Revolutionary Guards commander says Iran’s missile work will not stop: state TV
ANKARA (Reuters) – A senior Revolutionary Guards commander has said that Iran’s ballistic missile program will not stop under any circumstances and that Tehran has missiles ready to be fired, according to Iranian state television.
Irish post-election stalemate persists, with no PM elected
DUBLIN (Reuters) – Enda Kenny lost a parliamentary vote to re-elect him as Irish prime minister on Thursday, as expected, and will assume the role in a caretaker capacity while his Fine Gael party attempts to form a new government.
Migrants scramble for food, firewood at Greek tent city
IDOMENI, Greece (Reuters) – Scores of migrants stranded on Greece’s northern border scuffled for free food and water on Thursday, struggling to seize eggs and bread thrown from a truck at the muddy tent city which has become their temporary home.
North Korea fires missiles, to ‘liquidate’ South Korean assets
SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korea fired two short-range ballistic missiles into the sea on Thursday in defiance of U.N. Security Council resolutions, as South Korean and U.S. forces conducted massive war games.
North Korean nuclear test shook the earth but where’s the proper proof?
VIENNA (Reuters) – Two months after what is widely believed to have been a nuclear test by North Korea, the radioactive particles to prove it have yet to be detected, suggesting the communist state is getting better at hiding the fallout, experts say.
Ukraine’s Yaresko says rumors fuelling political crisis
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukrainian Finance Minister Natalia Yaresko on Thursday deflected questions about her chances of becoming prime minister if the government collapsed and said such speculation was fanning the flames of the country’s political crisis.
Syria air strikes target Islamic State in ancient Palmyra
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Russian warplanes were said to have launched heavy strikes on the Islamic State-held city of Palmyra on Thursday in what may be a prelude to a Syrian government bid to recapture the historic site lost to the jihadist group last May.
Russia: Lavrov and Kerry discuss need to cooperate on Syrian ceasefire
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry noted the need to deepen further Russian-American coordination on Syrian ceasefire in a phone call on Thursday, Russia’s Foreign Ministry said.
Despite anger over vote, Uganda boycott call mostly ignored
KAMPALA (Reuters) – A call for an economic boycott by Uganda’s opposition to protest last month’s re-election of long-serving President Yoweri Museveni was mostly ignored on Thursday, despite widespread anger over allegations of vote rigging.
Macedonia hopes migrant crisis will bring it closer to NATO
LJUBLJANA (Reuters) – Macedonia hopes stopping migrants at its border with Greece, which has effectively closed the Balkan route into northern Europe, will help the country join NATO, Defense Minister Zoran Jolevski said on Thursday.
