Seven die in Afghanistan crash of Azerbaijan’s Silk Way freight plane
BAKU (Reuters) – A freight plane of Azerbaijan’s Silk Way airline crashed on Wednesday in Afghanistan, killing seven of its nine crew, Azerbaijan’s civil aviation administration said.
Five U.N. Chadian peacekeepers killed by bomb, gunfire in northern Mali
DAKAR (Reuters) – Five United Nations peacekeepers from Chad were killed and three were wounded in northern Mali on Wednesday when their vehicle hit an improvised explosive device and unknown gunmen opened fire, the United Nations said in a statement l…
UK Supreme Court upholds press ban in celebrity threesome case
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s Supreme Court on Thursday upheld an injunction preventing the English press from naming a celebrity who was involved in a much publicized extra-marital threesome.
Chinese official’s HK visit ‘important breakthrough’: Global Times
HONG KONG (Reuters) – A Hong Kong visit by a top leader of China’s Communist Party, which included talks with pro-democracy lawmakers, was an “important breakthrough” in relations between Beijing and the city, an influential Chinese newspaper said on T…
Turkish military says helicopter may have been downed by Kurdish militants
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – The Turkish armed forces said on Thursday that a military helicopter that crashed a week ago, during clashes that killed eight soldiers and two pilots, may have been brought down by Kurdish militants with a ground-to-air missile.
Atomic bomb survivors: Obama apology nice, but priority is disarmament
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japanese atomic bomb survivors say an apology from President Barack Obama for the U.S. bombing of Hiroshima would be welcome, but their priority is on ridding the world of all nuclear weapons forever.
Incoming Taiwan government likely to infuriate China from the word go
TAIPEI (Reuters) – Taiwan’s new ruling party is set for an early clash with China over the first major item on its legislative agenda – a bill that could paralyze trade between the two rivals and which Beijing has already condemned.
Congo’s president shows would-be successor who is in charge
KINSHASA (Reuters) – “You won’t scare us!” was how the Congolese leadership responded this week to Western threats of sanctions unless President Joseph Kabila ends his 15 years in power by holding an election on schedule in November.
India’s ruling BJP wins power in northeast, expands influence
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ruling party declared victory on Thursday in the northeastern state of Assam, an election boost that will help his right-wing nationalist government rebuild some momentum after poll losses las…
Australian PM faces fallout over minister’s ‘xenophobic’ refugee claim
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull, in the midst of a tight election campaign, came under fire on Thursday for backing his immigration minister over claims resettling “illiterate and innumerate” refugees would strain the soci…
