Twelve Malaysian tourists, guide killed in Thai bus crash
BANGKOK (Reuters) – Twelve Malaysian tourists and a Thai guide were killed after their bus crashed in northern Thailand on Sunday, police said.
Europe’s year from hell may presage worse to come
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – By any measure, it has been a year from hell for the European Union. And if Britons vote to leave the bloc, next year could be worse.
U.S. embassy warns citizens over possible Tunisia mall attack
TUNIS (Reuters) – The United States embassy in Tunisia has warned its citizens to avoid a major shopping mall in the capital Tunis on Sunday because of a reported threat of a potential militant attack there.
Nepal climbers face ruin after quake, blockade hits Everest industry
KHUMJUNG, Nepal (Reuters) – Phurba Tashi Sherpa, the most accomplished high-altitude climber in history, holds a bucket and crowbar as he claws through the rubble of his home seven months after Nepal’s earthquake shattered the country.
Dozens rescued floating at sea after abandoning Indonesian ferry
JAKARTA (Reuters) – Dozens of people with life jackets were found floating in Indonesia’s Gulf of Bone on Sunday, some clinging to a fish trap, after abandoning their ferry in rough seas off Sulawesi Island, said officials, adding that two passengers h…
Turkey says will continue to move troops from northern Iraqi province
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkey has acknowledged a “miscommunication” with Iraq over its deployment of troops to the Bashiqa military base in northern Iraq, Turkey’s foreign ministry said on Saturday.
Gulf war trauma began Japan’s retreat from pacifism
TOKYO (Reuters) – As the first Gulf War raged in February 1991, Japanese army major Nozomu Yoshitomi was supposed to be playing war games with U.S. officers at a military facility in Tokyo. But the Americans appeared distracted, watching the conflict l…
Turkey’s Erdogan meets Hamas leader Meshaal in Istanbul
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan met with Khaled Meshaal, leader of Palestinian militant group Hamas, on Saturday in Istanbul, Turkish presidential sources said, a day after Israel and Turkey said they were close to patching up fiv…
Spain goes to the polls in too-close-to-call election
MADRID (Reuters) – Spaniards vote on Sunday in a parliamentary election in which new parties are loosening the grip of the once-dominant conservatives and Socialists, raising the possibility of a new era of consensus politics – or a period of instabili…
No end in sight for Chile airport strike as holidays loom
SANTIAGO (Reuters) – Ten of Chile’s airports remained closed on Saturday as striking workers tied to the civil aviation authority and officials failed to reach an agreement, with the outlook for Sunday not looking much better.
