Japan, China vow to keep up ties, despite Nanjing row, spying arrests
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and China’s top diplomat on Wednesday vowed to keep up a recent warming in ties, even though new irritants, such as a row over documents about the 1937 Nanjing Massacre, threaten the nascent recovery…
Taiwan to boost coast guard presence on island disputed with China
TAIPEI (Reuters) – Taiwan will increase its coast guard presence on a small island in the disputed South China Sea Spratlys, the coast guard chief said Wednesday, as rival China asserts its claims to the same chain.
Swiss anti-immigration party set for win in national elections
ZURICH (Reuters) – Switzerland’s main anti-immigration party is set to cement its position as the country’s dominant political force in elections on Sunday.
Turkey suspends Ankara police, intelligence, security chiefs after bombing
ANKARA (Reuters) – The Turkish interior ministry said it had removed the Ankara’s police, intelligence and security chiefs from their posts in an effort to help the investigation into Saturday’s bombings that killed 97 people.
Swiss army jet crashes in France, pilot injured
ZURICH (Reuters) – The Swiss army said one of its Boeing F/A-18 jets crashed in France on a training mission on Wednesday, injuring the pilot.
Russia says its jet neared U.S. aircraft over Syria for identification: TASS
MOSCOW (Reuters) – A Russian fighter jet came into close proximity with a U.S. air force jet over Syria on Oct. 10 to identify it, “not to scare it”, Russia’s state ITAR-TASS news agency quoted the defense ministry as saying on Wednesday.
Slovakia sends police to guard Hungary’s border against migrants
BRATISLAVA (Reuters) – The Slovak government voted on Wednesday to send 50 police officers to help neighboring Hungary control the number of migrants crossing its border on the southern boundary of the European Union.
Germany’s Gabriel says refugee spending like stimulus package
BERLIN (Reuters) – German Economy Minister Sigmar Gabriel said on Wednesday that increased government spending for refugees would work like a stimulus package for Europe’s biggest economy.
China says not planning to send military ships to Syria
BEIJING (Reuters) – China said on Wednesday it had no plans to send military ships to Syria to fight with Russian forces after reports in overseas media that it was planning to do so.
Russia’s Lavrov says Washington declines deeper military talks on Syria
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said the United States declined to send a high-level military delegation to Moscow to discuss deeper coordination in fighting in Syria as had been proposed by Moscow.
