Turkish executives kept in custody in Gulen-linked operation – media
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkish police kept in custody overnight seven business executives and university administrators as part of an operation targeting supporters of a U.S.-based cleric accused by President Tayyip Erdogan of plotting a coup.
At least nine killed in Saudi-led strikes on Yemen: medics
SANAA (Reuters) – At least nine Yemeni civilians were killed in air strikes by Saudi-led warplanes that targeted the home of a leader in the dominant Houthi movement in the capital Sanaa, medical sources said on Thursday.
Kremlin says inclusion of media in Ukraine sanctions ‘totally unacceptable’
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Ukraine’s decision to sanction many media representatives is totally unacceptable, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Thursday.
Schoolchildren, teachers at mercy of gangs in violent El Salvador
BOGOTA (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Veteran Salvadoran head teacher Francisco Zelada is used to working in the shadow of death threats and violence, part of the rising tide of gang violence in El Salvador that has carved up city neighborhoods and mad…
China defends Xi visit to U.N. forum despite activists’ detention
BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s achievements on women’s issues are obvious to an impartial observer, the government said on Thursday in announcing President Xi Jinping’s attendance at a U.N. women’s summit, brushing off concern about its detention of women…
Japan takes key step to passage of security bills despite protests
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan took a step on Thursday towards enacting legislation for a policy shift that would allow troops to fight abroad for the first time since World War Two, part of the prime minister’s agenda to loosen the limits of a pacifist const…
Britain says killed 330 Islamic State fighters in air strikes
LONDON (Reuters) – About 330 Islamic State fighters have been killed in British air strikes since the Royal Air Force began carrying out raids against the group in September last year, Britain’s Defence Secretary Michael Fallon has said.
Refugee crisis arouses fear and fury on Germany’s far-right
RIESA, Germany (Reuters) – While many Germans have welcomed the record numbers of refugees reaching their country, the new arrivals have unleashed fear and fury in small eastern German towns like Riesa, a center of far-right support in a country ashame…
Russia to analyze possible consequences of new Ukraine sanctions: RIA cites deputy PM
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia will analyze the possible consequences of new sanctions introduced by Ukraine, Deputy Prime Minister Arkady Dvorkovich was quoted by RIA news agency as saying on Thursday.
Greek Syriza leftists pull slightly ahead of conservatives: poll
ATHENS (Reuters) – Greece’s leftist Syriza party has a 0.6 percentage point lead over the conservative New Democracy party, a Kapa Research poll for To Vima newspaper showed on Thursday.
