Italy clamps down on destitute refugee squatters with eviction notices
ROME (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Metal bars have been installed in the doors of an old newspaper office where scores of squatters – asylum seekers, refugees and a few Italians – fear a confrontation with Rome’s riot police.
Secretive North Korea hails nuclear program as it opens party congress
PYONGYANG (Reuters) – North Korea opened the first congress of its ruling Workers’ Party in 36 years on Friday, with Kim Jong Un expected to further consolidate his control over a country that has grown increasingly isolated over its pursuit of nuclear…
SpaceX rocket launches satellite, then lands on ship at sea
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (Reuters) – An unmanned SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket blasted off from Florida on Friday to put a communications satellite into orbit, then made a swift return landing on an ocean platform, a live webcast showed.
Exclusive: U.S. seeks to approve attack aircraft for Nigeria in Boko Haram fight
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. administration is seeking to approve a sale of as many as 12 A-29 Super Tucano light attack aircraft to Nigeria to aid its battle against the extremist group Boko Haram, U.S. officials say, in a vote of confidence in Pre…
Turkish warplanes destroy PKK targets in northern Iraq: military sources
ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkish warplanes attacked and destroyed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) militant targets in northern Iraq early on Friday, including shelters and gun positions, military sources said.
India’s Congress rallies in show of defiance against Modi
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India’s opposition Congress party staged a show of defiance on Friday, with Sonia and Rahul Gandhi leading a rally and march to parliament to resist what they called Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s bid to destroy democracy.
EU expects cooperation from subsequent Turkish government to finish migration, visa deals
ANKARA (Reuters) – The European Union expects cooperation from any subsequent Turkish government to finish migration and visa deals, the EU’s envoy to Turkey said on Friday, a day after Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu announced he was stepping down.
Early signs from new Ukraine government encouraging says IMF
LONDON (Reuters) – The early signs coming from Ukraine’s new government are “very encouraging” one of the International Monetary Fund’s top officials said on Friday.
China says South China Sea criticism could rebound like coiled spring
BEIJING/SHANGHAI (Reuters) – International criticism of China over the disputed South China Sea will rebound like a coiled spring, a Chinese diplomat said on Friday, as a U.S. warship visited Shanghai against a backdrop of rising tension in the region….
Canadian wildfire edges south, leaves thousands stranded
CONKLIN/LAC LA BICHE, Alberta (Reuters) – The 88,000 residents who fled a wildfire that has ravaged the Canadian oil town of Fort McMurray in Alberta will not be able to return home anytime soon, officials warned on Thursday, even as the inferno edged …
