Poland may buy submarines with other NATO members: minister
WARSAW (Reuters) – Poland may join forces with other NATO members such as Norway or the Netherlands to buy submarines in a bid to cut costs, instead of buying them alone, deputy defense minister Czeslaw Mroczek said on Sunday.
Australia to take more Syrian refugees, wants ‘security response’
PERTH (Reuters) – Australia will accept more refugees from camps bordering Syria and Iraq and “is open” to providing more financial assistance, Prime Minister Tony Abbott said on Sunday, while adding that a “strong security response” was needed for the region.
New Thai constitution shot down, spelling prolonged military rule
BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thailand’s junta-appointed reform council on Sunday voted to reject a controversial new constitution, a result that will prolong military rule and push back an election to April 2017 at the earliest.
Two Turkish policemen killed by PKK in Diyarbakir
DIYARBAKIR (Reuters) – Two policeman were killed and three others injured in predominantly Kurdish eastern Turkey’s largest city when Kurdish militants clashed with security forces early on Sunday, government sources said.
Tsipras plays down fears of fractured result in Greek election
ATHENS (Reuters) – Former Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras played down fears on Sunday that a snap election in two weeks would produce a fractured result, saying there were enough undecided voters to produce a clear winner on the day.
Failure of Syria diplomacy exposes enduring divisions over Assad
BEIRUT/MOSCOW (Reuters) – While the desperate flight of Syrians from their country’s war was dominating news bulletins this summer, yet another diplomatic push to end the four-year-old conflict was quietly running into the sand.
South Korean fishing boat capsizes; at least 10 dead
SEOUL (Reuters) – At least 10 people died and about eight were missing after a South Korean fishing boat capsized, a coast guard official and media reports said on Sunday.
German film portrays Ukraine conflict through local voices
GDANSK, Poland (Reuters) – German film director Georg Genoux went as a volunteer to eastern Ukrainian city of Mykolaivka last November to film ordinary people talking about the Ukraine conflict and to help the city destroyed by shelling.
After graft scandal, Guatemala election seen heading to run-off
GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) – Guatemalans still reeling from a graft scandal that felled their president this week, head to the polls on Sunday to elect a new leader, though a tight race is seen heading to a second round run-off.
China says missing Panchen Lama is ‘living a normal life’
BEIJING (Reuters) – A young Tibetan who vanished two decades ago after he was chosen by the Dalai Lama as the second-highest figure in Tibetan Buddhism is “living a normal life” and does not want to be disturbed, a senior Chinese official said on Sunda…
