China to investigate hospital dying student found on search engine
SHANGHAI (Reuters) – China’s health ministry will investigate a hospital that a university student turned to for cancer treatment after seeking information on the Baidu Inc search engine, a state health commission said on Tuesday.
Air strikes hit Islamic State stronghold in Syria: monitor
BEIRUT (Reuters) – More than 35 air strikes hit Islamic State’s de facto capital in Syria overnight, killing at least 13 people and wounding many in the city of Raqqa, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.
Spanish police arrest four accused of promoting Islamist militancy
MADRID (Reuters) – Spanish police arrested four people on the outskirts of Madrid on Tuesday accused of promoting Islamist militancy via social media, the Interior Ministry said.
After brawl, Turkish parliament committee votes to lift lawmakers’ immunity
ANKARA (Reuters) – A Turkish parliamentary committee approved late on Monday a bill that strips deputies of immunity from prosecution, paving the way for legislation that members of the pro-Kurdish opposition say is designed to target them and suppress…
Fire destroys 50 shelters in Myanmar camp for displaced: witness
YANGON (Reuters) – A fire destroyed about 50 shelters on Tuesday in a camp for internally displaced people in Myanmar’s western Rakhine State, a witness said.
Australia blames refugee advocates after asylum seeker sets herself alight
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia blamed refugee advocates on Tuesday for “encouraging” asylum seekers held in remote camps towards acts of self-harm after a woman set herself on fire, while the United Nations renewed its criticism of Australia’s harsh immi…
Two Turkish soldiers, five Kurdish militants killed in attack
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) militants armed with rocket launchers and rifles attacked a military outpost in southeast Turkey, triggering a clash in which two Turkish soldiers and five PKK fighters were killed, the military said o…
China’s Xi says not stifling debate but wants everyone on same song sheet
BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s ruling Communist Party is not trying to curtail internal debate or even criticism with rules banning “baseless comments” but is simply trying to ensure no one is “singing out of tune”, President Xi Jinping has said.
NATO weighs four battalions in Eastern states to deter Russia: U.S.
STUTTGART, Germany (Reuters) – The NATO alliance is weighing rotating four battalions of troops through Eastern member states, U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter said on Monday, in the latest proposal by allies to guard against aggressive behavior by Ru…
Murders drop sharply in El Salvador in April, police say
SAN SALVADOR (Reuters) – Homicides fell sharply during April in El Salvador, police figures showed on Monday, after ferocious gang violence probably turned the poor Central American country into the world’s most murderous nation.
