Hundreds of migrants protest at Budapest station, want to go to Germany
BUDAPEST (Reuters) – Hundreds of migrants protested in front of Budapest’s Keleti Railway Terminus for a second straight day on Wednesday, shouting “Freedom, freedom!” and demanding to be let onto trains bound for Germany from a station that has been c…
Sixty-one infants die at Indian hospital in just two weeks
CUTTACK, India (Reuters) – Sixty-one infants have died at an Indian children’s hospital in just two weeks, sparking protests and forcing the state government to launch an investigation.
Russia says will respond in kind to new U.S. sanctions over Ukraine
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Moscow said on Wednesday it would react in kind to United States’ widening of sanctions imposed on Russia over the crisis in Ukraine, criticizing the move as straining relations and posing risks for international stability.
Netanyahu threatens to target young Palestinian stone-throwers
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel is considering giving its security forces a freer hand to shoot at young Palestinian stone-throwers, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said on Wednesday.
Turkish jets target PKK, state media says 20 militants killed
DIYARBAKIR, Turkey (Reuters) – Turkish warplanes bombed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) positions in southeast Turkey on Wednesday after one soldier was killed in the area, the army said, and state media reported 20 militants were killed in the air stri…
Russia risks Japanese ire with Far East war commemoration
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia staged a military parade on Wednesday to commemorate seizing a group of Pacific islands from Japan at the end of World War Two, a move likely to inflame tensions over a long-running territorial dispute with Tokyo.
Eastern Libya struggles to attract oil buyers in row with Tripoli
CAIRO (Reuters) – Libya’s official government is struggling to woo oil majors in a bid to control oil revenue and force a rival Tripoli government into a U.N. peace deal because foreign clients are wary of breaking with the established state energy fir…
On eve of World War Two parade, China’s Xi slams ‘fiendish’ Japanese invaders
BEIJING (Reuters) – Chinese President Xi Jinping said on Wednesday that Japanese invaders of the country before and during World War Two behaved with barbarity and tried to slaughter the people into surrender, as China gears up for a military parade to…
Somali Islamists warn against ‘immoral culture’ at hotels, beaches
NAIROBI (Reuters) – Islamist militants al Shabaab issued a warning against Somalis who frequent hotels, beaches and nightclubs in the capital Mogadishu, saying it will target men and women who engage in “immoral culture.”
Pakistan says ‘almost all’ Uighur militants eliminated
BEIJING (Reuters) – Almost all members of the Uighur militant group the East Turkestan Islamic Movement (ETIM) have been eliminated from Pakistan, the country’s president said on Wednesday during a visit to Beijing.
