Iraqi sheep, locals, environment suffer Islamic State oil fires
QAYYARA, Iraq (Reuters) – Shepherds herd blackened flocks through the Iraqi desert. Locals cough and wheeze under vast clouds of smoke, and NASA images show oil threatening to encroach on the Tigris River, a major water source.
Japan hotelier’s Nanjing Massacre denial sparks tourism boycott calls
TOKYO (Reuters) – A Japanese hotelier’s denial of a 1937 massacre by Japanese troops in the Chinese city of Nanjing has prompted Chinese social media calls for a boycott of travel to Japan, threatening tourist arrivals days before the Lunar New Year ho…
Afghan journalists face more threats as violence spreads
KABUL (Reuters) – Afghan journalists say they are facing more risks than ever as both insurgents and unscrupulous government officials increasingly threaten, assault, and even murder reporters.
French Socialists still trail four other Presidential candidates as primary approaches: poll
PARIS (Reuters) – France’s Socialists still trail well behind four other main candidates for the French presidency days ahead of the first round of the party’s presidential primary, according to extracts from a new opinion poll published by Le Monde.
Web of investigations entangles Israel’s ‘King Bibi’
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Benjamin Netanyahu has spent 30 years in public office, including 11 years as Israel’s prime minister, but this year his political future is being called into question as seldom before.
Indonesia jails Briton for sexually abusing teen
MATARAM, Indonesia (Reuters) – A court in the eastern Indonesian holiday island of Lombok on Thursday sentenced a British man to five years in prison for sexually abusing a teenage boy, the man’s lawyer said.
Kremlin hits out at Obama, says was always ready for nuclear arms cuts
MOSCOW (Reuters) – The Kremlin on Thursday disputed a statement by outgoing U.S. President Barack Obama on nuclear arms cuts, saying Russia had always been ready to consider making proportional cuts to its arsenal.
Russia’s Lavrov says U.S. invited to Astana talks on Syria: RIA
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Thursday that the United States had been invited to upcoming talks on the Syria conflict that are to take place in the Kazakh capital, Astana, later this month, RIA news agency reported….
UK PM May says Britain faces momentous change as it leaves EU
DAVOS, Switzerland (Reuters) – Britain is facing a period of momentous change following its decision to leave the European Union and will need to forge a new role in the world, Prime Minister Theresa May told the World Economic Forum in Davos on Thursd…
The world according to Park: a blacklist and placenta shots in South Korea
SEOUL (Reuters) – In a tumultuous four years in power, South Korean President Park Geun-hye has been criticized for her handling of a ferry disaster and the running of the economy, and also for bizarre episodes involving beauty treatments and bulk buyi…
