Iraqi forces cut last IS supply line to Ramadi by retaking bridge
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Iraqi forces have cut Islamic State’s last supply line into the western city of Ramadi by seizing a key bridge, Iraqi officials and a military officer said on Thursday.
Dutch anti-Ukraine activists are helping Putin: Poroshenko
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said on Thursday that Dutch activists seeking to undo Ukraine’s association agreement with the European Union are unwitting pawns of Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Miss World Canada stopped in HK from reaching China pageant ‘over rights comments’
TORONTO (Reuters) – Canada’s China-born Miss World contestant was stopped in Hong Kong on Thursday and denied permission to board a flight to the beauty pageant finals in China, a move she said was punishment for speaking out against human rights abuse…
Saudi Arabia to execute more than 50 convicted of terrorism, local media say
RIYADH (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia plans to execute more than 50 people convicted of terrorism, two Saudi newspapers reported this week, in what appears to be a warning to would-be jihadists at a time of militant attacks on the kingdom.
Russia buries a fallen soldier, but won’t confirm where he fell
PALTSO, Russia (Reuters) – Russian serviceman Fyodor Zhuravlyov left home in a rush. He only managed to scrawl a phone number and a few words to his wife on a sheet of paper.
Dutch court rules that migrants’ right to food, shelter not unconditional
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – A Dutch high court on Thursday upheld a government policy of withholding food and shelter to rejected asylum-seekers who refuse to be repatriated, giving legal backing to one of Europe’s toughest immigration policies.
Turkey’s Erdogan calls for new constitution to include more powerful presidency
ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan on Thursday renewed his call to parliament to draft a new constitution that will grant his office greater executive powers, arguing it better suits affluent nations.
Suu Kyi says Myanmar cabinet to include ethnic groups, other parties
YANGON (Reuters) – Myanmar’s new cabinet will include members of other political parties and representatives of ethnic minorities, the leader of the National League for Democracy (NLD) Aung San Suu Kyi said on Thursday, stressing the need for national …
Morocco arrests three suspected Islamic State militants
RABAT (Reuters) – Moroccan police have arrested three people suspected of belonging to a militant cell with ties to the Islamic State group, the interior ministry said on Thursday.
Runway protesters cause traffic chaos at London’s Heathrow airport
LONDON (Reuters) – Activists opposed to the expansion of London’s Heathrow Airport blocked an approach tunnel on Thursday by chaining themselves to a parked vehicle, bringing traffic chaos to Europe’s busiest airport.
