Maldives impeaches vice president as emergency law deepens crackdown
MALE (Reuters) – Parliament in the Maldives impeached the vice president on Thursday over his alleged role in an explosion on the president’s speedboat, a day after the government declared a state of emergency that was internationally condemned.
Ex-workers at gun maker Heckler & Koch charged in German Mexico probe
FRANKFURT (Reuters) – German prosecutors said on Thursday six former employees of gun maker Heckler & Koch had been charged with breaching laws on trade and weapons of war by selling arms destined for four Mexican states.
U.N. expects Europe’s refugee flow to top 1 million in 2015
GENEVA (Reuters) – Refugees and migrants are likely to keep coming to Europe at a rate of up to 5,000 per day via Turkey this winter, the United Nations said on Thursday, meaning that more than a million people will have fled to the continent this year…
China, Vietnam pledge to manage maritime differences
HANOI (Reuters) – Visiting Chinese President Xi Jinping and Vietnam’s top leaders agreed on Thursday to manage disputes over the South China Sea amid strained ties made more uncertain by an upcoming reshuffle of Vietnam’s ruling Communist Party.
Tired of gunbattles, some Turkish Kurds hope ruling party victory brings peace
DIYARBAKIR, Turkey (Reuters) – Tired of trenches in the streets and daily gun battles, shopkeeper Berzani Akdogan is hoping the return of single-party rule might bring stability to Turkey’s southeast, even though a heavier military crackdown looks like…
OSCE reports rise in truce violations along Ukraine front lines
KIEV (Reuters) – International monitors in eastern Ukraine have reported a sharp increase in gunfire along front lines near the airport of the rebel-held city of Donetsk, a senior official with Europe’s main security and rights watchdog said on Thursda…
Rescue work continues as death toll rises in Pakistan factory collapse
LAHORE, Pakistan (Reuters) – Rescuers at the site of a collapsed factory in Pakistan continued to dig through the rubble on Thursday, as the death toll rose to at least 21, officials said, describing the latest tragedy to spotlight poor safety standard…
In Croatia’s close-run election, the focus is migrants and the economy
ZAGREB (Reuters) – Croatia’s ruling Social Democrats can claim success on the two biggest issues facing the country – Europe’s migration crisis and a sluggish economy just climbing out of recession – but it faces a tough fight to retain power in an ele…
Bomb blast in northeast Lebanon kills nine: security sources
BEIRUT (Reuters) – A roadside car bomb killed at least nine people and wounded four others in northeast Lebanon on Thursday, in an area close to the Syrian border where violence has spilled over from the war next door, security sources said.
Bahrain jails five for Iran-linked militancy, strips their citizenship
CAIRO (Reuters) – Five Bahrainis were convicted of conspiring with Iran to carry out attacks inside Bahrain, sentenced to life imprisonment and stripped of their citizenship, Bahrain’s Public Prosecutor was cited as saying by state news agency BNA repo…
