Two Air France flights from U.S. diverted by bomb threats
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Two Air France flights bound for Paris from the United States were diverted for several hours on Tuesday following anonymous bomb threats, and more than 700 passengers and crew were safely taken off the planes, officials said.
EU Commission to suspend Hungary nuclear expansion: media
BUDAPEST (Reuters) – The European Commission will call on Hungary to suspend preparations to expand its Paks nuclear power plant with two new blocks in a deal awarded to Russia’s Rosatom, local daily Nepszabadsag reported on its website citing an unnam…
Pentagon targeting trucks, rigs in assault on Islamic State oil funding
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S.-led air strikes have hit at least 175 targets in the Islamic State’s main oil-producing region over the past month, as Washington intensifies efforts to disrupt a key revenue source estimated to provide more than $1 million …
U.N. agency protests Thailand’s deportation of Chinese refugees
BANGKOK (Reuters) – A UN agency protested Thailand’s deportation of two registered refugees to China on Wednesday, saying they should not have been sent back to a country “where their lives can be put in danger”.
U.N. denies Secretary-General Ban will visit North Korea next week
(Reuters) – United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon will not visit North Korea next week, a U.N. spokesman said in a statement on Wednesday after China’s Xinhua news agency reported that he will visit the North on Monday and stay for about four da…
Gunfire in north Paris as police hunt shooting suspect: police source
PARIS (Reuters) – Shots rang out in the Saint Denis area of northern Paris early on Wednesday as special police forces launched an operation to catch one of the suspects from Friday night’s shooting in the French capital, a police source told Reuters.
Russian PM says terrorism requires global response
MANILA (Reuters) – Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said on Wednesday terrorism was a global challenge and required a a global response.
Chinese security forces kill 17 in Xinjiang: Radio Free Asia
BEIJING (Reuters) – Chinese security forces in the restive far western region of Xinjiang have killed 17 people, including women and children, accused of involvement in an attack at a coal mine that left at least 50 dead, U.S.-based Radio Free Asia sai…
Air France flights diverted after bomb threats: media
(Reuters) – Two Air France flights that took off from the United States on Tuesday were later diverted after bomb threats, U.S. and Canadian media said.
Cuba blames U.S. for migrant crisis in Central America
HAVANA (Reuters) – Cuba’s Communist government on Tuesday blamed the United States’ Cold War-era immigration law for a migrant crisis in which more than 1,000 Cubans have been getting stuck at Central American border crossings in an attempt to reach th…
