Growing Japan row over U.S. air base presents election risk for PM Abe
TOKYO (Reuters) – A row between Tokyo and Japan’s Okinawa over a contentious U.S. air base deepened on Tuesday when Okinawa’s governor revoked a work permit for a new site, while the government said it was considering legal action to push ahead.
Top China paper says U.S., Russia playing Cold War game in Syria
BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s top newspaper on Tuesday accused both the United States and Russia of replaying their Cold War rivalry by engaging in military action in Syria, saying they needed to realize that era is over and should instead push for peace…
Islamic State is prime suspect in Turkey bombing, as protests erupt
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkey’s government said on Monday Islamic State was the prime suspect in suicide bombings that killed at least 97 people in Ankara, but opponents vented anger at President Tayyip Erdogan at funerals, universities and courthouses.
Special Report: Battling for India’s soul, state by state
KOLKATA (Reuters) – An ascendant Hindu nationalist group wants minority Muslims and Christians to accept that India is a nation of Hindus, and is pushing some of them to convert.
U.S. airdrops ammunition to Syria rebels
BEIRUT/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. forces airdropped small arms ammunition and other supplies to Syrian Arab rebels, barely two weeks after Russia raised the stakes in the long-running civil war by intervening on the side of President Bashar al-Assad.
China’s army sends vehicles seized in graft crackdown to border areas
BEIJING (Reuters) – Vehicles seized by the Chinese military during a crackdown on corrupt and extravagant practices have been sent for use by units working on China’s remote border areas, the army’s official newspaper said on Tuesday.
U.S. airdrops ammunition to Syria rebels
BEIRUT/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. forces airdropped small arms ammunition and other supplies to Syrian Arab rebels, barely two weeks after Russia raised the stakes in the long-running civil war by intervening on the side of President Bashar al-Assad.
Clashes in Kosovo after opposition figure arrested
PRISTINA (Reuters) – Protesters and police fought running battles in Kosovo on Monday after the arrest of a prominent opposition politician behind a campaign to overturn a landmark deal with Serbia.
Clashes in Kosovo after opposition figure arrested
PRISTINA (Reuters) – Protesters and police fought running battles in Kosovo on Monday after the arrest of a prominent opposition politician behind a campaign to overturn a landmark deal with Serbia.
Amnesty accuses U.S.-backed Syrian Kurdish group of demolishing homes
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Amnesty International on Tuesday accused a Syrian Kurdish militia supported by the United States of committing war crimes by driving out thousands of non-Kurdish civilians and demolishing their homes.
