U.S. offers Turkey technology to block Islamic State at Syria border
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States is accelerating efforts to help Turkey clamp down on its border with Syria, senior U.S. officials said, and for the first time will offer technologies to Ankara to help it secure the frontier.
Filipinos plan second protest trip to islands disputed with China
MANILA (Reuters) – Filipino protesters plan a second trip to disputed islands in the South China Sea, this time staying a month, a spokeswoman said on Thursday, after China flew a planeload of tourists to an artificial island it has built in the area.
JPMorgan to make donation to UK’s pro-EU campaign: Sky
LONDON (Reuters) – JPMorgan, the biggest U.S. bank by assets, is preparing to make a donation to a group campaigning to keep Britain in the European Union, Sky News reported on Thursday.
On U.S. end of Iran prisoner deal, doubts and delays in final hours
HOUSTON/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – When FBI agents arrested Bahram Mechanic in April last year, prosecutors described the Houston-based Iranian-American entrepreneur as an illegal purchasing agent for Iran’s military and a threat to national security.
Haiti in talks to delay Sunday presidential runoff after protests
PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) – Haiti could postpone a presidential runoff election if the opposition commits to taking part at a later date, Prime Minister Evans Paul said on Wednesday, adding the Jan. 24 vote will go ahead if there is no deal to end a pol…
Tokyo goes for broke in Okinawa poll at U.S. airbase city
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s government is pulling out all the stops to ensure a candidate backed by the ruling party wins an mayoral election in the Okinawan city hosting a U.S. airbase whose planned move elsewhere on the island has set Tokyo and Okinawa…
Chinese flood Taiwan president-elect’s Facebook, demanding return to China
TAIPEI (Reuters) – Thousands of posts, apparently from China, have flooded the Facebook page of Taiwan president-elect Tsai Ing-wen, demanding her self-ruled island be brought under Chinese control, though her party brushed it off and said they respect…
U.N. council votes to reduce Ivory Coast peacekeepers
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The U.N. Security Council decided on Wednesday to reduce the number of U.N. peacekeepers in Ivory Coast, citing considerable progress in stabilizing the West African country where a civil war erupted five years ago.
Mexico, Central American countries OK plan for stranded Cubans
SAN JOSE (Reuters) – Mexico and Central American countries approved a plan on Wednesday for more flights that would allow thousands of Cubans stranded in Costa Rica to continue on to the United States.
China busts child trafficking ring, recovers 15 infants: Xinhua
SHANGHAI (Reuters) – Police in China have broken a child trafficking ring that they say had been selling children from the remote southwest to buyers near the coast 2,000 km (1,245 miles) away for as little as about $3,000, the state news agency Xinhua…
