Three Turkish soldiers killed, 14 others wounded in PKK attack in the southeast: army
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Three Turkish soldiers were killed and 14 others were wounded on Sunday in an armed attack by Kurdish militants during a military operation in the southeastern town of Nusaybin, Turkey’s army said in a statement.
Two rockets hit Turkish town near Syria border, injuring two: sources
DIYARBAKIR (Reuters) – Two rockets from Islamic State controlled Syrian territory struck the Turkish town of Kilis on Sunday, injuring at least two people, security sources said.
Rare rallies in Vietnam over mysterious mass fish deaths
HANOI (Reuters) – Hundreds of people demonstrated in Vietnam on Sunday against a Taiwanese firm they accuse of causing mass fish deaths along the country’s central coast, with some also blaming the government for a sluggish response to a major environm…
Uncle charged in murder of former Chinese student in Australia
MELBOURNE (Reuters) – The uncle of a former Chinese international student who was previously studying in Sydney, has been charged for her murder, a week after her body was found in a national park.
China trains ‘fishing militia’ to sail into disputed waters
BAIMAJING, China (Reuters) – The fishing fleet based in this tiny port town on Hainan island is getting everything from military training and subsidies to even fuel and ice as China creates an increasingly sophisticated fishing militia to sail into the…
Aleppo bombed as Syrian army begins ‘calm’ plan elsewhere
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Nearly 30 air strikes hit rebel-held areas of Aleppo on Saturday as a temporary “calm” declared by Syria’s military took effect around Damascus and in the northwest.
U.S. says working on ‘specific initiatives’ to de-escalate Syrian violence
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States is working on “specific initiatives” to reduce the violence in Syria and sees stopping the bloodshed in Aleppo as a top priority, a U.S. State Department spokesman said on Saturday.
Putin reshuffles Russia’s law enforcement structures
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia’s President Vladimir Putin fired several high-ranking law enforcement officials on Saturday in one of the biggest overhauls of the country’s power structures in recent years.
Bomb attack on Shi’ite pilgrims in Baghdad kills at least 19: sources
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – A suicide bomber driving a car killed at least 19 people and wounded 48 others on Saturday in an attack claimed by Islamic State on a group of Shi’ite Muslim pilgrims in a southeastern suburb of Baghdad, Iraqi police sources said.
UK’s ‘Remain’ camp gains ground in EU poll: Opinium
LONDON (Reuters) – The number of British people who want to stay in the European Union has risen over the past four weeks, an online poll by market research company Opinium Research for the Observer newspaper showed on Saturday.
