Assailant shot dead trying to stab Israeli police in Jerusalem: police
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Police shot dead a knife-wielding assailant as he charged at officers and tried to stab them at a main entrance to Jerusalem’s walled Old City on Friday, the force said.
Egypt takes delivery of second French Mistral warship
NANTES, France (Reuters) – Egypt took delivery of a second French Mistral helicopter carrier on Friday, part of a $1 billion deal signed last year.
EU anti-trafficking unit denies turning back migrant boats
ROME (Reuters) – The European Union’s anti-smuggling and people trafficking operation denied on Friday that it had returned any migrant boats to Libya, after Britain’s foreign secretary said it had turned back more than 200.
Syria ceasefire deal in balance as Aleppo aid plan stalls
BEIRUT/GENEVA (Reuters) – Russia said the Syrian army had begun to withdraw from a road into Aleppo on Thursday, a prerequisite for pressing ahead with international peacemaking efforts as the government and rebels accused each other of violating a tru…
Turkish army kills Kurdish militants suspected of politician’s murder: sources
DIYARBAKIR, Turkey (Reuters) – Turkish soldiers killed five Kurdish militants on Friday suspected of involvement in the assassination this week of a politician from the ruling AK Party, security sources said, amid surging violence in the largely Kurdis…
Europe situation critical, can’t be fixed at one summit: Merkel
BRATISLAVA (Reuters) – The European Union is in a critical situation and its problems cannot be resolved at one meeting, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on arriving at an EU summit in Bratislava aimed at finding a way forward after Britain’s vote …
Water protests in tech hub expose urban India’s growing pains
BENGALURU (Reuters) – Oracle employees were at work on Monday when protesters entered their nine-storey building in India’s technology hub, Bengaluru, and asked them to leave in support of demonstrations that had erupted across the city over a water di…
Typhoon kills at least 11 in China and Taiwan; another on the way
SHANGHAI (Reuters) – The world’s strongest storm this year killed at last 10 people in China when it hit the southeast coast, the government said on Friday, as rescuers scoured flooded streets and work crews struggled to restore power to more than a mi…
Strong AfD showing in Berlin vote would be seen as Nazi rebirth: mayor
BERLIN (Reuters) – A double-digit score for the anti-immigrant Alternative for Germany (AfD) in a Berlin city vote on Sunday would be seen around the world as the rebirth of the Nazis, the mayor of the German capital has warned.
Japan to boost South China Sea role with training patrols with U.S.: minister
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Japan will step up its activity in the contested South China Sea through joint training patrols with the United States and bilateral and multilateral exercises with regional navies, Japanese Defense Minister Tomomi Inada said on …
