Afghan forces regain control of a symbolic district in south
((This version of the August 30 story corrects to U.S. airstrikes, not NATO, in paragraph 1))
Migrant trains reach Germany as EU asylum system creaks
VIENNA/MUNICH (Reuters) – Trainloads of migrants arrived in Austria and Germany from Hungary on Monday as European Union asylum rules collapsed under the strain of a wave of migration unprecedented in the EU.
Islamic State claims Monday bomb attack on ENI joint venture office in Tripoli
CAIRO (Reuters) – Islamic State militants have claimed a car bomb attack on the Mellitah oil and gas firm, co-owned by Italy’s ENI, in the Libyan capital on Monday, a statement on social media said on Tuesday.
China says Japan complaints about U.N. Ban’s WW2 parade visit ‘irritating’
BEIJING (Reuters) – China on Tuesday rebuffed as “irritating” complaints from Japan about the Beijing visit of U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to watch a military parade marking the end of World War Two.
Four killed, dozens wounded, in suicide attack on Pakistan forces
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) – A suicide bomber killed at least four people and wounded dozens on Tuesday in northwest Pakistan, where security forces are battling Islamist militants, officials said.
Asked about Trump, China says U.S. people want good ties
BEIJING (Reuters) – China understands people in the United States have the right to say what they want, but most want good relations with China, the foreign ministry said on Tuesday, apparently dismissing repeated attacks by billionaire Donald Trump as…
U.S. presidential grandchildren tout Nationalist WWII bona fides on anniversary
TAIPEI (Reuters) – Two grandchildren of World War Two-era U.S. presidents said the Chinese Nationalists’ role in defeating Japan was as significant as the Communists in a rare joint appearance in Taiwan, as China launches its own high-profile parade ma…
Singapore ruling party for first time faces election fight for every seat
SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong’s ruling People’s Action Party will face a fight from opposition candidates in all 89 parliamentary seats for the first time since independence 50 years ago, nominations showed on Tuesday.
Reporters cleared in Thai navy defamation case
PHUKET, Thailand (Reuters) – A court on the Thai island of Phuket cleared two journalists on Tuesday of defaming the Thai navy and other related charges in a report they published in 2013 on the trafficking of Muslim minority Rohingya people from Myanm…
Anti-Muslim Buddhist group moves toward Myanmar’s mainstream
YANGON (Reuters) – Swathed in crimson robes, 77-year-old Ashin Tilawkar Biwonsa shuffles through a crowded conference room with the help of an aide, his supporters standing in respect as he takes a seat at the head of a table under a portrait of his ow…
