Eighteen Turkish workers kidnapped in Baghdad, firm says
BAGHDAD/ANKARA (Reuters) – Gunmen in military uniform seized 18 Turkish workers from a sports stadium they were building in northeastern Baghdad on Wednesday, their company said, in what Ankara said appeared to have been a targeted kidnapping of its co…
Catalonia faces wall of Spanish incomprehension, regional government says
MADRID (Reuters) – A Catalan regional election this month, which the pro-independence government has billed as a proxy on independence from Spain, is a last resort because of the indifference to Catalan demands shown by Madrid, the head of the regional…
Crackdown fuels migration crisis within Africa
DAKAR (Reuters) – Papa Demba Sow left Senegal two years ago hoping to make a better life in the oil-rich central African country of Gabon but in July he was arrested by police, thrown in jail for a month and deported along with hundreds of other Africa…
Islamic State claims bomb attack on Yemeni mosque, 28 reported dead
SANAA (Reuters) – Islamic State’s Yemen branch claimed responsibility for two bombings at a mosque in a northern district of the capital Sanaa that media run by the Houthi militia said killed at least 28 people and wounded 75 on Wednesday.
Brazil’s president says Uber costs jobs, let cities decide
BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff criticized ride-sharing app Uber on Wednesday for adding to unemployment, but she said each city had to decide how to deal with the service that has riled conventional taxi drivers.
Malaysia’s anti-corruption efforts undermined by questions about scandal: corruption fighter
PUTRAJAYA, Malaysia (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Malaysia’s commitment to fighting corruption cannot be taken seriously as long as it does not explain how millions of dollars ended up in Prime Minister Najib Razak’s bank account, the head of the worl…
Millions strike in India to protest against Modi’s labor reforms
KOLKATA, India (Reuters) – Protesters wielding Communist flags clashed with police in Kolkata on Wednesday as millions of workers across India went on strike, the latest display of opposition to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s economic reform package.
U.S. leads 13 air strikes in Syria, Iraq against Islamic State: statement
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States and its allies conducted 13 air strikes against Islamic State militants in Syria and Iraq on Tuesday, the coalition said in a statement.
Greece’s Syriza party falls behind conservatives in latest poll
ATHENS (Reuters) – The leftist Syriza party of former Greek premier Alexis Tsipras has fallen behind its main conservative opponents for the first time since a snap election was called in August, a new poll by GPO showed on Wednesday.
Syriza’s lead shrivels ahead of Greek election: poll
ATHENS (Reuters) – The lead held by Greece’s leftist Syriza party over conservative foes has shrunk to just 0.4 percent, according to a poll on Wednesday, offering further evidence that former premier Alexis Tsipras’s decision to call a snap election c…
