Attackers planned multiple explosions in German stadium: Bild
BERLIN (Reuters) – A group of several attackers planned to set off multiple explosives in Hanover soccer stadium at Tuesday night’s friendly match between Germany and the Netherlands, which was called off, daily Bild reported on Thursday.
Obama says Syria settlement needed to eliminate Islamic State
MANILA (Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama said on Thursday it may take some months for Russia, Iran and the Syrian ruling elite to accept that there can be no end to Syria’s civil war or a political settlement while President Bashar al-Assad remai…
Canada PM meets Obama for first time, insists will withdraw jets
MANILA (Reuters) – New Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau held his first formal meeting with U.S. President Barack Obama on Thursday as the two men tried to repair relations that have become frayed over the last decade.
British PM Cameron to get official plane
LONDON (Reuters) – British Prime Minister David Cameron and his senior ministers are to get their own airplane to use for official trips, the government said on Thursday.
Canada PM tells Obama he sticking to plan for jet withdrawal
MANILA (Reuters) – Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau told U.S. President Barack Obama on Thursday he would stick to his promise to withdraw six jets that have been attacking Islamic State positions in Iraq and Syria.
Islamic State says ‘Schweppes bomb’ used to bring down Russian plane
CAIRO (Reuters) – Islamic State’s official magazine carried a photo on Wednesday of a Schweppes soft drink can it said was used to make an improvised bomb that brought down a Russian airliner over Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula last month, killing all 224 peo…
China detains suspected spy near North Korea ‘with map in his underwear’
SHANGHAI (Reuters) – Chinese guards near the North Korean border captured a foreigner suspected of spying after he was found with a hand-drawn map in his underwear of military positions along the border, the army-run China Defence News said on Thursday…
Australia port lease to China sparks tensions inside and out
CANBERRA (Reuters) – Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull on Thursday defended the lease of a commercial and military port in northern Australia to a Chinese firm said to have close ties to the Chinese military.
Russia, China sign contract worth over $2 billion for Su-35 fighter jets
MOSCOW (Reuters) – China is to buy a batch of 24 Sukhoi-35 fighter jets from Russia in a deal worth more than $2 billion, an industry source told Reuters on Thursday, in a move that may help the Kremlin’s strained finances.
With no one at helm, Portugal faces instability and strife
ALMADA, Portugal (Reuters) – In the Portuguese town of Almada, Communist activists are handing out leaflets that bear the hammer-and-sickle logo and triumphantly proclaim: “Government destroyed, victory for the workers’ struggle”.
