Syrian on trial in Austria for suspected killing of 20 Assad troops
VIENNA (Reuters) – A Syrian asylum seeker went on trial in Austria on Wednesday accused of killing 20 government soldiers fighting for President Bashar al-Assad near the city of Homs, a court spokesman said.
Groundhog day in Geneva: old questions haunt Syria talks
GENEVA (Reuters) – When Syria peace talks restart in Geneva on Thursday after 10 months in the deep-freeze, familiar disagreements are likely to resurface, despite massive changes in the military and political context.
Russia’s Lavrov says Moscow waits for U.S. suggestions on cooperation in Syria
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia waits for the United States to come up with proposals on a possible cooperation in Syria, Interfax news agency quoted Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov as saying on Wednesday.
German police at school in Menden after report of armed man there
BERLIN (Reuters) – German police said on Wednesday that they had deployed forces to a school in the town of Menden near Dortmund, where a media report said there was an armed man.
Cyprus reunification stalled in row over 1950 vote
ANKARA/ATHENS (Reuters) – Cyprus reunification talks were in disarray on Wednesday after reports the Turkish Cypriot side would not join this week’s meeting because of the commemoration by Greek Cypriots of a plebiscite on union with Greece more than 6…
Britain’s top court backs government on immigration income test
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s top court backed a government attempt to limit immigration by ruling on Wednesday that an income test for those who want to bring their non-European spouses to the UK is acceptable and does not infringe human rights.
Exclusive: China finishing South China Sea buildings that could house missiles – U.S. officials
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – China, in an early test of U.S. President Donald Trump, has nearly finished building almost two dozen structures on artificial islands in the South China Sea that appear designed to house long-range surface-to-air missiles, two U…
Ex-Hong Kong leader jailed in fall from ‘such a height’
HONG KONG (Reuters) – Former Hong Kong leader Donald Tsang was jailed for 20 months on Wednesday for misconduct in public office, making him the most senior city official to serve time behind bars in a ruling some said reaffirmed the financial hub’s va…
Lawyers for South Korea’s Park accuse court reviewing impeachment of bias
SEOUL (Reuters) – Lawyers for South Korean President Park Geun-hye accused one of the judges reviewing her impeachment of bias on Wednesday and asked him to excuse himself, in a dramatic twist in a case engulfing members of the political and business e…
Pope appeals for urgent food aid to help famine-stricken South Sudan
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – Pope Francis called on Wednesday for urgent humanitarian aid for the starving people of South Sudan, saying millions risked being “condemned to death” by a famine in parts of the war-ravaged country.
