Russia and Britain discuss avoiding airspace, naval ‘incidents’
MOSCOW (Reuters) – The Russian Defense Ministry said late on Thursday that senior British military officials had met with their Russian counterparts in Moscow to discuss how best to avoid incidents between the two countries’ armed forces at sea and in …
China says some officials plead poverty to hide corruption
BEIJING (Reuters) – Some Chinese officials have become expert at pretending to live frugal, exemplary lives while actually being dissolute individuals with often huge hidden wealth, a state-run newspaper said on Friday, warning the government would roo…
Cameron pleads for leaders’ help to keep Britain in EU
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Prime Minister David Cameron said on Thursday he could see a pathway to a deal to keep Britain in the European Union after EU leaders told him at a summit in Brussels they would not accept discrimination against EU migrant workers …
World’s refugees and displaced exceed record 60 million: U.N.
GENEVA (Reuters) – The number of people forcibly displaced worldwide is likely to have “far surpassed” a record 60 million this year, mainly driven by the Syrian war and other protracted conflicts, the United Nations said on Friday.
China carries out war games in South China Sea this week
BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s military carried out war games in the disputed South China Sea this week, with warships, submarines and fighter jets simulating cruise missile strikes on ships, the official People’s Liberation Army Daily said on Friday.
Panel blasts U.N. over handling of Central Africa peacekeeper abuse
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The United Nations and its agencies grossly mishandled allegations of child sexual abuse by international peacekeepers in the Central African Republic, an independent review panel said in a report released on Thursday.
After half a century, U.S. and Cuba to resume scheduled flights
WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) – The United States and Cuba have agreed to restore scheduled commercial airline service for the first time in more than five decades in a deal allowing 110 round-trip flights a day between the former Cold War foes.
Violence, fear in northern Mali deprive children of education
DAKAR (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Insecurity in northern Mali has forced teachers to flee and schools to remain closed, leaving hundreds of thousands of children out of education three months into the academic year, the United Nations said on Friday…
Canada, church say they hope North Korea will release pastor soon
TORONTO (Reuters) – The Canadian government and one of the country’s largest churches said on Thursday they hope the sentencing of a pastor to a life of hard labor in North Korea will at least bring new avenues of consular access after months without c…
From Russia with love: Putin, Trump sing each other’s praises
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump praised each other on Thursday, saying they would welcome an improvement in the now-icy relations between their two nations.
