Turkish police kill suspected Islamic State suicide bomber in capital
ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkish police shot dead a suspected Islamic State militant overnight who was believed to be planning a suicide bomb attack in the capital Ankara, the city’s governor said on Wednesday.
Afghan troops causing more civilian casualties, U.N. says
KABUL (Reuters) – Afghan civilians are paying the price for increased fighting in populated areas around the country, the United Nations reported on Wednesday, with government troops responsible for a growing share of civilian casualties.
Thailand sees a jump in royal defamation cases after death of king
BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thai police are investigating 12 new complaints of royal defamation on social media lodged since the death of King Bhumibol Adulyadej last week, a sharp rise amid intensifying scrutiny of anything deemed offensive to the monarchy.
Moscow vows to hit back in row over Russian TV channel’s UK accounts
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia has promised to retaliate against Britain after a British state-owned bank said it was withdrawing its services from Kremlin-backed Russian broadcaster RT.
Government must rid Aleppo of ‘terrorists’ to protect civilians: Assad
ZURICH (Reuters) – Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad told a Swiss TV station that government forces had to rid the city of Aleppo of rebel “terrorists” under its constitutional mandate to protect the civilian population.
Gunman injures four policemen in shooting in southern Germany
BERLIN (Reuters) – A man opened fire at police in the southern state of Bavaria on Wednesday, injuring four policemen before he was arrested, police said in a statement.
China angered as Japan withholds UNESCO funding in history row
BEIJING (Reuters) – China said on Wednesday that Japan had acted irresponsibly by withholding its 2016 funding for the UN heritage body UNESCO in a row over how the 1937 Nanjing Massacre is remembered.
Czech police arrest Russian in connection with U.S. hacking attacks
PRAGUE (Reuters) – Czech police have detained a Russian man wanted in connection with hacking attacks on targets in the United States, the police said, without giving further details.
Britain’s finance minister told PM May he will not quit: Telegraph
LONDON (Reuters) – British finance minister Philip Hammond has told Prime Minister Theresa May that he will not quit the government after media reports of a split among senior ministers over Brexit, the Daily Telegraph said, citing an unidentified Hamm…
Rocky politics, slow growth loom as Obama, Italy’s Renzi meet
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama welcomed Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi to the White House on Tuesday, using the pomp of the formal state visit to highlight the link between the sluggish European economy and populist discontent …
