Germany detains second soldier suspected of planning ‘extremist’ attack
BERLIN (Reuters) – German police on Tuesday detained a second soldier suspected of involvement in a plan by an army officer and a student to carry out an attack, possibly on politicians who do not oppose immigration, the federal public prosecutor said….
Qatar says Syria ‘de-escalation’ plan not an alternative to political transition
DOHA (Reuters) – Qatar’s foreign minister on Tuesday welcomed a Russian-brokered agreement for “de-escalation” zones in Syria but said the plan was no substitute for a political transition that would see President Bashar al-Assad step down.
If London were Aleppo – Buckingham Palace destroyed, 4.3 million dead or displaced
BERLIN (Reuters) – The bullet-riddled, bombed-out buildings of Aleppo may bear little resemblance to London’s gleaming skyscrapers but the two cities once had much in common, something German artist Hans Hack has seized on to bring home the reality of …
Racist soldier’s militant double life shocks Germany
BERLIN (Reuters) – In January 2014, the commander of a French military academy rejected the master’s thesis of an elite German army officer under his charge for its extremist argument that human rights could lead to the genocide of Western races.
11 children, several South Korean, die in bus crash in China
BEIJING (Reuters) – Eleven young children – five South Korean and six Chinese – were killed along with their driver when their bus crashed and burst in to flames in a tunnel in China’s eastern Shandong province on Tuesday, the local government said.
Car bomb wounds 42 at supermarket in southern Thailand
PATTANI, Thailand (Reuters) – Muslim militants fighting for a separate state in the south of predominantly Buddhist Thailand were suspected of carrying out a car-bomb attack on Tuesday outside a supermarket in the city of Pattani that wounded 42 people…
Some 300 migrants storm border fence in Spanish enclave
MADRID (Reuters) – Around 300 sub-Saharan African migrants stormed the six-meter razor-wire fence between Morocco and the Spanish enclave of Melilla early on Tuesday, with around 100 successfully crossing the border, police said.
Russia showcases Arctic hardware in Red Square military parade
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia rolled out air defense systems built to operate in sub-zero Arctic conditions on Tuesday as it showcased its military might at a parade on Moscow’s Red Square.
Australia’s remote Darwin courts China even with U.S. Marines
DARWIN (Reuters) – When the United States signed an agreement in 2011 to use Australia’s tropical port of Darwin as a base for military exercises, it was viewed as a key focus of former President Barack Obama’s strategic pivot to Asia.
U.S. lawmakers visit Dalai Lama, highlight situation in Tibet
DHARAMSALA, India (Reuters) – A U.S. Congressional delegation visited the Dalai Lama at his headquarters in India on Tuesday, seeking to draw world attention to human rights in Tibet as President Donald Trump eyes warmer ties with China.
