South Korea seeks U.S. strategic weapons after North’s nuclear test
SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea is in talks with the United States to deploy U.S. strategic weapons on the Korean peninsula, a South Korean military official said on Thursday, a day after North Korea said it successfully tested a hydrogen nuclear device….
EU’s Juncker says sanctions on Poland over disputed laws unlikely
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – The European Union is unlikely to punish Poland over two widely criticized laws passed by the new Polish government and hopes talks between Brussels and Warsaw will resolve the issue, the head of the bloc’s executive, Jean-Claude …
U.N. refugee agency raps Denmark on asylum-seekers, urges Europe to set example
GENEVA (Reuters) – The U.N. refugee agency censured Denmark on Thursday for measures that were an “affront” to refugees’ dignity as its new head urged Europe not to throw up barriers to block a tide of asylum-seekers.
Talks uncertain as India says Pakistan must first hunt militants
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India called on Pakistan on Thursday to take “prompt and decisive” action against militants it blames for an attack on an air base, days before fraught peace talks between the nuclear-armed neighbors are scheduled to resume.
Hutu militia kill 14 from rival ethnic group in east Congo: army
KINSHASA (Reuters) – Rwandan Hutu rebels killed 14 civilians from a rival ethnic group in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo early on Thursday morning and wounded nine, the army said, in a sign of the ethnic tensions that persist in the conflict-torn…
French interior ministry confirms man shot in Paris wore fake belt
PARIS (Reuters) – A knife-wielding man shot dead by Paris police on Thursday as he tried to enter a police station shouting “Allahu Akbar” (God is Great) was wearing a fake explosive belt, the Interior Ministry spokesman said.
Do more to rescue women trafficked to Goa, charity tells India government
MUMBAI (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – A prominent charity in India’s beach resort state of Goa called on the government on Thursday to do more to rescue thousands of women and children who are trafficked to the popular tourism spot every year for sexua…
Nauru police investigate alleged sexual assault on child refugee
BANGKOK (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Police on the tiny Pacific island nation of Nauru are investigating an alleged assault on a child refugee by another refugee, the government said on Thursday.
Defiance among rogue settlers as Israel accuses Jewish youth of murder
YISHUV HADAAT, West Bank (Reuters) – The caves around this windy settler outpost, whose name is Hebrew for “Of Sound Mind”, have served as places of meditation and prayer – and, according to Israel – staging ground for the worst Jewish militant attack …
Dispute over Turkish troops throws future of Mosul into question
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Months before the first shots are fired in the threatened battle to drive Islamic State out of Mosul, a dispute over Turkish troops in the area suggests that a struggle for influence over the future of Iraq’s second city has already…
