Britain will not make firms name or list foreign workers
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain said it would not make companies list or name their foreign workers after an outcry from business groups and opposition politicians who said any proposal to “name and shame” employers would be divisive and discriminatory.
Russia says U.S. actions threaten its national security
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Sunday he had detected increasing U.S. hostility towards Moscow and complained about what he said was a series of aggressive U.S. steps that threatened Russia’s national security.
Last survivor of Greece’s 1967-74 military junta dies at 103
ATHENS (Reuters) – The last survivor from the right-wing junta that staged Greece’s 1967 military coup and ruled for seven years has died at the age of 103, the state-run Athens News Agency reported on Sunday.
Yemen ex-president urges attack on Saudi Arabia after air strike
DUBAI (Reuters) – Yemen’s powerful ex-president Ali Abdullah Saleh, a key ally of the country’s dominant Houthi movement, called for an escalation of attacks against their common enemy Saudi Arabia on Sunday.
Australian, Briton arrested in Bali for possession of drugs
JAKARTA (Reuters) – An Australian and a Briton residing on the resort island of Bali have been arrested on suspicion of possessing hashish, an offense that can incur jail sentences of up to 20 years, Indonesian police said in a statement on Sunday.
Russia says can protect its Syria assets if U.S. carpet bombs
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Sunday that Russia had the means to protect its assets in Syria if the United States decided to carpet bomb the Syrian government’s military air fields.
Malaysia arrests 16 for suspected militant links
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – Malaysian police said on Sunday they have arrested 16 people for suspected militant links after a two-week operation across the country.
China sentences former Yunnan party boss to death for bribery with reprieve
BEIJING (Reuters) – China has sentenced the former Communist Party boss from the southwestern province of Yunnan to death for bribery with a two-year reprieve, the latest official to fall in President Xi Jinping’s sweeping war on graft.
Ruling party in Georgia wins election – partial results
TBILISI (Reuters) – The ruling party in Georgia was on track for a comfortable win in parliamentary elections seen as a test of political stability in the former Soviet nation, partial results showed on Sunday.
Turkey says 38 Islamic State militants killed in northern Syria
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Thirty-eight Islamic State militants were killed in northern Syria over the last 24 hours, the Turkish military said on Sunday, marking an escalation of conflict in the area where Syrian rebels, backed by Turkey, are fighting the j…
