New approach to old alliance for Saudi King and Obama
RIYADH (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia’s King Salman will meet U.S. President Barack Obama in Washington on Friday, aiming to push him for more support in Riyadh’s efforts to counter Iran after it agreed to a nuclear deal that will relieve Tehran of some inte…
Bomb attacks across Baghdad kill 12: sources
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – At least 12 people were killed on Thursday in bomb attacks in commercial and residential neighbourhoods across Baghdad, police and medical sources said.
Exclusive: Migrant crisis spurs European interest in Israeli border barriers
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Faced with a surge in migration from the Middle East and North Africa, two European countries are exploring the possibility of erecting towering steel security fences along parts of their borders, similar to Israel’s barrier with …
Two Vice News reporters released in southeast Turkey
DIYARBAKIR, Turkey (Reuters) – Two Vice News journalists arrested in southeast Turkey this week on charges of having links to a terrorist organization have been released, their lawyer and a Turkish government source told Reuters on Thursday.
At least 14 killed as boat overloaded with migrants capsizes off Malaysia
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – An overloaded wooden boat believed to be carrying dozens of Indonesian illegal immigrants sank off the coast of Malaysia on Thursday, killing at least 14 people, among them 13 women, maritime officials said.
Protesting farmers in more than 1,500 tractors flood Paris streets
PARIS (Reuters) – Protesting French farmers converged on Paris in more than 1,500 tractors on Thursday to demand more government action to stem a crisis in the meat and dairy sectors that has left some farms near bankruptcy in the European Union’s top …
China, Vietnam agree to ‘properly handle’ disputes
BEIJING (Reuters) – The leaders of China and Vietnam agreed on Thursday to “properly handle” their disputes, China’s official Xinhua news agency reported, amid tension over a territorial spat in the South China Sea.
Congo militia chief tried to protect civilians, war crimes court told
THE HAGUE (Reuters) – Lawyers for militia leader Bosco Ntaganda sought on Thursday to counter a portrayal of their client as cruel and bloodthirsty, saying he was a professional soldier who had tried to protect civilians from chaos and disorder in Cong…
China holds massive military parade, to cut troop levels by 300,000
BEIJING (Reuters) – President Xi Jinping announced on Thursday he would cut troop levels by 300,000 as China held its biggest display of military might in a parade to commemorate victory over Japan in World War Two, an event shunned by most Western lea…
Special Report: In Egypt, jailed Islamists ‘dying of neglect’
DAMIETTA, Egypt (Reuters) – Muslim Brotherhood lawmaker Mohammad al-Falahgi was arrested on terror charges in 2013 and held in prison, but never convicted. Earlier this year, after pleading for medical help, he died “handcuffed to the hospital bed,” ac…
