Catalonia to pursue split from Spain despite court block, Mas says
MADRID (Reuters) – Catalonia’s government will continue its drive for independence, its acting head said on Thursday, a day after Spain’s Constitutional Court annulled a Catalan assembly resolution calling for a republic to be established within 18 mon…
UK says seeks release of British-Iranian citizen jailed in Iran
DUBAI (Reuters) – Britain’s foreign ministry has said it is seeking the release of a British-Iranian citizen from jail in Iran, where he has been held for four years on espionage charges.
Putin to Turkey: Expect more sanctions for jet shoot-down
MOSCOW (Reuters) – President Vladimir Putin said Turkey’s shooting down of a Russian military jet was a war crime and that the Kremlin would punish Ankara with additional sanctions, signaling fallout from the incident would be long-lasting and serious….
Israel says suspects arrested over fatal torching of Palestinian home
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Members of a “Jewish terror group” have been arrested over a July arson attack on a Palestinian home in the Israeli-occupied West Bank that killed a toddler and his parents, Israeli police said on Thursday.
Pakistan rejects 30 deportees from Greece, sends back plane
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Pakistan refused to allow 30 migrants deported from Greece to leave a plane at Islamabad on Thursday, a week after talks with the European Union to settle a dispute over forced repatriations.
Chechen leader: we’ll avenge man beheaded in Islamic State video
MOSCOW (Reuters) – The president of Russia’s Chechnya region, Ramzan Kadyrov, said on Thursday that whoever was responsible for the beheading of a Russian man from Chechnya, purportedly shown on an Islamic State video, will be killed.
Russia says opposition to Nord Stream extension is ‘politicized’
MOSCOW (Reuters) – European Union criticism of a plan to expand the Nord Stream pipeline that supplies natural gas to Germany is politicized, Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak was quoted as saying on Thursday by Russia’s RIA news agency.
Russia starts deliveries of S-300 air defense systems to Iran: TASS
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia has started the delivery of its S-300 air defense systems to Iran, TASS news agency quoted an aide to President Vladimir Putin as saying on Thursday.
Thai police say arrests made abroad in connection with Bangkok bomb
BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thai police said on Thursday that suspects wanted in connection with a bomb that ripped through a Bangkok shrine, killing 20 people, have been arrested abroad and that Thailand was in the process of requesting their extradition.
Mum’s the word as Myanmar’s Suu Kyi starts military rapprochement
NAYPYITAW (Reuters) – Myanmar’s opposition was tight-lipped on Thursday about talks between leader Aung San Suu Kyi and the country’s top general, citing the need for goodwill with its future government partners to ensure a smooth path to office.
