China-Taiwan summit two years in making, as leaders eye legacies
BEIJING/TAIPEI (Reuters) – This weekend’s historic summit in Singapore between the presidents of China and Taiwan may have surprised many, but the sides first broached the subject about two years ago and the leaders had their legacies very much in mind…
Spain’s ruling PP extends poll lead but Socialists rise
MADRID (Reuters) – Spain’s ruling People’s Party is on course to win the most votes in a national election in December, a poll showed on Thursday, but the rise of the opposition Socialists and new party Ciudadanos has increased the possibility of a cen…
Major mafia trial opens in Rome over case that rattled Italy
ROME (Reuters) – A one-eyed former neo-fascist gangster and 45 other defendants went on trial on Thursday accused of running a mafia crime ring in Rome that skimmed millions of euros off city hall contracts.
U.S., allies target Islamic State with fresh round of air strikes
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S.-led coalition fighting Islamic State in Syria and Iraq targeted the militants with 23 air strikes on Wednesday, the U.S. military said in a statement.
Turkish army kills 16 Kurdish rebels in latest clash near Iraq border
DIYARBAKIR, Turkey (Reuters) – Eighteen people were killed in clashes with the military in southeastern Turkey on Thursday, lifting this week’s death toll to almost 40 in the mainly Kurdish area and dampening prospects for a ceasefire.
Niger air force bombs Boko Haram base, arrests 20 militants
NIAMEY (Reuters) – Niger’s air force bombed a Boko Haram base in the country’s southeast and arrested more than 20 militants, security sources said on Thursday, in its biggest counter-attack in eight months.
Child drowns, another missing in migrant boat sinking: Greece
ATHENS (Reuters) – One child drowned and another was missing off the Greek island of Kos on Thursday after a boat carrying migrants sank, the country’s coastguard said.
Malaysia government to tell assembly about funds, critics see dodge
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – Malaysia’s government said on Thursday it would answer questions about millions of dollars found in the prime minister’s bank accounts, but only on the last day of parliament next month, which critics decried as a tactic to dod…
Bosnian imam jailed for recruiting Islamic State fighters
SARAJEVO (Reuters) – A Bosnian Muslim cleric was sentenced to seven years in jail on Thursday for recruiting fighters to join Islamic State in Syria and Iraq, under a new law aimed at stopping people becoming militants in the Middle East.
Maldives impeaches vice president under emergency law
MALE (Reuters) – The parliament of the Maldives impeached the vice president on Thursday over his alleged role in a blast on the president’s speedboat, a day after the government declared a state of emergency.
