Slovak Prime Minister Fico undergoes heart surgery, in stable condition
BRATISLAVA (Reuters) – Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico underwent heart surgery on Friday and is in stable condition, officials from the National Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases said.
At least 10 killed in government air strikes in Syria’s Aleppo: monitor
BEIRUT (Reuters) – At least 10 people were killed in Syrian government air strikes on several areas in the northern city of Aleppo on Friday, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitoring group said.
China denies reports of massing troops at North Korea border
BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s Defense Ministry on Friday denied reports that Chinese troops were massing on the North Korean border, ahead of a possible fifth North Korean nuclear test, saying its deployments there were normal.
China could build nuclear plants for South China Sea, paper says
BEIJING (Reuters) – China is getting closer to building maritime nuclear power platforms that could one day be used to support projects in the disputed South China Sea, a state-run newspaper said on Friday, but the foreign ministry said it had not hear…
U.S. to propose Obama visit Hiroshima in late May: Nikkei
TOKYO (Reuters) – The United States will propose that President Barack Obama visits Hiroshima, Japan’s Nikkei newspaper said on Friday, in what would be the first visit by an incumbent U.S. president to the city devastated by a U.S. nuclear attack 71 y…
North Korea offers to send families of restaurant ‘abductees’ to Seoul
SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korea on Friday offered for a second time to send to Seoul the families of a group of restaurant workers who it says were abducted to the South, state media said, after South Korea rejected the first approach.
Explosion kills three soldiers in eastern Turkey: security sources
DIYARBAKIR, Turkey (Reuters) – Three soldiers were killed when an explosion hit a military vehicle in the eastern Turkish province of Tunceli on Friday, security sources told Reuters.
China local government says chemical fire under control, no casualties
BEIJING (Reuters) – The government of Jingjiang city in China’s eastern Jiangsu province said on Friday that a fire at a chemical plant had been put under control and there were no casualties.
A tale of two Nordic EU referendums: A lesson for Brexit?
STOCKHOLM/OSLO (Reuters) – With Britain’s noisy campaign over “Brexit” polarizing voters, tight referendums in Norway and Sweden over EU membership two decades ago offer lessons how “no scare” campaigns that shun the establishment can swing voters at t…
Russian forces in Syria fired on Israeli military aircraft: newspaper
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Russian forces in Syria have fired at least twice on Israeli military aircraft, prompting Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to seek improved operational coordination with Moscow, Israel’s top-selling newspaper said on Friday.
