Turkey sees swift overhaul of intelligence agency, gendarmerie after coup
ANKARA/ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkey will soon complete an overhaul of its intelligence agency and make new appointments to its gendarmerie as it tries to rid its security apparatus of the followers of a U.S.-based cleric blamed for an attempted coup, of…
Portugal’s Guterres eyed ahead of second poll for next U.N. chief
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – Former Portuguese Prime Minister Antonio Guterres could cement himself as the ninth United Nations Secretary-General when the Security Council holds its second secret ballot on Friday, some diplomats said.
Most Germans don’t blame Merkel’s policy for Islamist attacks: poll
BERLIN (Reuters) – Most Germans do not blame the government’s expansive refugee policy for two Islamist attacks last month, an opinion poll showed on Wednesday.
Latest North Korea missile launch lands near Japan waters, alarms Tokyo
SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korea launched a ballistic missile on Wednesday that landed in or near Japanese-controlled waters for the first time, the latest in a series of launches by the isolated country in defiance of United Nations Security Council reso…
Hezbollah sees no immediate end to Syria war, partition in Iraq and Syria a possible outcome
Beirut (Reuters) – Lebanon’s Hezbollah said the partition of Iraq and Syria was a possible outcome of sectarian fighting across the region and there was no prospect of any end to the war in Syria until after November’s U.S. presidential election.
Russian mayor who took on Kremlin party jailed before elections
MOSCOW (Reuters) – A Russian court sentenced a former mayor and vocal critic of President Vladimir Putin’s allies to 12 1/2 years in jail on Wednesday in a graft case the liberal opposition said was trumped up to end its fledgling success in the region…
Japan’s PM picks hawkish defense minister for new cabinet, vows economic recovery
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe appointed a conservative ally as defense minister in a cabinet reshuffle on Wednesday that left most key posts unchanged, and he promised to hasten the economy’s escape from deflation and boost regio…
Italy investigating possible Islamic State role in migrant flows
ROME (Reuters) – Italy is investigating whether Islamic State is involved in organizing the passage of tens of thousands of migrants across the Mediterranean, its justice minister said on Wednesday.
Venezuelan women seek sterilizations as crisis sours child-rearing
CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuela’s food shortages, inflation and crumbling medical sector have become such a source of anguish that a growing number of young women are reluctantly opting for sterilizations rather than face the hardship of pregnancy and ch…
Clinton mural painted over after bikini and niqab fail to fit
(Reuters) – A mural in the Australian city of Melbourne of U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton in a revealing swimsuit, that was later updated to show her in a niqab, has been painted over.
