Singapore sees Islamist militancy ‘clear, present danger’ for Asia
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Singapore sees a “clear and present danger” to Asia from Islamist militancy, especially from the threat of groups linking up after pledging allegiance to Islamic State, its defense minister Ng Eng Hen said on Wednesday.
Transgender Venezuelan lawmaker vows to fight for gay rights
CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuela’s first transgender lawmaker says she will fight for gay rights and gender equality, drawing inspiration from a flurry of new laws on marriage and civil unions in the rest of traditionally Roman Catholic Latin America.
China military paying ‘close attention’ to U.S. plane deployment
BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s military is paying “close attention” to an agreement between the United States and Singapore to deploy the U.S. P8 Poseidon spy plane to the city state and hopes the move does not harm regional stability, the Defence Ministr…
South Africa’s President Zuma changes finance minister
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – South African president Jacob Zuma removed finance minister Nhlanhla Nene from his position on Wednesday, saying the minister would be redeployed.
Greece moves stranded migrants to Athens from tense border
IDOMENI, Greece (Reuters) – Greek police rounded up some 2,300 migrants who had been stranded for three weeks at the border with Macedonia and transported them to Athens on Wednesday, dashing their hopes of seeking asylum in northern Europe.
Brazil’s top court suspends impeachment of Rousseff
BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazil’s Supreme Court has suspended impeachment proceedings against President Dilma Rousseff until it rules on a secret vote that stacked a congressional committee with opponents trying to oust her.
Hungary’s new export: prison-made razor-wire coils
MARIANOSZTRA, Hungary (Reuters) – Inmates in a high-security prison north of Budapest are manufacturing rolls of razor-wire fence that will prevent thousands of migrants from crossing the Greek-Macedonian border.
U.S. designates a German citizen as a ‘global terrorist’
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. State Department on Wednesday named Emrah Erdogan, a German citizen whom it said had joined and fought with the al Qaeda and al Shabaab militant groups, as a global terrorist.
Sold: The Mumbai eatery owned by India’s most wanted man
MUMBAI (Reuters) – A government-appointed auctioneer has sold off a Mumbai restaurant once owned by India’s most wanted man, fugitive mafia boss Dawood Ibrahim, in a rare sale of seized property that attracted wary bidders and tight security on Wednesd…
British school in Budapest evacuated, no explosives found
BUDAPEST (Reuters) – The British International School in Budapest evacuated all staff and pupils safely after receiving a bomb threat from an unidentified caller on Wednesday, a school statement said.
