China brushes off doubts over support on South China Sea, says it is growing
BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s Foreign Ministry on Thursday brushed off doubts about how many countries have offered support for its position in a case brought by the Philippines over Chinese claims in the South China Sea, saying the number of nations was…
North Korea leader says missile launch shows ability to attack U.S. in Pacific
SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korea leader Kim Jong Un said after supervising the test launch of an intermediate-range missile that the country now has the capability to attack U.S. interests in the Pacific, official media reported on Thursday.
Bahrain summons senior Shi’ite clerics for questioning: lawyer
DUBAI (Reuters) – Bahraini authorities on Thursday summoned five Shi’ite Muslim scholars for questioning, activists said, in what appeared another step in a crackdown on dissent by the Sunni-ruled kingdom.
Humanitarian emergency grips Nigerian aid camp: MSF
LAGOS (Reuters) – More than 1,200 people have died from starvation and illness at an aid camp in northeastern Nigeria that houses people fleeing the Islamist militant group Boko Haram, medical charity Medecins Sans Frontieres said on Thursday.
Brazil police arrest former minister Paulo Bernardo: media
BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazil police arrested former minister Paulo Bernardo and raided Workers Party headquarters in Sao Paulo on Thursday in the latest stage of its massive probe into corruption at state-run companies, Globo TV and O Estado de S.Paulo …
French riot police deploy ahead of protest against jobs reform
PARIS (Reuters) – France steeled itself for more clashes between demonstrators and riot police in Paris on Thursday after the government reversed course and authorized a union-led street protest against draft legislation to make hiring and firing easie…
Interpol launches appeal to catch people smugglers
PARIS (Reuters) – Interpol launched a public appeal on Thursday for help catching people smugglers who make billions of dollars’ profit from the flow of migrants to peaceful and prosperous countries from poor and strife-torn homelands.
Turkish nationalist’s resignation adds to pressure on veteran leader
ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkey’s nationalist opposition leader faced a growing challenge on Thursday after a veteran party member resigned from his parliamentary role, strengthening party dissidents who see his continued leadership as a block to their elec…
Russia seen putting new nuclear-capable missiles along NATO border by 2019
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia is likely to deploy advanced nuclear-capable missiles in its European exclave of Kaliningrad by 2019, casting the move as a reply to a U.S.-backed missile shield, and may one day put them in Crimea too, sources close to its mi…
Pakistan mourns murdered singer in attack claimed by Taliban
KARACHI (Reuters) – Thousands of mourners crowded the funeral procession of a beloved Pakistani singer on Thursday, a day after he was gunned down in the port city of Karachi in an attack claimed by a faction of the Pakistani Taliban.
