Thousands evacuated in New Zealand amid Cyclone Debbie floods
WELLINGTON/SYDNEY (Reuters) – Rescue workers used tractors and boats to evacuate thousands of people at the top of New Zealand’s North Island on Thursday as flood waters from ex-Cyclone Debbie surged in what meteorologists said was a once-in-500 year e…
Australia says has information on possible Gallipoli terror attack
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia said on Thursday it had received information that terrorists may be planning to attack a World War One commemoration service at Gallipoli in Turkey later in the month.
Japan education reforms stir memories of wartime indoctrination
TOKYO (Reuters) – A push for patriotic content on the ethics syllabus on Japanese schools is rekindling fears that children will be taught to take a less critical view of the country’s militarist past and a more submissive attitude to government.
Australia, PNG to discuss future of controversial asylum seeker camp
SYDNEY (Reuters) – The future of an Australia’s controversial asylum-seeker detention center in Papua New Guinea will be discussed during a two-day visit by Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull to the Pacific island nation starting Friday.
Little progress reining in North Korea, U.S. commander says before Trump-Xi summit
TOKYO/SEOUL (Reuters) – Diplomatic and economic measures taken to rein in North Korea’s missile program have not had the desired effect, a senior U.S. military commander said on Thursday after the North’s latest test triggered a flurry of calls among w…
French presidential front-runner Macron urges military intervention in Syria
PARIS (Reuters) – French centrist Emmanuel Macron sought to establish his presidential credentials on Thursday by calling for international military intervention against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad if he is proved to have used chemical weapons.
Germany investigating 20 Turks on suspicion of spying: Die Welt
BERLIN (Reuters) – German authorities are investigating 20 Turkish citizens on suspicion of conducting espionage in Germany, a newspaper reported on Thursday.
Japan PM Abe says he, Trump agree North Korea missile launch a ‘serious threat’
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said on Thursday that he and U.S. President Donald Trump agreed in a telephone call that North Korea’s latest ballistic missile launch was “a dangerous provocation and a serious threat.”
Trump, Merkel discuss Ukraine, Afghanistan by phone: White House
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump and German Chancellor Angela Merkel discussed several issues including the conflict in eastern Ukraine and the situation in Afghanistan during a telephone conversation on Wednesday, the White House sai…
After grueling journey, Mosul’s displaced find refuge in camp
HAMMAM AL-ALIL CAMP, Iraq (Reuters) – The husband of Orouba Abdelhamid was killed in a rocket strike when Iraqi government forces arrived in her home city Mosul as part of the military campaign to expel Islamic State fighters.
