No let-up on Greek reforms because of migrants, Moscovici says
ATHENS (Reuters) – Greece’s migrant crisis should not lead it to let up on reforms needed to comply with its multi-billion-euro bailout, European Economic Commissioner Pierre Moscovici said on Wednesday.
Aid rushed to Yemen island after cyclone displaces over 40,000: U.N.
ADEN (Reuters) – Aid flights rushed food and tents to the Yemeni island of Socotra, local officials said on Wednesday, after it was hit by a rare cyclone the United Nations said has displaced 40,000 people there and on the mainland.
Syrian army regains control of Aleppo supply route: TV
AMMAN (Reuters) – The Syrian army regained control of a road southeast of Aleppo on Wednesday, state television said, taking back the government’s only supply route into the city from Islamic State fighters who had seized it last month.
Battered by scandals, Rome set for mega mafia trial
ROME (Reuters) – The biggest mob trial in modern-day Rome opens on Thursday, with a one-eyed former neo-fascist gangster and 45 other defendants in the dock accused of operating a mafia network that plundered city coffers.
ASEAN defense chiefs fail to agree on South China Sea statement
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – Disagreement between the United States and China over how to address rival claims in the South China Sea marred a gathering of Southeast Asian defense officials on Wednesday, with a joint statement scrapped after ministers fail…
Putin, Erdogan discuss Syria, ready for political dialogue: Kremlin
MOSCOW (Reuters) – The Kremlin said on Wednesday that Russian President Vladimir Putin and Turkey’s President Tayyip Erdogan held a phone conversation and shared their opinions on the Syria crisis in light of ministerial meetings in Vienna last week.
Hungary takes over case of death of 71 migrants from Austria
BUDAPEST (Reuters) – Hungary has agreed to take over the criminal proceedings in the case of five individuals charged in the deaths of 71 migrants found in a lorry on an Austrian highway in August, the Hungarian Chief Prosecutor’s Office said in a stat…
China’s Xi to visit Vietnam; repairing ties after rig row
HANOI (Reuters) – Although Chinese President Xi Jinping won’t get a gilded carriage or a beer in the prime minister’s local pub on his Vietnam visit, a warm welcome awaits as both sides seek to repair ties after a fierce row last year.
Plane crashes on takeoff from South Sudan airport: reports, witnesses
JUBA (Reuters) – A plane crashed on Wednesday shortly after taking off from an airport in South Sudan, killing 10 people on board, a police officer and local media reported. Two survived, they said.
Turkey arrests nine alleged Islamic State members preparing attack
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Nine alleged members of Islamic State believed to have been preparing a suicide bomb attack on a political party’s offices in Istanbul have been remanded in custody by a court in southeast Turkey, the local governor’s office said.
