Pro-Putin party wins Russian parliamentary election
MOSCOW/UFA, Russia (Reuters) – Allies of Russian President Vladimir Putin comfortably won a parliamentary election, early results showed on Monday, but low turnout suggested a softening of enthusiasm for the ruling elite 18 months before the next presi…
Boat in fatal Thai accident was overcrowded, piloted recklessly: police
BANGKOK (Reuters) – An overcrowded tourist boat carrying Muslim pilgrims was being piloted recklessly before it capsized, killing at least 15 Thai people, officials said on Monday as divers and other rescuers searched for 11 people still missing.
Clinton, Trump to both meet with Egyptian president at U.N.
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. (Reuters) – An adviser to U.S. Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump’s campaign said on Sunday that Trump will meet with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on Monday during the United Nations General Assembly, just as Hil…
U.S., Japan, South Korea ministers discuss tougher measures against North Korea
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Foreign ministers for the United States, Japan and South Korea met in New York on Sunday, ahead of U.N. meetings, to discuss stepped-up measures against North Korea and expand collaboration with one another after Pyongyang’s fifth …
Chinese paper calls opposition to Myanmar dams ‘extreme’
BEIJING (Reuters) – Opposition to Chinese-invested hydropower schemes in Myanmar is being orchestrated by “extreme” groups in the country and has been extremely damaging to joint investment projects, an influential Chinese newspaper wrote on Monday.
Sudan threatens to close border with South Sudan within days
KHARTOUM (Reuters) – Sudan said on Sunday it would close its border with South Sudan within days if its neighbor did not expel militant groups, the government told state media.
Turkish police detain 40 over links with Islamic State: Anadolu
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkish counter-terror police detained 40 foreign nationals in raids in Istanbul over their suspected links with Islamic State, Turkey’s state-run Anadolu news agency reported on Sunday.
Two people charged in Belgium with terrorist offences
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – A man and a woman detained on Friday have been charged with terrorist offences, although the woman has been freed under conditions, federal prosecutors said on Sunday.
U.S.-led forces strike Syrian troops, prompting emergency U.N. meeting
BEIRUT/MOSCOW (Reuters) – U.S.-led coalition air strikes reportedly killed dozens of Syrian soldiers on Saturday, endangering a U.S.-Russian brokered ceasefire and prompting an emergency U.N. Security Council meeting as tensions between Moscow and Wash…
Approval of Peruvian President Kuczynski rises slightly in September
LIMA (Reuters) – The approval rating of Peru’s recently elected president Pedro Pablo Kuczynski has risen slightly in September, as Peruvians have supported his plans to spark economic growth, a survey by pollster Ipsos Peru showed on Sunday.
