Implementation of Ukraine ceasefire deal to drag into 2016: RIA cites Russian official
MOSCOW (Reuters) – The implementation of the ceasefire accords, aimed to resolve the Ukraine crisis and known as the Minsk 2 agreements, will drag into 2016, RIA news agency reported on Thursday, citing Russia’s Deputy Foreign Minister Grigory Karasin …
Two-thirds of Spaniards don’t want election re-run: poll
MADRID (Reuters) – Less than one third of Spaniards want a re-run of last Sunday’s election, which resulted in a political stalemate, with two-thirds favoring a pact between parties, a poll showed on Thursday.
U.S., allies conduct 18 strikes in Iraq, six in Syria: U.S. military
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States and its allies conducted 18 air strikes against Islamic State in Iraq and six in Syria on Wednesday, coalition leading the operations said in a statement.
U.S. air strikes hit targets in embattled Afghan district
LASHKAR GAH, Afghanistan (Reuters) – U.S. aircraft carried out two attacks in Sangin, the district in southern Afghanistan overrun by Taliban insurgents this week, officials said on Thursday.
Eighteen migrants drown after boat sinks off Turkey’s western coast: media
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Eighteen people including six children drowned on Thursday after a boat carrying migrants sank off Turkey’s western coastal town of Dikili, Dogan news agency reported.
Activists call for witness protection as major Thai human trafficking trial begins
BANGKOK (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Thai authorities must step up witness protection for a major human trafficking trial with the accused including an army general and one investigator fleeing the country fearing for his life, activists said on Thur…
Russia’s security chief says identified groups behind plane explosion in Egypt: agencies
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Alexander Bortnikov, the head of Russia’s Federal Security Service, said on Thursday Russia had identified groups behind the explosion of a Russian plane in Egypt, which killed all 224 passengers on board in October, local news agenc…
Myanmar men sentenced to death for murder of British tourists in Thailand
KOH SAMUI, Thailand (Reuters) – A Thai court sentenced two Myanmar migrant workers to death on Thursday after convicting them of the 2014 murders of two young British tourists on a holiday island in a case mired in controversy and a dispute over DNA te…
Japan minister heads to Korea to try to resolve ‘comfort women’ issue
TOKYO/SEOUL (Reuters) – Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida is heading to South Korea this month to seek a resolution on the “comfort women” issue, public broadcaster NHK reported on Thursday.
Japan seeking information after reports Japanese journalist held hostage in Syria
TOKYO (Reuters) – The Japanese government is seeking information after reports a Japanese freelance journalist is being held hostage in Syria and has been threatened with execution, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said on Thursday.
