Zimbabwe targets flag protesters with jail threat
HARARE (Reuters) – Zimbabwe’s government has threatened to jail anyone who disrespects the national flag or sells it without permission, enraging activists who have used the banner as a rallying point for mass protests.
Coalition planes hit Yemen compound holding militant suspects: Houthis
DUBAI (Reuters) – Yemen’s Houthi group said aircraft of an Arab coalition bombed a security compound in the capital Sanaa where suspected al Qaeda militants and foreigners accused of spying, including Americans, are held.
Japan likely to scrap fast-breeder nuclear reactor: reports
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan is likely to scrap a prototype fast-breeder nuclear reactor in the country’s west that has operated for less than a year in over two decades, local media reported on Wednesday.
Russian aircraft believed to hit Syria convoy, U.S. officials say
UNITED NATIONS/BEIRUT (Reuters) – The United States believes two Russian aircraft attacked an aid convoy near Aleppo in a strike that shattered a one-week truce, U.S. officials said on Tuesday, but Russia denied involvement.
Brexit prompts some Jewish Britons to reconcile with German roots
LONDON (Reuters) – For London rabbi Julia Neuberger, Britain’s vote to leave the European Union has had a very personal impact: she has decided to seek German citizenship, laying to rest her family’s painful legacy of the Nazi era.
Turkey’s Erdogan urges world to act against U.S.-based Gulen
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday called on world leaders at the United Nations to take measures against a U.S.-based cleric’s “terrorist network” that he said threatened their security.
U.S. says some 360,000 refugee spots pledged at United Nations
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – A summit hosted by U.S. President Barack Obama garnered pledges from dozens of countries to resettle or allow the lawful admission of some 360,000 refugees, doubling the number of slots that were available last year, the U.S….
China puts new focus on illicit assets in corruption fugitive hunt
BEIJING (Reuters) – China will step up efforts to recover stolen money taken overseas as part of its crackdown on corruption, state media said, after officials warned of the difficulty of tracking graft suspects and their illicit assets abroad.
Switzerland regrets Thai decision not to extradite Swiss national linked to 1MDB probe
KUALA LUMPUR/ZURICH (Reuters) – Switzerland said it regrets a decision by Thai authorities not to extradite Swiss national Xavier Justo, a possible key witness in the global money-laundering probe linked to Malaysian state fund 1Malaysia Development Be…
UK not turning away from world after Brexit vote, UK’s May tells United Nations
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Theresa May told leaders on Tuesday that her country will not turn away from the world after the shock vote to leave the European Union, seeking to allay fears over the future unity of the West.
