Thai prime minister says election likely in July 2017
BANGKOK (Reuters) – A general election in Thailand could come in July 2017 and not much sooner, despite efforts by the military government to hasten the process, the prime minister said on Wednesday.
Two Turkish workers kidnapped in Baghdad are released
BASRA, Iraq (Reuters) – Two of the 18 Turkish workers kidnapped in Baghdad this month have been released near the southern oil city of Basra, the Turkish ambassador in Baghdad said on Wednesday.
Islamic State Syria advance pushes France to begin air strikes
PARIS (Reuters) – Islamic State fighters have made considerable progress near the contested northern Syrian city of Aleppo and are threatening to rout core elements of Western-backed Syrian rebel forces there, France’s defense minister said on Wednesda…
Creditors hope for broad Greek coalition; fat chance
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – If Greece’s international creditors had a say in Sunday’s general election, they would want voters to force a grand coalition of the main political parties to implement the country’s tough bailout program.
As refugee crisis grows, U.N. agency faces questions
GENEVA (Reuters) – It took a photograph of a drowned toddler washed up on a Turkish beach to achieve what a United Nations agency with 9,300 staff and a budget of $4 billion could not: soften European views on the refugee crisis.
China continued South China Sea reclamation despite halt claim: expert
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – China was carrying out land reclamation in contested waters of the South China Sea this month, more than four weeks after saying it had stopped such activity, a U.S. expert said on Tuesday, citing recent satellite images.
U.N. calls for special court to prosecute Sri Lanka war crimes
GENEVA (Reuters) – Sri Lankan government forces and Tamil Tiger rebels “most likely” committed war crimes including mass killings of civilians during their long conflict that should be prosecuted by a special court with international judges, the United…
PKK bomb attack, clashes kill 12 in southeast Turkey: sources
DIYARBAKIR, Turkey (Reuters) – Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) militants killed three Turkish police officers overnight in a bomb attack on their armored vehicle as they traveled along a highway in southeast Turkey, security sources said on Wednesday.
ECB vice president says immigrants can stop Europe’s ‘demographic suicide’
FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Europe’s ageing society is committing “demographic suicide” and needs immigrants to keep its workforce from shrinking further, the vice president of the European Central Bank told Reuters.
Child among four killed in Nepal in police firing at charter protest
BIRATNAGAR, Nepal (Reuters) – Police in Nepal fired rubber bullets into a crowd of demonstrators killing four people including a four-year-old boy, officials said on Wednesday, the latest in a series of clashes over a plan to set up a federal system.
