Witnessing migrants being rescued at sea
ABOARD THE TOPAZ RESPONDER (Reuters) – The first reports came in at dawn. A growing number of flimsy rubber dinghies, packed with migrants from sub-Saharan Africa, in difficulty in the Mediterranean Sea.
Home-grown radicals a weak spot in Turkey’s fight against Islamic State
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – A few months after he started attending meetings of a hardline Islamic community group in a poor Istanbul suburb, 25-year-old Murat Kipcak stopped reading the Koran and going to the mosque.
Pakistan warns of ‘blowback’ from moving too fast against militants
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Pakistan’s top foreign policy official warned on Friday that pushing too fast against all Islamist militants in the country could lead to “blowback” in the form of more terrorist attacks.
Israel should stop settlements, denying Palestinian development: Quartet report
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – Israel should stop building settlements, denying Palestinian development and designating land for exclusive Israeli use that Palestinians seek for a future state, the Middle East peace “Quartet” recommended on Friday in a an …
Several killed in accidental blast at Hungarian firing range: reports
BUDAPEST (Reuters) – Several people were killed in an explosion at a military firing range in eastern Hungary on Friday that state media described as an accident.
Tens of thousands protest in Hong Kong as China tensions simmer over booksellers
HONG KONG (Reuters) – Tens of thousands of Hong Kong residents marched in protest on the 19th anniversary of the financial hub’s return to Chinese rule on Friday as tensions simmer against Chinese authorities over the abductions of Hong Kong bookseller…
Czech PM: no intention of holding EU, NATO membership referendum
PRAGUE (Reuters) – The Czech government has no intention of holding any referendum on European Union or NATO membership, Prime Minister Bohuslav Sobotka’s office said in a statement on Friday, a week after Britain’s surprise vote to leave the bloc.
Junta-ruled Thailand says it will buy three Chinese submarines
BANGKOK (Reuters) – Military-ruled Thailand will buy three submarines worth around $1 billion from China, the defense minister said on Friday, a move that signals warming ties with the regional superpower as relations with the United States cool.
Iran’s Rouhani accuses West of exploiting Sunni-Shi’ite rift, raps Israel
ANKARA (Reuters) – Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani accused Western powers of trying to exploit differences between the world’s Sunni and Shi’ite Muslims to divert attention from the Israel-Palestinian conflict, state television reported on Friday.
EU prolongs economic sanctions on Russia until 31 Jan 2017
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Union on Friday extended its economic sanctions on Russia until the end of January next year in a widely expected decision after EU leaders called for more progress in bringing peace to eastern Ukraine.
