China vows to protect South China Sea sovereignty, Manila upbeat
BEIJING/MANILA (Reuters) – China vowed to take all necessary measures to protect its sovereignty over the South China Sea and said it had the right to set up an air defense zone, after rejecting an international tribunal’s ruling denying its claims to …
Death toll in Italy train crash put at 23, government promises investment
BARI, Italy (Reuters) – The death toll from a head-on train collision in southern Italy was put at 23 on Wednesday after rescuers worked through the night to extract bodies from the tangled wreckage.
Pakistan says leader of school attack killed in U.S. drone strike
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) – The alleged mastermind of the 2014 attack on a school in Pakistan in which more than 150 people died, most of them children, has been killed in an American drone strike in Afghanistan, the Pakistan military and sources in…
Top militant Umar Khalifa killed in U.S. air strike in Afghanistan: Pentagon
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Top militant Umar Khalifa, a leader of the Tariq Gidar Group, was killed along with four other fighters in a U.S. air strike in Afghanistan targeting members of the Islamic State-Khorasan Province, the Pentagon said on Wednesday….
Brazilian Islamist eyed attack on French team during Rio games: official
PARIS (Reuters) – A Brazilian Islamist militant was plotting an attack against the French delegation at the summer Olympic games in Rio de Janeiro, the head of a French intelligence agency has said.
Deadly rail crash shows up Italy’s struggle to put EU funds to work
ROME (Reuters) – As rescuers dig through the wreckage of one of the worst rail crashes in Italy’s history, the disaster has highlighted the country’s struggle to harness European Union funds meant to improve its creaking infrastructure.
Zimbabwe court throws out case against anti-Mugabe pastor
HARARE (Reuters) – A Zimbabwean court on Wednesday dismissed charges against a religious leader accused of trying to overthrow the government, saying prosecutors did not properly present the case.
France to deploy aircraft carrier against Islamic State: Hollande
PARIS (Reuters) – France will deploy its Charles de Gaulle aircraft carrier to the Middle East in the autumn to participate in operations against Islamic State militants, President Francois Hollande said on Wednesday.
Trade, not trouble, is the big Brexit fear for Irish border towns
BELCOO, Northern Ireland (Reuters) – Along the narrow country roads that weave across the border between Northern Ireland and the Irish Republic, locals fear Brexit may curb trade and gut farm funding but few see a return to the dark days of military c…
Germany’s far-right AfD implodes over Brexit, good for Merkel
BERLIN (Reuters) – Support for the anti-immigrant Alternative for Germany (Afd) has fallen dramatically amid party infighting, racially-tinged criticism of Germany’s popular national soccer team and even a local backlash over Britain’s vote to leave th…
