Scotland could hold independence vote in ‘autumn 2018’: Sturgeon
EDINBURGH (Reuters) – Scotland could hold an independence referendum in autumn 2018, just months before the United Kingdom is due to leave the European Union, Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon told the BBC.
China says more than 20,000 from Myanmar seek refuge across border
BEIJING (Reuters) – More than 20,000 people from Myanmar have flooded into border camps in neighboring China, seeking refuge from bitter fighting between ethnic groups and security forces in the country’s north, China said on Thursday.
Air strikes southeast of Syria’s Raqqa kill 23 people: Observatory
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Air strikes killed 23 civilians, including eight children, on Thursday in countryside around the northern Syrian city of Raqqa, the Islamic State’s base in Syria, a war monitoring group said.
Turkey extends post-coup probes, raids defense contractor ASELSAN – Anadolu
ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkish authorities on Thursday ordered the detention of 84 people, including employees of Turkey’s defense contractor ASELSAN, in an investigation into the network of the U.S.-based cleric blamed for a failed coup, the state-run Ana…
Death toll from Kabul hospital attack rises to 49
KABUL (Reuters) – The death toll from an attack on a military hospital in Kabul by gunmen dressed as medics has risen to 49 with dozens wounded, a senior health official said on Thursday.
China lawmaker expects debate over new civil code to intensify
BEIJING (Reuters) – Public debate over an overhaul of China’s civil law will grow over the next three years as lawmakers begin to write specific provisions that affect the lives of citizens in the world’s most populous nation, a top lawmaker said on Th…
So many cruise ships, so little space: Sydney Harbour wears out its welcome
SYDNEY (Reuters) – A parking nightmare in Sydney harbor left the giant cruise liner Radiance of the Seas unable to dock because the single berth big enough to take her was already occupied.
As far right reaps votes, immigrants face tougher times in Netherlands
GRONINGEN, Netherlands (Reuters) – Dozens of migrants are sheltering on a former hospital ship in a Dutch canal, beneficiaries of a “Bed, Bath, Bread” program for asylum seekers. But their hopes of settlement are dimming with the anti-immigrant right p…
Two Malaysians leave North Korea, leaving nine stranded
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – Two Malaysian U.N. employees were allowed to leave North Korea on Thursday, a spokeswoman for the U.N.’s World Food Programme (WFP) said, while the Malaysian government negotiated for a travel ban to be lifted on nine citizens …
Singapore considers harsher penalties for child sex crimes after public outcry
SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Singapore is considering harsher punishments for sex offences against minors, the law minister said, after a U.S. martial arts instructor was jailed for four years for having consensual sex with two 15-year-olds, prompting a rare …
