Russia’s Putin plans to hold international phone talks on Syria: Interfax
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin will hold phone talks with European leaders on Syria on Friday, Interfax quoted the Kremlin as saying on Thursday.
Iran says blacklisting Hezbollah may jeopardize Lebanon’s stability
ANKARA (Reuters) – Iran accused Gulf Arab neighbors on Thursday of jeopardizing Lebanon’s stability by blacklisting the Iranian-backed Hezbollah group, state television said, a move likely to stoke tensions in the regional power rivalry between Tehran …
Indonesia’s early tsunami warning buoys down when big quake hit
PADANG/JAKARTA, Indonesia (Reuters) – All 22 of the early-warning buoys Indonesia deployed after the 2004 tsunami disaster were inoperable when a massive undersea earthquake struck off the coast on Wednesday, a National Disaster Mitigation Agency offic…
Denmark extends controls on German border until April 3
COPENHAGEN (Reuters) – Denmark decided on Thursday to extend temporary controls at its border with Germany by 30 days to April 3, Immigration Minister Inger Stojberg said.
Australia to test debris found two years after Malaysian jet disappeared
SYDNEY (Reuters) – A piece of debris found off the southeast African coast that could be from a missing Malaysia Airlines flight is being sent to Australia for testing, officials said on Thursday, two years after the plane carrying 239 people disappear…
Japan’s nuclear refugees face bleak return five years after Fukushima
NARAHA (Reuters) – Tokuo Hayakawa carries a dosimeter around with him at his 600-year-old temple in Naraha, the first town in the Fukushima “exclusion zone” to fully reopen since Japan’s March 2011 catastrophe. Badges declaring “No to nuclear power” ad…
Thirteen killed as Turkish forces clash with Kurdish militants
DIYARBAKIR, Turkey (Reuters) – Three Turkish soldiers and 10 Kurdish militants have been killed in two clashes in southeast Turkey, the army said on Thursday, the latest casualties in a revived conflict that has killed hundreds since the collapse of a …
Public support for Putin to serve another term hits highest level in four years: poll
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Public support for Vladimir Putin to serve another term as president has hit its highest level in four years, a survey by a state-run pollster showed on Thursday.
Lighter traffic, little sign of customs crackdown at North Korea border
DANDONG, China (Reuters) – Hours after the United Nations imposed tough new sanctions on North Korea, vehicle traffic on the bridge linking the isolated country with the Chinese border city of Dandong was lighter than usual, but drivers reported no inc…
Kremlin regrets U.S. decision to extend sanctions on Russia
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia regrets that the United States decided to extend sanctions on Russia over its role in the Ukraine crisis, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters on Thursday.
