Russia says starts Baltic Sea naval aviation exercises near Kaliningrad
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia has begun planned tactical naval aviation exercises involving helicopters serving in its Baltic Fleet, which is based in its European exclave of Kaliningrad, the Russian Defence Ministry said on Wednesday.
Police in Cannes stop Muslim women wearing banned burkinis
PARIS (Reuters) – Ten Muslim women wearing burkinis to the beach have been apprehended by police in the southern French city of Cannes in the three weeks since it imposed a temporary ban on the full body swimsuit, a local official said.
Spain’s Rajoy gets nod for talks on government pact with Ciudadanos
MADRID (Reuters) – Spain’s conservative People’s Party (PP) mandated its leader on Wednesday to hold talks on forming a pact with a rival party, though he still faces a struggle to end an eight-month political stalemate.
Naming the nameless: experts struggle to identify drowned migrants
ROME/ATHENS (Reuters) – Mose tapped the screen of his mobile phone to zoom in on a photograph of his wife, Yordanos, pointing to a mole under her eyebrow.
Philippines’ Duterte says he’s willing to face probe into drug killings
MANILA (Reuters) – Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte said on Wednesday his government is willing to face any inquiry into the deaths of hundreds of suspected drug dealers and users as human rights groups express alarm over extrajudicial killings.
German arrested on suspicion of selling gun to Munich shooter, prosecutor says
BERLIN (Reuters) – Police on Tuesday arrested an armed 31-year-old German man who boasted during a sting operation that he had supplied the Glock 17 pistol used by a gunman who killed nine people in Munich on July 22, the Frankfurt state prosecutor sai…
Indonesian crewman swims to freedom from militants in Philippines
MANILA (Reuters) – An Indonesian tugboat crewman escaped from his Islamist militant captors in the Philippines on Thursday by swimming out to sea after the militants threatened to cut his head off, a Philippine army spokesman said.
Who is an extremist? UK faces legal challenge over strategy to stop radicals
LONDON (Reuters) – To his detractors, including the British government, Salman Butt is an extremist whose views on Islam fly in the face of Britain’s values and help foster an atmosphere where young Muslims can be radicalised by militants.
Gunmen kill policeman in Saudi Eastern Province: state media
DUBAI (Reuters) – A policeman was shot dead by masked gunmen in the Qatif district in Saudi Arabia’s oil-producing Eastern Province on Wednesday, state news agency SPA said, the latest in a string of attacks there this year.
Malaysian oil tanker taken over commercial dispute, not hijacked: maritime official
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – An oil tanker, which was earlier reported to have been hijacked and sailed into Indonesian waters, was believed to have been taken due to a commercial dispute, Malaysian authorities said on Wednesday.
