Turkey under attack from terror groups, must respond in kind: Erdogan
ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkey is facing the biggest attack in its history from terrorist groups and needs to retaliate in kind, President Tayyip Erdogan said in a speech to local administrators in the presidential palace on Wednesday.
France to deploy extra police, troops for festive events
PARIS (Reuters) – France will put more police and soldiers on the streets to deter would-be militant attackers from striking during Christmas and New Year festivities, Interior Minister Bruno Le Roux said on Wednesday.
China tells Japan it opposes unilateral North Korea sanctions
BEIJING (Reuters) – China is willing to work with the international community to fully implement U.N. resolutions on North Korea, but opposes any unilateral sanctions outside that framework, a senior Chinese diplomat told Japan on Wednesday.
Popular Chinese Muslim website down after posting letter critical of Xi
BEIJING (Reuters) – A popular website for Chinese Muslims has been inaccessible since Saturday after a critical letter addressed to Chinese President Xi Jinping was posted in one of its forums.
Turkey’s Syria campaign has killed 1,800 Islamic State and Kurdish militia fighters: Erdogan
ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkey’s military operations in Syria have killed around 1,800 Islamic State and Kurdish militia fighters since being launched in August, President Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday.
Boss of French group Orange stays away from Lagarde trial
PARIS (Reuters) – Stephane Richard, head of France’s biggest phone company, who was expected to be one of the chief witnesses at the negligency trial of IMF chief Christine Lagarde, stayed away from the Paris court on Wednesday on the advice of his law…
U.N. seeks to stop South Sudan atrocities from sparking wider war
GENEVA (Reuters) – The international community can stop a “Rwanda-like” genocide in South Sudan if it immediately deploys a 4,000-strong protection force and sets up a court to prosecute atrocities, the head of a U.N. human rights commission said on We…
Berlin: Need answers to avoid delaying debt measures for Greece
BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany has asked the institutions involved in Greece’s aid program to assess whether Greek reforms are compatible with its bailout obligations and wants a quick answer to avoid delaying short-term debt measures, a finance ministry s…
French Middle East peace conference to be postponed: Palestinian official
RAMALLAH/PARIS (Reuters) – France will postpone a proposed Middle East peace conference in Paris to January next year, Voice of Palestine radio reported on Wednesday, with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu refusing to participate and U.S. atten…
China says damage to ‘one China’ principle would impact peace
BEIJING/TAIPEI (Reuters) – China warned on Wednesday that any interference with or damage to the “one China” principle would have a serious impact on peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait, as Taiwan said maintaining peace was in everyone’s interest….
