Proposed North Korea sanctions dig deep, implementation falls to China
SEOUL (Reuters) – From inspecting visiting North Korean ships to paring back coal imports, the burden of enforcing new U.N. sanctions on Pyongyang falls mainly on China, which wants to punish its ally for nuclear violations without squeezing it to the …
Indian villages ban single women from owning ‘distracting’ mobile phones
MUMBAI (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Several villages in the western Indian state of Gujarat have banned girls and single women from owning mobile phones, saying the devices distract them from their studies.
Greece snubs Austrian minister’s request to visit Athens
ATHENS (Reuters) – Athens turned down a request by Austrian Interior Minister Johanna Mikl-Leitner to visit Greece next week amid a row between the two EU members over Vienna’s moves to restrict the flow of refugees, a Greek Foreign Ministry official s…
Two suicide bombers kill 15 at Shi’ite mosque in Baghdad
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Two suicide bombers blew themselves up at a Shi’ite mosque in Baghdad on Thursday, killing at least 15 people in an attack claimed by Islamic State militants.
Two die in Nepal’s second plane crash in two days
KATHMANDU (Reuters) – Two people were feared dead after a small plane crashed in western Nepal on Friday, an army official said, just days after 23 people were killed in a similar accident in the Himalayan nation.
Hungary’s referendum on migrant quotas ‘in 150 days at earliest’
BUDAPEST (Reuters) – Hungary could hold a referendum on European Union-mandated migrant resettlement quotas in 150 days at the earliest as the government’s referendum question makes its way through the legal system, the justice minister said on Friday….
Support for Merkel’s conservatives edges up in benchmark survey
BERLIN (Reuters) – Voter support rose for German Chancellor Angela Merkel and her conservative bloc and fell for the anti-immigrant far-right AfD party, a poll conducted amid a fraught national debate over migration showed on Friday.
Eritrea looks to build mining sector to kick-start economy
ASMARA (Reuters) – Eritrea expects to have four mines in operation by 2018 producing gold, copper, zinc and potash as one of Africa’s poorest nations looks to build an industry that can kick-start its economy, a top mining official told Reuters.
Twenty six missing in mining accident in Russia’s Arctic
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Twenty six miners were missing and four confirmed dead after an accident on Thursday at a coal mine above the Arctic circle owned by a subsidiary of Severstal, Russian prosecutors said on Friday.
U.S. test-fires ICBMs to stress its power to Russia, North Korea
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. (Reuters) – The U.S. military test-fired its second intercontinental ballistic missile in a week on Thursday night, seeking to demonstrate its nuclear arms capacity at a time of rising strategic tensions with Russia an…
