EU should not forget Turkey has alternatives, PM says
ANKARA (Reuters) – The European Union should not forget that Turkey “always has alternatives” Prime Minister Binali Yildirim said on Saturday, referring to Ankara’s long and so far unsuccessful effort to join the bloc.
Huge crowd of mourning Thais sings royal anthem in honor of late king
BANGKOK (Reuters) – A huge crowd of Thais gathered on Saturday outside Bangkok’s Grand Palace to sing the royal anthem in honor of King Bhumibol Adulyadej, who died on Oct. 13 after seven decades on the throne.
Australians rally for refugees in stand against far-right sentiment
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Thousands of Australians took part on Saturday in rallies to welcome refugees and make a stand against rising far-right sentiment against foreigners.
Hooded gunmen threatened Venezuela congress commission: opposition
CARACAS (Reuters) – A half-dozen hooded gunmen tried to break into the offices of the comptroller commission at the Venezuelan National Assembly on Friday, according to the president of the opposition-led commission, who said the incident was likely po…
Cameroon train derails; at least 55 dead, hundreds injured
ESEKA, Cameroon (Reuters) – Fourteen people remained trapped on Friday under the wreckage of a packed passenger train that derailed en route between Cameroon’s two largest cities, killing at least 55 and injuring 575, the government said in a communiqu…
Inquiry finds Syrian government forces responsible for third gas attack
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – An international inquiry found Syrian government forces responsible for a third toxic gas attack, according to a confidential report submitted to the U.N. Security Council on Friday, setting the stage for a showdown between R…
Church bells peal in town retaken by Iraqi troops from Islamic State
BARTELLA, Iraq (Reuters) – The din of bullets, mortars and bombs in the northern Iraqi town of Bartella was replaced momentarily on Friday by a sound not heard there for more than two years: the peal of church bells.
French police stage fifth night of protest, Hollande pledges meeting
PARIS (Reuters) – French police staged protests in Paris and other cities for a fifth night on Friday, in a movement showing no sign of abating despite President Francois Hollande’s government attempts to defuse tensions just months before a presidenti…
Ecuador judge orders jail for ex-minister in Petroecuador bribery case
QUITO (Reuters) – A local judge in Ecuador on Friday ordered preventive prison for a former oil minister on grounds of bribery amid an investigation into a $12 million corruption scandal in the Andean country’s state oil company. Ecuador’s public pr…
Syrian army and Russian jets halt Aleppo bombardment for second day
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Syria’s army and Russia’s air force halted their bombardment of rebel-held eastern Aleppo on Friday, a monitoring group said, on the second of four consecutive daytime unilateral ceasefires in the city that have been rejected by insu…
