Vietnam says would welcome U.S. accelerating lifting of arms ban
HANOI (Reuters) – Vietnam would welcome the United States “accelerating” the lifting of a lethal arms embargo, which would reflect trust between the two countries and recognition of its needs to defend itself, its foreign ministry said on Thursday.
Turkey withdraws Bangladesh ambassador after execution of Islamist: Erdogan
ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkey has withdrawn its ambassador to Bangladesh, President Tayyip Erdogan said on Thursday, following the execution of an Islamist party leader this week for genocide and other crimes committed during a 1971 war of independence.
Turkish artillery, U.S.-led coalition jets pound Islamic State in Syria: sources
KILIS, Turkey (Reuters) – Turkish artillery pounded Islamic State targets in northern Syria overnight and the U.S.-led coalition carried out air strikes, killing 28 militants near a Turkish border town repeatedly hit by rocket fire, Turkish military so…
Australian PM Turnbull named in Panama Papers, denies wrongdoing
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull on Thursday denied any wrongdoing after being been named in the Panama Papers as a former director of a British Virgin Islands company set up to exploit a Siberian gold prospect.
Explosion in Yemen’s Mukalla port kills several people
ADEN (Reuters) – An explosion rocked the Yemeni port city of Mukalla on Thursday killing several people, residents said.
Killings, kidnappings and burnout: the occupational hazards of aid work
LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – You’re an aid worker speeding back to base after a long, cold day questioning people who have fled fighting about what they need to survive. Out of nowhere a girl runs into the road and is knocked over by your driv…
Ties unscathed by Queen Elizabeth’s ‘rude’ comment, China paper says
BEIJING (Reuters) – Ties between China and Britain will not be harmed by Queen Elizabeth being caught on camera saying Chinese officials were “very rude”, said an influential Chinese newspaper on Thursday which instead laid the blame on Western media …
U.N. rights chief concerned about Austria’s tough asylum law
VIENNA (Reuters) – The United Nations’ Human Rights chief is concerned about Austria’s tough new asylum law, which allows a process under which migrants could be turned away at the border within an hour, he said in an interview published on Thursday.
China says has wide support for stance on South China Sea case
BEIJING (Reuters) – China has widespread support in the international community for its decision not to have anything to do with a legal case lodged by the Philippines against Chinese claims in the South China Sea, a senior diplomat said on Thursday.
Brexit would hurt Britain, EU and global economy: White House adviser in newspaper
BERLIN (Reuters) – If Britain were to leave the European Union, it would hurt Britain and Europe as well as the global economy, the chairman of the White House Council of Economic Advisers told a German newspaper.
