At least 19 Congolese dead, 45 wounded by gunshot in anti-Kabila protests: U.N.
KINSHASA (Reuters) – The U.N. mission in Democratic Republic of Congo has confirmed 19 deaths and 45 injuries from gunshots during protests on Tuesday against President Joseph Kabila for overstaying his mandate, the human rights director said on Wednes…
EU to boost border checks on cash, gold to tackle ‘terrorism financing’
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Commission proposed tightening controls on cash and precious metals transfers from outside the EU on Wednesday, in a bid to shut down one route for funding of militant attacks on the continent.
Japan to bolster coastguard amid island dispute with China
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan will step up efforts to bolster its coastguard as a territorial dispute with China over a group of East China Sea islets shows no signs of abating, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said on Wednesday.
Hezbollah using U.S. weaponry in Syria: senior Israeli military officer
TEL AVIV (Reuters) – Israel has informed the United States that Lebanese Hezbollah fighters in Syria are using U.S. armored personnel carriers originally supplied to the Lebanese Army, a senior Israeli military officer said on Wednesday.
U.S. returns some land on Japan’s Okinawa, largest transfer since ’72
TOKYO (Reuters) – The United States and Japan held a ceremony on Wednesday marking the U.S. military’s return of nearly 10,000 acres (4,046 hectares) of land on Okinawa island to the Japanese government, the largest transfer since 1972.
Iraqi forces in Mosul mostly in refit mode: U.S. general
ERBIL, Iraq (Reuters) – Iraqi forces battling to retake Islamic State’s last major stronghold – Mosul – have entered a planned operational refit, a top U.S. general in the international coalition backing Baghdad said, the first significant pause of the…
Kremlin: Too early to say who behind Turkey envoy’s killing
MOSCOW (Reuters) – The Kremlin said on Wednesday it was too early to say who stood behind the murder of Russia’s ambassador to Turkey, Andrei Karlov, who was shot dead by a gunman at an Ankara art gallery on Monday.
U.N. nuclear chief set for re-election as rival steps aside: diplomats
VIENNA (Reuters) – The U.N. nuclear watchdog’s chief, Yukiya Amano, will secure a third term in office since his most likely challenger has chosen not to run against him, according to diplomats who follow the Vienna-based agency.
Leadership rivalry threatens ambitions of Italy’s 5-Star Movement
ROME (Reuters) – Italy’s anti-establishment 5-Star Movement, potentially just months away from winning power, is wrestling with a problem it thought it would never have to deal with: choosing a leader.
Poland’s Kaczynski says opposition actions are illegal
WARSAW (Reuters) – Poland’s ruling party leader Jaroslaw Kaczynski said on Tuesday that recent opposition actions in a parliamentary standoff were illegal, and called on his opponents to respect the law.
