Ukraine’s Poroshenko strikes martial tone on independence day
KIEV (Reuters) – Troubled Ukraine put on a show of its military strength on independence day on Wednesday and President Petro Poroshenko said the country had to rely on its own might rather than international guarantees.
China denies restricting activities of U.N. rights envoy
BEIJING (Reuters) – China denied on Wednesday that the government had restricted the activities of a visiting United Nations-appointed human rights envoy.
Frenchman shouts ‘Allahu Akbar’ as he stabs UK woman to death in Australia: police
SYDNEY (Reuters) – A 29-year-old Frenchman shouted “Allahu Akbar” (God is Greatest) as he stabbed a British woman to death and wounded two people at a backpackers’ hotel in Australia, police said on Wednesday.
U.S. says imposes sanctions on warlord Joseph Kony’s sons
KAMPALA (Reuters) – The United States said it had imposed economic sanctions on the Lord’s Resistance Army leader Joseph Kony’s two sons, saying they were commanders in the rebel group blamed for extreme violence in a large part of central Africa.
Philippines’ Duterte says Southeast Asia will insist China respects sea ruling
MANILA (Reuters) – Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte on Wednesday said Southeast Asian countries will insist on China respecting last month’s ruling in the Hague even if Manila does not raise it at a summit in Laos next month.
Finland arrests suspect in 2014 Islamic State mass killing in Iraq
HELSINKI (Reuters) – Finnish police has arrested Iraqi man on suspicion of taking part in a 2014 mass killing of Iraqi soldiers by Islamic State militants at former U.S. military base Camp Speicher north of Baghdad, the authorities said on Wednesday.
Exiled Yemen government risks humanitarian catastrophe to cut off central bank
DUBAI (Reuters) – In Yemen’s war of attrition, the Saudi-backed exiled government has now decided that the central bank is an easier target than the capital, shielded from its troops by 60 kilometers (40 miles) of daunting mountains teeming with fighte…
South Sudan opposition leader in Khartoum for treatment, Sudan says
CAIRO (Reuters) – South Sudan opposition leader, Riek Machar, is in Khartoum for medical treatment, a Sudanese minister told the state news agency SUNA on Tuesday, after he left the country to escape government forces.
Japan, China, South Korea to urge North Korea to stop provocation
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan, China and South Korea agreed to urge North Korea to refrain from provocation and follow U.N. Security Council resolutions, after its latest missile launch towards Japan early on Wednesday.
Saudi Arabia foils attack on Shiite mosque in Qatif: media
DUBAI (Reuters) – Saudi security forces have foiled a planned suicide attack on a mosque in the Qatif region in eastern Saudi Arabia, where many Shi’ite Muslims live, al-Arabiya news channel and other Saudi media reported early on Wednesday.
