Under pressure to solve Bangkok bomb attack, police interview driver
BANGKOK (Reuters) – Police on Tuesday questioned a taxi driver who may have driven the main suspect away from the area of last week’s deadly attack in Bangkok, as forensic experts struggle to unearth vital evidence in Thailand’s worst ever bombing.
Hungary wants more, less humiliating, EU funds to cope with migrants
BUDAPEST (Reuters) – Hungary wants more European Union funds to cope with the worst refugee crisis since World War Two, Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s chief of staff was quoted as saying on Tuesday.
Singapore calls early poll, riding birthday wishes as growth slows
SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Singapore will hold a general election on Sept. 11, more than a year before a deadline for the next polls, the government said on Tuesday, seen riding the feel-good factor of the city-state’s 50th birthday amid slowing economic gr…
China oil rig to keep drilling in waters disputed with Vietnam
BEIJING (Reuters) – A Chinese oil rig at the center of last year’s standoff between China and Vietnam will continue drilling not far from Vietnam’s coast, China’s maritime safety authorities said on Tuesday.
Court orders Russia to pay compensation for Greenpeace ship seizure
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – A court in the Netherlands has ordered Russia to pay compensation for seizing the Greenpeace ship Arctic Sunrise during a protest against an offshore oil platform two years ago.
Two killed in clashes at Palestinian camp in Lebanon
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Two people were killed in a Palestinian refugee camp in Lebanon in renewed overnight clashes between the mainstream Palestinian faction Fatah and hardline Islamists, security sources said.
Spain, Morocco arrest 14 suspected of recruiting for Islamic State
MADRID (Reuters) – Spain and Morocco arrested 14 people on Tuesday suspected of recruiting fighters to join Islamic State in Syria and Iraq, Spain’s Interior Ministry said.
Myanmar’s military chief says armed forces will respect vote
NAYPYITAW (Reuters) – Myanmar’s powerful commander-in-chief has reiterated that the military will respect the outcome of the country’s Nov. 8 election, seen as a crucial test of Myanmar’s reform process.
West and Japan snub China parade but Putin, North Korean official coming
BEIJING (Reuters) – Major Western leaders will not attend a military parade in China next week to mark the end of World War Two, leaving President Xi Jinping to stand with leaders and officials from Russia, Sudan, Venezuela and North Korea at his highe…
Explosions at Afghan gas terminal kill 10 children, shake city
HERAT, Afghanistan (Reuters) – A series of large explosions at a gas terminal on the edge of the western Afghan city of Herat late on Monday killed 10 children and an adult living in a camp for people displaced by war.
