Drowned migrant baby was probably Somali: Italian police
ROME (Reuters) – A dead baby plucked out of the sea whose picture sparked international outrage this week was probably a six-month-old Somali boy whose mother also most likely died in the shipwreck, Italian police said on Wednesday.
Special Report: After university crackdown, Egyptian students fear for their future
CAIRO (Reuters) – In June 2014, 23-year-old engineering student Mohammed Badawy was expelled from Cairo University.
After failed missile test, China calls for Korean calm
BEIJING (Reuters) – China hopes all parties on the Korean peninsula will remain calm and exercise restraint, President Xi Jinping told a senior visiting North Korean envoy on Wednesday, after the isolated state rattled nerves with a failed missile test…
Fear for civilians as Islamic State halts Iraqi army at gates of Falluja
CAMP TARIQ, Iraq (Reuters) – Islamic State fighters halted an Iraqi army assault on the city of Falluja with a counter-attack at its southern gates on Tuesday, while the United Nations warned of peril for civilians trapped in the city and used by milit…
China welcomes Manila’s offer for South China Sea talks
BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s said on Wednesday it welcomed a proposal by the incoming Philippine government for bilateral talks on the disputed South China Sea.
Alienation grows in Brussels district that bred Paris attackers
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – When Moroccan-born former boxer Mohamed Idrissi orders a young man out of his gym for smoking, the respect is tangible.
Kremlin says regrets Turkey has not acted to mend ties over downed Russian warplane
(Reuters) – Russia regrets that Turkey has not taken the necessary steps to mend ties damaged by Ankara’s shooting down of a Russian warplane near the Syrian border last year, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Wednesday.
China’s Xi calls for calm, restraint on Korean peninsula
BEIJING (Reuters) – China hopes all parties on the Korean peninsula will remain calm and exercise restraint, President Xi Jinping told a visiting North Korean envoy on Wednesday, state news agency Xinhua reported.
Japan PM Abe postpones sales tax hike until October 2019
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announced on Wednesday a delay in a sales tax increase by 2-1/2 years, putting plans for fiscal reform on the back burner amid weakness in the economy.
As Beijing flexes muscles in South China Sea, Malaysia eyes harder response
MIRI, Malaysia (Reuters) – Spotting a large vessel off the coast of Sarawak state in March, officers on a Malaysian patrol boat were shocked when it steamed toward them at high speed, blaring its horn before veering off to reveal “Chinese Coast Guard” …
