China fighter plane spotted on South China Sea island: think tank
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A Chinese fighter plane has been spotted on a Chinese-held island in the South China Sea, the first such sighting in a year and the first since U.S. President Trump took office, a U.S. think tank reported on Thursday.
Mexico urges respect from U.S. for 2018 presidential election
(Reuters) – U.S. officials should be respectful of the Mexican 2018 presidential election, Mexico’s foreign minister said on Thursday, after a top U.S. security official suggested a win by a leftist candidate would be bad for both nations.
Canada police arrest U.S. man after ‘mock’ bomb found on Chicago-bound plane
TORONTO (Reuters) – A 58-year-old American man was arrested after airport officials found a “mock improvised explosive device” in a suitcase on a United Airlines flight bound for Chicago, Canadian police said on Thursday.
U.S.-educated Islamic State propagandist killed in Syria
CAIRO (Reuters) – A U.S.-Syrian Islamic State militant who helped run an online media campaign disseminating jihadist material to sympathizers around the world from its self-declared caliphate has been killed in Syria, the group said.
Kremlin TV shows Syria gas attack – without the victims
MOSCOW (Reuters) – A deadly poison gas attack in Syria this week led TV news bulletins across the West with images of the victims — children and adults struggling to breathe — front and center. In Russia, it was item 10 of 17 and the victims were not…
Cuba invites first U.N. rights investigator in a decade
GENEVA (Reuters) – Cuba has agreed to a visit by a United Nations human rights investigator for the first time in decade, inviting an expert on human trafficking this month, a U.N. statement said on Thursday.
Venezuelan opposition, security forces clash in anti-Maduro protests
CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuelan opposition protesters and security officers clashed on Thursday as the country’s fragmented opposition gained new impetus against a socialist government it blames for the country’s social and economic collapse.
Trump to be briefed on full range of military options in Syria: source
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Pentagon and the White House are in detailed discussions on military options to respond to a poison gas attack in Syria that killed scores of civilians, and which Washington has blamed on the Syrian government, a U.S. officia…
Turkey’s Erdogan slams Europe, as latest poll suggests support rising
ISTANBUL/ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan cast Europe as a “center of Nazism” on Thursday, entering the final 10 days of campaigning for a historic referendum on a wave of nationalism, the latest poll suggesting support is swinging i…
PM May and EU’s Tusk will seek to reduce tensions in Brexit talks
LONDON/BRUSSELS (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Theresa May and European Council President Donald Tusk agreed on Thursday to try to lower tensions in upcoming Brexit talks, especially over issues like Gibraltar.
