Police arrest three in Nice as Islamic State claims truck attack
NICE, France (Reuters) – Islamic State claimed responsibility on Saturday for the truck attack that killed at least 84 people celebrating Bastille Day in the French city of Nice and police arrested three more people there in connection with the seafron…
Soaring prison population prompts Thailand to re-think ‘lost’ drug war
BANGKOK (Reuters) – Somsak Sreesomsong was 18 when he was jailed for selling illegal drugs. Now, turning 30, he is not yet half way through his 33-year sentence at Bangkok’s high-security Klong Prem prison.
Turkey rounds up plot suspects after thwarting coup against Erdogan
ISTANBUL/ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkish authorities rounded up nearly 3,000 suspected military plotters on Saturday and ordered thousands of judges detained after thwarting a coup by rebels using tanks and attack helicopters to try to topple President Tayy…
Turkey has made clear to U.S. that Gulen behind coup plot
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkey’s foreign minister said on Saturday he had made clear in a call with U.S. counterpart John Kerry that followers of U.S.-based cleric Fethullah Gulen were behind a coup attempt, but had not directly discussed the cleric’s pos…
Half of Brazilians want Temer in power until 2018: poll
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – Half of Brazilians would like to see interim President Michel Temer stay in the job until the next election in 2018, compared with 32 percent who desire the return of suspended President Dilma Rousseff, according to a Datafol…
UK opens ‘very fruitful’ trade talks with Canada, says minister
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain opened “very fruitful” trade talks with Canada on Friday, International Trade Secretary Liam Fox told the Sunday Times newspaper as he prepares to renegotiate Britain’s commercial ties following its vote last month to leave t…
Thai sex industry under fire from tourism minister, police
BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thailand’s infamous sex industry is under fire, with the tourism minister pushing to rid the country of its ubiquitous brothels and a spate of police raids in recent weeks on some of the largest establishments providing sex services…
Britain reaffirms commitment to Gibraltar post Brexit
LONDON (Reuters) – Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson reaffirmed Britain’s commitment to Gibraltar on Saturday and said it would fully involve the territory in its discussions with the European Union following last month’s vote to leave the bloc.
Bangladesh police arrest three who rented property to cafe attackers
DHAKA (Reuters) – Police in Dhaka on Saturday arrested three people, including a university professor, for failing to register information about tenants renting a property who later attacked a cafe in the city, killing 20 people.
U.N.-backed Yemen peace talks resume in Kuwait
DUBAI (Reuters) – United Nations-sponsored talks to end nearly 16 months of war in Yemen resumed in Kuwait on Saturday, delegates said, despite threats by representatives of the Saudi-backed Yemeni government not to attend.
