Merkel heads to China to defend under-pressure German business
BERLIN (Reuters) – Chancellor Angela Merkel flies to China on Wednesday to shore up German business interests challenged by Volkswagen’s diesel emissions scandal and the flurry of deals clinched during President Xi Jinping’s visit to Britain last week….
Fire at power station delays flights at South Africa’s Cape Town airport
CAPE TOWN (Reuters) – A fire at a power sub-station near South Africa’s Cape Town International Airport delayed flights on Tuesday as fire fighters battled to put out the blaze, an airport official said.
India reels in ailing gangster to hunt most-wanted man
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India’s national security adviser devised a plan to secure the arrest of a fugitive Mumbai gangster in Indonesia as part of a strategy to hunt down India’s most-wanted man, Dawood Ibrahim, police and home ministry sources told Reu…
Britain says to maintain military presence in Afghanistan in 2016
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain will extend its military presence in Afghanistan by a year due to the ongoing security challenge faced by Afghan forces, Defence Secretary Michael Fallon said on Tuesday.
Turkish police detain 71 in raids against Islamic State: Dogan
ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkish police detained 71 people on Tuesday in raids against suspected Islamic State militants in Istanbul and other cities, the local news agency Dogan reported, while the army said it caught 17 militants attempting to cross into S…
Egyptians vote in run-offs with loyalists in the lead
CAIRO (Reuters) – Egyptians voted on Tuesday in run-off elections for more than 200 parliamentary seats in which no clear winner emerged in the first round of polls, with candidates loyal to President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi widely expected to dominate.
Islamists rise as chaos descends in Yemen’s cosmopolitan port
DUBAI (Reuters) – In Aden, Yemen’s most cosmopolitan city, the masked Islamist gunmen seem to have burst onto the streets from some other world.
Indonesia considers national emergency over forest fires: VP
JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesia is considering declaring a national emergency over fires that have been smoldering across the archipelago for weeks, sending haze drifting across much of Southeast Asia, the vice president said on Tuesday.
Calais migrants face grim winter in ‘the jungle’
CALAIS, France (Reuters) – In the Calais migrant camp where the stench of human excrement and bonfires of plastic waste taint the chilly sea air, a man in a polythene rain suit cycles on the spot, powering a dynamo to charge a mobile phone.
EU to give more budget leeway to states facing extra refugee costs
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Commission, which polices euro zone governments’ finances, will give more budget leeway to states that can prove to have suffered extraordinary costs to face the refugee crisis, Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker…
