North Korea fires missiles, to ‘liquidate’ South Korean assets
SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korea fired two short-range ballistic missiles into the sea on Thursday in defiance of U.N. Security Council resolutions, as South Korean and U.S. forces conducted massive war games.
North Korean nuclear test shook the earth but where’s the proper proof?
VIENNA (Reuters) – Two months after what is widely believed to have been a nuclear test by North Korea, the radioactive particles to prove it have yet to be detected, suggesting the communist state is getting better at hiding the fallout, experts say.
Ukraine’s Yaresko says rumors fuelling political crisis
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukrainian Finance Minister Natalia Yaresko on Thursday deflected questions about her chances of becoming prime minister if the government collapsed and said such speculation was fanning the flames of the country’s political crisis.
Syria air strikes target Islamic State in ancient Palmyra
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Russian warplanes were said to have launched heavy strikes on the Islamic State-held city of Palmyra on Thursday in what may be a prelude to a Syrian government bid to recapture the historic site lost to the jihadist group last May.
Russia: Lavrov and Kerry discuss need to cooperate on Syrian ceasefire
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry noted the need to deepen further Russian-American coordination on Syrian ceasefire in a phone call on Thursday, Russia’s Foreign Ministry said.
Despite anger over vote, Uganda boycott call mostly ignored
KAMPALA (Reuters) – A call for an economic boycott by Uganda’s opposition to protest last month’s re-election of long-serving President Yoweri Museveni was mostly ignored on Thursday, despite widespread anger over allegations of vote rigging.
Macedonia hopes migrant crisis will bring it closer to NATO
LJUBLJANA (Reuters) – Macedonia hopes stopping migrants at its border with Greece, which has effectively closed the Balkan route into northern Europe, will help the country join NATO, Defense Minister Zoran Jolevski said on Thursday.
China urges diplomats and U.N. to boycott Dalai Lama in Geneva
GENEVA (Reuters) – China has written to diplomats and U.N. officials urging them not to attend a Geneva event on Friday where the Dalai Lama will speak, reasserting that it opposes his appearance at all venues due to his “separatist activities”.
Tunisian troops kill three militants in Libyan border town
TUNIS (Reuters) – The Tunisian military said it killed three militants on Thursday in an operation to clear them out of a border town where more than 50 people died on Monday in an attack the government blamed on Islamic State.
Italy prosecutor to go to Cairo to investigate student’s killing
ROME (Reuters) – Italian prosecutors investigating the torture and killing of an Italian student in Cairo will travel there to meet Egyptian magistrates, Rome’s chief prosecutor said on Thursday.
