Karate and wooden guns: How new insurgent group stoked Myanmar crisis
SITTWE, Myanmar/LEDA, Bangladesh (Reuters) – The emergence of Harakah al Yaqin, the first Rohingya Muslim insurgent group to organize in Myanmar in decades, signals a dangerous new phase in a crisis that is increasingly attracting the attention of extremists in Pakistan and the Middle East.
Merkel’s conservatives, SPD neck-and-neck in poll
BERLIN (Reuters) – German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservatives have dropped 2 percentage points but are still a whisker ahead of their Social Democrat (SPD) rivals, a DeutschlandTrend poll released on Thursday showed, less than seven months before …
German police detain suspect after axe attack in Duesseldorf
DUESSELDORF, Germany (Reuters) – German police said they had detained a man who attacked five people at Duesseldorf central train station with an axe on Thursday.
Balkans must join the EU eventually, European leaders say
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – More Balkan states can still join the European Union if they stick to a path of economic and democratic reform, Europe’s leaders said on Thursday at a summit meant to cement the bloc’s long-term commitment to stabilize a region mir…
Syria says Turkey shelled its forces, causing deaths
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Turkey’s military shelled Syrian government forces and their allies on Thursday, causing deaths and injuries, Syrian state media quoted a military source as saying.
Silence is golden – May plays down Brexit talk at EU summit
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – It was her last EU summit before launching Brexit, but British Prime Minister Theresa May was keener to talk about pretty much anything else.
Al Qaeda appeals for help to repel Houthis in central Yemen
DUBAI (Reuters) – Yemen’s local al Qaeda wing appealed for help on Thursday to fend off an offensive by the armed Houthi movement in central Yemen, and accused the United States of coordinating attacks with the Iran-aligned group, according to an onlin…
Iran’s presence in Syrian blocks peace deal, Netanyahu tells Putin
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow on Thursday there could never be peace in Syria as long as there was an Iranian presence there.
Libyan faction takes fight to eastern commander, exposes oil port defenses
TUNIS/BENGHAZI, Libya (Reuters) – Early in the morning, small groups of armed pick-up trucks raced across the desert toward some of Libya’s biggest oil export terminals.
Czech President Zeman says he will run for second term
PRAGUE (Reuters) – Czech President Milos Zeman told supporters on Thursday he would seek a second term in 2018, ending speculation over whether he would run again.
