China’s parliament passes foreign NGO law, no details on changes
BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s parliament passed a controversial law governing foreign non-government organizations, state news agency Xinhua reported on Thursday, without giving details of any amendments.
Car bomb outside security chief’s home in Yemen’s Aden: sources
ADEN (Reuters) – A suicide car bomb exploded outside the home of the security chief of Yemen’s Aden, Shelal Ali Shayyeh, on Thursday, residents said, wounding at least two people.
Russia launches first rocket from new spaceport at second attempt
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia launched its inaugural rocket from a new cosmodrome on Thursday, a day after a technical glitch thwarted the much-publicized event in a sign of continued crisis in the nation’s space industry.
U.N. envoy urges Obama, Putin to save Syria truce, peace process
GENEVA (Reuters) – The United Nations mediator on Thursday called on the leaders of the United States and the Russian Federation to salvage the “barely alive” two-month-old ceasefire in Syria and revitalize the damaged peace process.
Myanmar’s Mr Clean says he takes ‘red tape road’ to profit
YANGON (Reuters) – Scaffolding around the 139-year old Burma Railway Headquarters, a red-brick colonial relic at the center of a half billion dollar property development in central Yangon, hasn’t seen much action since the project was announced four ye…
Paris attacks suspect Abdeslam extradited to France, under formal investigation
PARIS (Reuters) – Paris attacks suspect Salah Abdeslam was placed under formal investigation on terrorism and murder charges in France on Wednesday after his extradition from Belgium, and he promised to talk to judges during his next hearing, his Frenc…
Australia’s tough immigration policies hit in middle of election campaign
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Papua New Guinea and Australia will hold urgent talks about the fate of 900 asylum seekers after PNG announced the closure of the island detention center holding them, leaving Australia’s tough immigration policies in disarray in the…
Brazil’s Temer to battle fiscal crisis without tax hikes
BRASILIA (Reuters) – A new government in Brazil led by Vice President Michel Temer would focus on cutting spending to close a gaping budget deficit and would only raise taxes as a last resort, the leader of his Brazilian Democratic Movement Party (PMDB…
Israeli forces kill Palestinian woman and brother, armed with knives: police
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israeli police shot dead a Palestinian woman and her teenage brother on Wednesday, saying they were armed with knives and tried to carry out an attack at a checkpoint in the occupied West Bank.
Ukrainian diplomat rushes to Russian border over jailed pilot’s sister
KIEV (Reuters) – A senior Ukrainian diplomat was headed to the Russian border on Thursday morning to help the sister of jailed Ukrainian pilot Nadezhda Savchenko after Kiev accused Russian border guards of seizing her passport and preventing her from l…
