Turkey’s government says under popular pressure to drop EU talks
BLED, Slovenia (Reuters) – Turks are dismayed by the “double standards” the European Union applied to their country after the coup attempt earlier this year and are putting their government under “huge pressure” to end accession negotiations, the forei…
Tunisia fears jihadists returning home from Libya, seeks joint action
PARIS (Reuters) – North African countries should be cooperating more to stop Islamic State fighters who are fleeing their Libyan stronghold of Sirte from returning to their homelands and causing trouble there, Tunisia’s defense minister said on Tuesday…
Afghan refugees leave Pakistan over tougher measures on visits home
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – More than five times the number of Afghan refugees returned home from Pakistan in August than in July, the United Nations’ refugee office said on Tuesday, seeking to escape harassment in the host nation and stiffer measures on vis…
Obama says North Korea sanctions must be implemented after missiles fired
VIENTIANE (Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama on Tuesday urged the full implementation of sanctions against North Korea, a day after it fired ballistic missiles into the sea, adding Washington had no interest in taking an offensive approach toward …
Obama says Asia foreign policy focus not ‘a passing fad’
VIENTIANE (Reuters) – President Barack Obama said on Tuesday his push to rebalance U.S. foreign policy to focus more on Asia was not “a passing fad” of his presidency and, in a clear reference to China, said bigger countries should not dictate to small…
G20 a success for China, but hard issues kicked down the road
BEIJING (Reuters) – China is lauding its successful hosting of the G20 summit in scenic Hangzhou, with open confrontation largely avoided and broad consensus reached over the fragile state of the global economy and the need for a wide range of policies…
Ukraine’s Poroshenko says tougher to secure Western support against Russia
KIEV (Reuters) – It has become increasingly difficult for Ukraine to secure Western support in its fight against “Russian aggression” and a full-scale invasion from Russia cannot be ruled out, Ukraine’s President Petro Poroshenko said on Tuesday.
Germans test air defenses in Latvia as NATO expands in Baltics
LIELVARDE, Latvia (Reuters) – German and Latvian troops have begin a joint exercise in Latvia, not far from the Russian border, as part of a broad drive by NATO to shore up air defenses against a possible Russian attack.
Hundreds protest in Myanmar over Suu Kyi’s panel on Rohingya Muslims
SITTWE, Myanmar (Reuters) – Hundreds in Myanmar rallied on Tuesday against an advisory commission led by former U.N. chief Kofi Annan to find solutions to the conflict between the country’s Buddhists and minority Rohingya Muslims, which has cast a pall…
Bomb kills father and daughter at school in Thailand’s troubled south
BANGKOK (Reuters) – A motorcycle bomb killed a father and daughter in front of a Thai elementary school as parents were dropping off their children on Tuesday, officials said, the latest in a series of attacks in the troubled south.
