EU to take some migrant costs out of budget deficit calculations: Austrian finmin
VIENNA (Reuters) – Austria’s Finance Minister Hans Joerg Schelling said on Monday he expected the country’s 2016 budget to meet European Commission’s criteria on deficits as some of costs for dealing with migrants would be taken out of the calculations…
China forces used flamethrower to hunt Xinjiang ‘terrorists’: army newspaper
BEIJING (Reuters) – Chinese forces used a flamethrower to force more than 10 “terrorists” from a cave in the western Xinjiang region, the military’s top newspaper said on Monday, in a graphic account of the hunt for what Beijing called foreign-led extr…
Syrian army captures towns after Russian strikes: monitor
BEIRUT (Reuters) – The Syrian army and allied militias, backed by Russian bombardments, took control of two towns in western Syria after heavy battles with Islamic State fighters, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitoring group said on Monday….
Turkey seeks U.N. Security Council meeting over Turkmens in Syria: sources
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkey has called for a U.N. Security Council meeting to discuss attacks on Turkmens in neighboring Syria, sources in the prime minister’s office said, days after Ankara summoned the Russian ambassador in protest over “intensive” b…
Russian air force flew 141 sorties, hit 472 targets in Syria over weekend: RIA
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia’s air force flew 141 sorties and hit 472 terrorist targets in Syria over the weekend, the RIA news agency quoted the Russian Defence Ministry as saying on Monday.
Argentina in for a radical post-election grains output increase
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – By the end of President-elect Mauricio Macri’s first four-year term, Argentina will have doubled wheat shipments and surpassed Russia and Brazil as a corn exporter, by some estimates, as the abandonment of years-long trade rest…
Explosion damages toilet at Japan’s controversial shrine for war dead: media
TOKYO (Reuters) – An apparent explosion at Japan’s controversial Yasukuni Shrine for the war dead in Tokyo on Monday damaged the ceiling and the wall of a public bathroom near the south gate of the shrine, Kyodo news agency reported.
Candidates inspired by Hong Kong protests win seats in local polls
HONG KONG (Reuters) – Hong Kong’s pro-democracy movement was given a boost on Monday with about eight candidates involved in crippling protests winning office at district elections, while some veterans from both sides of the political divide suffered d…
Mali deepens probe into deadly attack on luxury hotel
BAMAKO (Reuters) – Mali said on Sunday that investigators were following “several leads” after 19 people were killed in an attack on a luxury hotel claimed by three Islamist militant groups.
South Korea military to proceed with drills despite North threat
SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea said planned military firing drills would go ahead on Monday near a disputed maritime border with North Korea, which has threatened “merciless retaliation” if Seoul fires into its waters on the anniversary of a 2010 bombin…
