Indonesia to set up ‘crisis center’ after Philippine kidnappings: minister
JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesia will set up a crisis center, headed by President Joko Widodo, to handle security situations involving its citizens overseas, a senior minister said on Monday, following recent abductions of Indonesian sailors in Philippine…
Police charge Australian teenager with planning ANZAC terror attack
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australian police have arrested and charged a teenager with planning a terror attack on Monday’s commemorations of the ANZAC landings at Gallipoli during World War One, which attracted thousands of people in Sydney.
China police hunt for wealth manager who vanished with $154 million: Xinhua
SHANGHAI (Reuters) – Police in the Chinese city of Hangzhou are searching for the chairman of a wealth management firm who vanished with about 1 billion yuan ($154 million) of investor funds, the official Xinhua News Agency reported.
Death toll rises to 32 at petrochemical plant explosion
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Four more people have been found dead after last week’s explosion at a petrochemical plant in southeastern Mexico, raising the death toll to 32, state oil giant Pemex and Mexican plastic pipe maker Mexichem said in a joint state…
Migrants seek new routes into Balkans after formal borders sealed
IDOMENI, Greece (Reuters) – After weeks stranded at a closed border in northern Greece, migrants and refugees are seeking out new, irregular routes to get into Macedonia, clambering through forests and over hills under the cover of darkness.
Austrian police clash with Italians protesting Brenner border checks
BRENNER, Austria (Reuters) – Austrian police used batons and pepper spray to repel Italian marchers who were protesting on Sunday against plans for tighter anti-migrant checks at the Alpine Brenner Pass border.
North Korea says submarine ballistic missile test ‘great success’
SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korea said on Sunday a submarine-launched ballistic missile test it conducted under the supervision of leader Kim Jong Un had been a “great success” that provided “one more means for powerful nuclear attack”.
Equatorial Guinea election expected to extend president’s 37-year rule
DAKAR (Reuters) – Equatorial Guinea President Teodoro Obiang is expected to extend his 37-year rule after elections on Sunday which he says will give him more than 90 percent of the vote.
Serbia’s ruling party set to win parliamentary majority-projection
BELGRADE (Reuters) – Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic’s Progressive Party is set to win around 56 percent of votes cast in Serbia’s general election on Sunday, according to an initial projection by pollster Cesid based on a small sample of votes.
One dead, 26 wounded as rockets hit Turkish town near Syrian border
KILIS, Turkey, (Reuters) – Rockets pounded the Turkish town of Kilis near the Syrian border on Sunday, a Reuters witness reported, killing one person and injuring 26, a day after the government promised to protect the area from repeated attacks by Isl…
