Pressure mounts on North Korea to abandon rocket launch
SEOUL/TOKYO (Reuters) – International pressure grew on North Korea to call off a planned rocket launch, seen by some governments as another missile test, while Japan put its military on alert to shoot down any rocket that threatens its territory.
U.S. rejects 30 Syrian refugees amid tightened security
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States has recently rejected 30 Syrians out of thousands seeking to enter the country, Obama administration officials told a congressional panel on Wednesday, as the United States tightens vetting of immigrants and oth…
Suicide attack in Yemen’s Aden wounds security chief
ADEN (Reuters) – A suicide bomber blew himself up outside the home of the security chief of the Yemeni province of Lahej on Wednesday night, killing himself and wounding the official and six other people, residents and a security official said.
Militant group Al Shabaab leading suspect in Somalia plane blast: U.S. government sources
MOGADISHU/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Investigators suspect the Al Shabaab militant group was behind a likely bomb blast that forced an Airbus A321 into an emergency landing this week in the Somali capital of Mogadishu, U.S. government sources said Wednesda…
Cameron says to assert British parliament is sovereign over EU laws
LONDON (Reuters) – Prime Minister David Cameron said on Wednesday he would seek to assert the sovereignty of the British parliament over European Union laws as he concludes his renegotiation of ties with the bloc.
France’s Hollande sounds out environmentalist to join government in reshuffle
PARIS (Reuters) – French President Francois Hollande has sounded out an environmentalist to join the government in a cabinet reshuffle widely expected soon, a source said on Wednesday.
EU’s Tusk to caution Britain’s Cameron on Thursday on risks to EU deal
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – An EU official said on Wednesday that the European council president, Donald Tusk, is likely to tell British Prime Minister David Cameron that the EU offer to freeze in-work benefits for migrants could unravel if other countries de…
Hungarians protest tight government control of education
MISKOLC, Hungary (Reuters) – Thousands of Hungarians protested on Wednesday against reforms of the education system by Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s center-right government that they consider oppressive and heavy-handed.
Don’t take Lebanon’s stability for granted: U.N. envoy
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Lebanon has weathered five years of Middle Eastern turmoil remarkably well but its stability should not be taken for granted and it needs long-term financial help to cope with a huge number of Syrian refugees, a senior U.N. official …
British Airways to resume flights to Iran
LONDON (Reuters) – British Airways will resume direct flights from London to Tehran from July, renewing links with the Iranian capital after sanctions were lifted.
