Huge blasts at Chinese port kill 50, injure more than 700
TIANJIN, China (Reuters) – Two huge explosions tore through an industrial area where toxic chemicals and gas were stored in the northeast Chinese port city of Tianjin, killing at least 50 people, including at least a dozen fire fighters, officials and …
Egyptian military plane crashes near Libyan border, four dead
CAIRO (Reuters) – An Egyptian military aircraft crashed near the Libyan border while on a mission against Islamist militants on Thursday, killing four people and injuring another two, the military said.
Kuwait seizes arms, holds suspects in militant plot: local media
KUWAIT (Reuters) – Kuwait authorities seized a huge arms cache smuggled from Iraq and hidden beneath houses near the border, arresting three suspected members of a militant cell that was plotting to destabilize the country, local media said.
U.S., Venezuela talks a ‘work in progress,’: Venezuela diplomat
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Venezuela’s top diplomat in Washington said that after five months of quiet diplomacy, relations between the two adversaries were still tentative, with no real rapprochement yet after a decade of hostility.
Shortages push some Venezuelans to queue overnight for food
MARACAIBO (Reuters) – As dawn breaks over the scorching Venezuelan city of Maracaibo, smugglers, young mothers and a handful of kids stir outside a supermarket where they spent the night, hoping to be first in line for scarce rice, milk or whatever may…
Turkey faces autumn election after coalition talks fail
ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkey faces a snap election this autumn after talks on forming a coalition government broke down on Thursday, increasing uncertainty in the NATO member state as it battles Islamic State insurgents on its borders and Kurdish militant…
Britain says to protest to Ecuador over Assange asylum
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain said on Thursday it would make a formal protest to Ecuador over its decision to provide asylum to WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange in its London embassy and so prevent his extradition to Sweden over alleged sex crimes.
Paris murder suspect faces trial as Kurdish tensions resurface
PARIS (Reuters) – A Turkish man suspected of murdering three Kurdish activists in Paris in 2013 is to face trial, putting the spotlight on a key rallying point for ethnic Kurds amid renewed violence in Turkey’s Kurdish southeast.
Pakistan military court sentences six to death in school massacre
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – A secret military court in Pakistan sentenced six men to death after convicting them of involvement in the Taliban massacre of 134 children at an army-run school in Peshawar, the military said on Thursday.
Kerry voices concern to Russian counterpart on Ukraine fighting
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry expressed “grave concern” to his Russian counterpart on Thursday over a sharp rise in separatist attacks in eastern Ukraine and urged an immediate ceasefire, the State Department said.
