on Thursday has been found unharmed and his attackers have been detained, the local prosecutor’s office said.
Bomb kills at least 10 in shopping district in Pakistan’s Lahore
LAHORE, Pakistan (Reuters) – A bomb blast in an upscale shopping center in Pakistan’s eastern city of Lahore killed at least 10 people on Thursday, a provincial government spokesman said, the latest attack in a surge of violence that has shaken the cou…
French police clash with youths at protest rally, arrest eight
PARIS (Reuters) – Hundreds of French high-school students staged an unauthorized anti-police rally on Thursday, blocking the entrances to a dozen schools in Paris in the latest in a series of protests over the alleged rape of a young black man with a p…
Dutch anti-Islam leader Geert Wilders cancels events due to security leak
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – Dutch anti-Islam politician Geert Wilders, who is leading polls ahead of March 15 elections, said on Thursday in a post on Twitter that he has canceled all public appearances after a security leak.
North Korea raps old ally China after China’s ban on coal
SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korea issued a rare reproach of China on Thursday saying its main diplomatic backer was “dancing to the tune” of the United States for halting North Korean coal imports because of its nuclear and missile programs.
German suspected of planning violent act against state detained-prosecutors
BERLIN (Reuters) – German prosecutors said on Thursday that a 26-year-old German man suspected of preparing an act of violent subversion against the state had been detained.
King of Spain’s brother-in-law avoids jail while appealing tax-fraud conviction
MADRID (Reuters) – A Spanish court decided on Thursday not to hold the King of Spain’s brother-in-law in custody while he awaits an appeal against a six-year jail sentence for charges including tax fraud and money laundering.
Philippines to defend Duterte’s drug war at U.N. rights body
MANILA (Reuters) – The Philippine foreign minister on Thursday said he would tell a United Nations rights body that the killings in President Rodrigo Duterte’s war on drugs were not state-sponsored.
China promises not to build in disputed shoal: Philippines
MANILA (Reuters) – Chinese President Xi Jinping has promised his Philippine counterpart that China would not build structures on a rocky outcrop both countries claim in the South China Sea, a Philippine government minister said on Thursday.
China military says aware of U.S. carrier in South China Sea
BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s defense ministry said on Thursday it was aware of the presence of a U.S. aircraft carrier strike group in the South China Sea and China respected freedom of navigation for all countries in the waters there.
