Sanctions short-circuit Russia’s electricity plans for annexed Crimea
MOSCOW/SEVASTOPOL, Crimea(Reuters) – Russia’s $1.3 billion plan to build two new power plants in Crimea aimed to show that Moscow could complete high-tech projects on the annexed peninsula despite Western technology sanctions.
Israel strikes arms depot near Damascus airport: sources
AMMAN/BEIRUT (Reuters) – Israeli warplanes struck a weapons supply hub operated by Lebanese group Hezbollah near Damascus airport on Thursday, targeting arms sent from Iran in commercial and military cargo aircraft, Syrian rebel and regional intelligen…
Germany’s poor hold key to election as inequality grows
DORTMUND, Germany (Reuters) – For all its economic success, Germany has a growing problem with inequality and poverty, and yet Chancellor Angela Merkel seems to be deflecting the blame so far as the battlelines are drawn for elections in September.
Hong Kong police arrest more political activists: parties
HONG KONG (Reuters) – Hong Kong police arrested nine democracy activists on Thursday over a November protest outside Beijing’s representative office in the city, opposition parties said, in what one of the activists said was a campaign to stifle opposi…
Thailand to seek arrest warrant for Red Bull heir
BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thailand’s attorney general said on Thursday it would seek the arrest of an heir to the Red Bull fortune after he failed to meet prosecutors over an alleged hit-and-run that killed a police officer five years ago.
Militants kill three Indian soldiers in attack on base in Kashmir
SRINAGAR, India (Reuters) – Separatist militants killed three Indian soldiers in the early hours of Thursday morning in an attack on a military army base in Kashmir, close to a de facto border with Pakistan, the army said.
Hooded youths in Venezuela mar opposition efforts at peaceful protest
CARACAS (Reuters) – Protesters blocked a highway in Venezuela’s capital Caracas for nearly eight hours this week in an effort to show the opposition’s dedication to civil disobedience as their main tool to resist President Nicolas Maduro.
Civilian casualties decline slightly in Afghanistan: U.N. report
KABUL (Reuters) – Civilians casualties caused by the war in Afghanistan declined slightly in the first three months of 2017, the United Nations said on Thursday, a rare drop that officials attributed mostly to residents fleeing areas of fighting.
Multiple strikes hit Damascus airport base used by Iranian-backed forces: Syrian rebel sources
AMMAN (Reuters) – Multiple dawn strikes hit an ammunition depot complex near Damascus airport used by Iranian-backed forces supplied via an air corridor between the Syrian capital and Tehran, said two senior rebel sources operating in the Damascus area…
U.S. says ‘major conflict’ with North Korea possible, China warns of escalation
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said a “major, major conflict” with North Korea was possible over its nuclear and ballistic missile programmes, while China said the situation on the Korean peninsula could escalate or slip out of cont…
