Taiwan president invites Philippines, tribunal officials to disputed isle
TAIPEI (Reuters) – Taiwan President Ma Ying-jeou on Wednesday invited Philippine government representatives and members of an international arbitration tribunal to a disputed South China Sea island for a visit.
‘Memory Wound’ memorial to victims of mass killer Breivik divides Norwegians
OSLO (Reuters) – A memorial to the victims of Norwegian mass killer Anders Behring Breivik is dividing those affected by his attacks, with some suing the government to stop its construction and others welcoming it as a place where they can grieve.
Belarus won’t choose between the EU and Russia: Lukashenko
MINSK (Reuters) – Belarus does not want to have to choose between the European Union and Russia, President Alexander Lukashenko said on Wednesday during the first visit by an EU minister to Minsk since Brussels lifted sanctions against the country last…
U.N. envoy on Syria said to issue paper on ‘potential common vision’
GENEVA (Reuters) – The United Nations Special Envoy for Syria is planning to issue a paper on a “potential common vision”, the head of the Cairo group of activists said on Wednesday.
Two Iraqis sentenced in Finland for posting severed head images online
HELSINKI (Reuters) – Courts in Finland handed suspended sentences of 16 and 13 months respectively to an Iraqi Shi’ite militiaman and an Iraqi army sergeant on Wednesday for posting images of themselves holding severed heads of enemy fighters on Facebo…
Norwegian aid group suspends work on Greek island after EU-Turkey deal
OSLO (Reuters) – A Norwegian humanitarian group said on Wednesday it is suspending its activities on the Greek island of Chios in the wake of the EU-Turkey deal, echoing the harsh criticism of the United Nation’s refugee agency UNHCR.
Poland PM Szydlo says migrants cannot be settled in Poland now
WARSAW (Reuters) – Poland cannot accept migrants at the moment, Poland’s Prime Minister Beata Szydlo said on Wednesday, speaking a day after bomb attacks shook Brussels, killing more than 30 people.
U.S. targets Islamic State with 25 strikes in Iraq, Syria: statement
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States and its allies staged 25 strikes against Islamic State in Iraq and Syria on Tuesday in the U.S.-lead coalition’s latest round of daily attacks on the militant group, the Combined Joint Task Force leading the ope…
Karadzic is innocent, set him free, Bosnian Serbs say
BANJA LUKA/PALE, Bosnia (Reuters) – Many Bosnian Serbs believe their wartime leader Radovan Karadzic is innocent of war crimes and that his possible conviction by a U.N. tribunal on Thursday would inflict a grave injustice on all Serbs.
Exclusive: What cost a nuclear deterrent? Britain doesn’t know yet
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s defense ministry has not yet established the overall cost of replacing and maintaining its aging nuclear weapons system, it told Reuters, prompting opposition charges of mismanagement of a mega-project expected to be given …
