British PM Cameron to get official plane
LONDON (Reuters) – British Prime Minister David Cameron and his senior ministers are to get their own airplane to use for official trips, the government said on Thursday.
Canada PM tells Obama he sticking to plan for jet withdrawal
MANILA (Reuters) – Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau told U.S. President Barack Obama on Thursday he would stick to his promise to withdraw six jets that have been attacking Islamic State positions in Iraq and Syria.
Islamic State says ‘Schweppes bomb’ used to bring down Russian plane
CAIRO (Reuters) – Islamic State’s official magazine carried a photo on Wednesday of a Schweppes soft drink can it said was used to make an improvised bomb that brought down a Russian airliner over Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula last month, killing all 224 peo…
China detains suspected spy near North Korea ‘with map in his underwear’
SHANGHAI (Reuters) – Chinese guards near the North Korean border captured a foreigner suspected of spying after he was found with a hand-drawn map in his underwear of military positions along the border, the army-run China Defence News said on Thursday…
Australia port lease to China sparks tensions inside and out
CANBERRA (Reuters) – Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull on Thursday defended the lease of a commercial and military port in northern Australia to a Chinese firm said to have close ties to the Chinese military.
Russia, China sign contract worth over $2 billion for Su-35 fighter jets
MOSCOW (Reuters) – China is to buy a batch of 24 Sukhoi-35 fighter jets from Russia in a deal worth more than $2 billion, an industry source told Reuters on Thursday, in a move that may help the Kremlin’s strained finances.
With no one at helm, Portugal faces instability and strife
ALMADA, Portugal (Reuters) – In the Portuguese town of Almada, Communist activists are handing out leaflets that bear the hammer-and-sickle logo and triumphantly proclaim: “Government destroyed, victory for the workers’ struggle”.
Obama says can close Guantanamo while keeping Americans safe
MANILA (Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama said on Thursday that that he could close the Guantanamo Bay prison in Cuba while keeping Americans safe, but acknowledged he would likely face tough resistance from Congress.
Police use water canon on protesters at APEC summit
MANILA (Reuters) – Philippine police used water canon to prevent hundreds of left-wing demonstrators from disrupting an Asia-Pacific summit on Thursday, as leaders including U.S. President Barack Obama were gathering for the group photograph that is cu…
Venezuela president orders investigation after report on U.S. spying
CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said on Wednesday he had ordered an investigation into allegations that the U.S. government had spied on state oil company workers for a decade.
