Bodies of 27 migrants recovered in west Libya, 13 in shipping container
TRIPOLI (Reuters) – The bodies of 27 migrants have been recovered in Western Libya, 13 of whom died of suffocation in a shipping container, the Red Crescent said on Thursday.
Militants kill 15 Niger soldiers in patrol ambush
NIAMEY (Reuters) – Militants ambushed an army patrol in Niger on Thursday, killing 15 soldiers and wounding 19, the Defense Ministry said, occurring in an area near the border with Mali where violent Islamists have been seeking to expand their reach.
Indonesia to raise prospect of joint patrols with Australia in South China Sea: report
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Indonesia President Joko Widodo will discuss the prospect of joint patrols with Australia in the South China Sea when he meets his counterpart Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull at the weekend.
Brazil’s Temer taps PMDB lawmaker for justice job to calm party
BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazilian President Michel Temer appointed a lower house lawmaker from his ruling PMDB party, Osmar Serraglio, to be justice minister on Thursday, a choice aimed at appeasing disgruntled members of his party.
Upset at Trump, Mexico voices ‘worry and irritation’ to U.S. envoys
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexico on Thursday expressed “worry and irritation” about U.S. policies to two of President Donald Trump’s top envoys, giving a chilly reply to the new administration’s hard line on immigration, trade and security.
Canada’s Trudeau pressured to tackle problem of asylum-seekers
OTTAWA (Reuters) – Prime Minister Justin Trudeau came under increasing pressure on Thursday to deal with asylum seekers illegally crossing into Canada from the United States to avoid a crackdown by the administration of President Donald Trump.
Sweden hits back at Trump, defends generous immigration policies
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – Sweden hit back on Thursday at criticism from U.S. President Donald Trump, defending its generous immigration policies and saying the diversity from thousands of asylum seekers would build a stronger society.
Syria’s warring sides face off as U.N. tells them: end the nightmare
GENEVA (Reuters) – Opposing sides in the Syrian war came face-to-face in U.N. peace talks for the first time in three years on Thursday, to hear mediator Staffan de Mistura implore them to cooperate to find a way out of almost six years of war.
‘Terrorist blast’ injures woman in Bahrain: Interior Ministry
DUBAI (Reuters) – A “terrorist blast” slightly injured a woman near the Bahraini capital on Thursday, the Interior Ministry said on its Twitter account, in the latest in a series of explosions in the small Western-allied kingdom.
Juncker says to push for EU at different speeds
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker said on Thursday that the EU should make it easier for some member states to deepen their integration in some areas without the whole bloc following suit.
