China Party journal denounces critics seeking to discredit anti-graft drive
BEIJING (Reuters) – A top magazine of China’s ruling Communist Party lashed out at critics of its ongoing anti-corruption campaign, saying foreign media and individuals from home and abroad were intentionally trying to discredit the effort as a politic…
Salah Abdeslam refused to blow himself up, brother says: BFM TV
PARIS (Reuters) – Salah Abdeslam, the Paris attacks suspect who was arrested in Brussels last month, refused to blow himself up on the day of the attacks, his brother Mohamed told French news channel BFM TV.
Turkish police capture suspected car bomber who targeted police
DIYARBAKIR, Turkey (Reuters) – Turkish authorities on Saturday detained a key suspect in a bombing that killed seven people and wounded 23 in the biggest attack of its kind in months in the strife-hit southeast, security sources said.
Protests mount before EU-Turkey migrant deal takes effect
ISTANBUL/ATHENS (Reuters) – Migrants protested on a Greek island and rights groups raised legal objections on Friday three days before a disputed EU deal to return rejected asylum seekers from Greece to Turkey was due to go into action, with neither si…
Renewed fighting in Lebanon Palestinian refugee camp kills one
BEIRUT (Reuters) – One person was killed and others injured late on Friday in a Palestinian refugee camp in south Lebanon after a dispute erupted into gunfire between rival political groups for the second time this week, Reuters witnesses and state med…
Vietnam parliament swears in top policeman as president
HANOI (Reuters) – Vietnam’s parliament swore in Tran Dai Quang as president on Saturday, elevating the head of a controversial internal security agency to one of the communist nation’s most powerful political posts.
Former British colony Australia says it wants Britain to stay in EU
SYDNEY (Reuters) – The former British colony of Australia wants Britain to stay in the European Union, Foreign Minister Julie Bishop said, weeks before Britain holds a referendum on EU membership.
Obama: troubled by trends in Turkey against free press, democracy
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama on Friday said he was troubled by trends in Turkey against a free press and said he had urged President Tayyip Erdogan not to pursue a strategy of repression and shutting down democratic debate in his …
U.S. to clarify Iran rules, but Tehran must reassure wary firms
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States will try to help foreign companies become more at ease doing business with Iran after last year’s nuclear deal, but Tehran must also reassure them it is a safe place to invest, President Barack Obama said on Fri…
Exclusive: U.S. weighs ramping up deployment of special forces to Syria
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. administration is considering a plan to greatly increase the number of American special operations forces deployed to Syria as it looks to accelerate recent gains against Islamic State, U.S. officials told Reuters.
