Dutchman dies in Tesla crash; firefighters feared electrocution
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – A Dutchman died on Wednesday after his Tesla collided with a tree, according to local authorities, and it took firefighters hours to remove his body from the vehicle due to fears they could be electrocuted.
Suspected Aleppo chlorine attack chokes dozens, rescue workers, monitors say
BEIRUT (Reuters) – A suspected chlorine gas attack on an opposition-held neighborhood in the Syrian city of Aleppo caused dozens of cases of suffocation on Tuesday, rescue workers and a monitoring group said.
Isolated Russian outpost withers under confrontation with West
KALININGRAD, Russia (Reuters) – The Baltic Sea outpost of Kaliningrad was once touted as Russia’s future Hong Kong: separated from the mainland, with a special status that would allow it to thrive through trade.
Austria threatens to sue Hungary over migrants
VIENNA (Reuters) – Austria’s interior minister threatened on Wednesday to sue Hungary if it refused to take back migrants who had crossed their shared border, as political tensions mounted over immigration before presidential elections.
After insult, U.S. and Clinton call for Duterte to show respect
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Fighting in Syria’s Hama province displaces 100,000: U.N.
GENEVA (Reuters) – Fighting in Syria’s western Hama province displaced an estimated 100,000 people between Aug. 28 and Sept. 5, the United Nations said on Wednesday, citing the Syrian Arab Red Crescent and the governor of the province.
Russia frees Crimean dissident from psychiatric clinic
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian authorities freed a prominent Crimean dissident from a psychiatric clinic on Wednesday after he was held there for almost a month and subjected to enforced examinations, his lawyer and a colleague said; but he still faces a p…
Work on Calais wall to start this month, Britain says
LONDON (Reuters) – Work on building a wall in the northern French port of Calais to try to stop refugees and migrants from jumping aboard trucks bound for Britain will begin this month, according to British officials.
Iran vessel ‘harasses,’ sails close to U.S. Navy ship in Gulf: U.S. officials
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A U.S. Navy coastal patrol ship changed course after a fast-attack craft from Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps came within 100 yards (91 meters) of it in the central Gulf on Sunday, U.S. Defense Department officials said …
Abe’s Fukushima ‘under control’ pledge to secure Olympics was a lie: former PM
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s promise that the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant was “under control” in his successful pitch three years ago for Tokyo to host the 2020 Olympic Games “was a lie”, former premier Junichiro Koizumi…
