Zimbabwe farmers fear winter of hunger after poor tobacco crop
HARARE (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Farmer Kenny Mabvumbe looked upset as he returned virtually empty-handed from the tobacco auction floors in the Zimbabwean capital of Harare.
Italian police raids mafia gambling empire, seize assets worth 2 billion euros
ROME (Reuters) – Italian police said on Wednesday they had seized assets worth 2 billion euros ($2.2 billion) and issued 41 arrest warrants in raids on gambling companies in Italy and abroad run by the ‘Ndrangheta mafia organization.
India, Japan, U.S. plan naval exercises in tightening of ties in Indian Ocean
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Japan is set to take part in joint naval exercises with India and the United States in the Indian Ocean in October, military and diplomatic sources said, a drill that so riled China eight years ago that Delhi has not since hosted …
Saudi plane arrives in Yemen’s Aden airport: official
ADEN (Reuters) – A Saudi military plane touched down at Aden International Airport in southern Yemen on Wednesday, an airport official said, first arrival of a flight in almost four months at the war-ravaged port city.
Israeli forces kill Palestinian in West Bank arrest raid: witness
RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) – Israeli security forces on an arrest raid in the occupied West Bank shot and killed a Palestinian on Wednesday when clashes broke out with residents, Palestinian sources said.
Pakistan Supreme Court to hear Christian woman’s blasphemy case
LAHORE, Pakistan (Reuters) – Pakistan’s Supreme Court on Wednesday temporarily suspended the death sentence of a Christian woman accused of blasphemy, her lawyer said, in a case that hit global headlines after the murder of two politicians who tried to…
Kerry to visit Gulf Arab states, vows to ‘push back’ against Iran
DUBAI (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry will seek to reassure Gulf Arab officials at a meeting in Qatar soon that Washington will work with them to “push back” against Iranian influence in the region, he told the pan-Arab newspaper al-Shar…
China calls Japan foreign policy ‘two-faced’
BEIJING (Reuters) – China reserves the right to a “necessary reaction” after Japan issued a defense review that called on Beijing to stop building oil and gas exploration platforms close to disputed waters in the East China Sea, the Defense Ministry ha…
Iran rejects sanctions extension beyond 10 years
DUBAI, (Reuters) – Iran will not accept any extension of sanctions beyond 10 years, an official said on Wednesday, in the latest attempt by its pragmatist government to sell a nuclear deal with world powers to skeptical hardliners.
Jewish leader condemns German vice chancellor’s Iran trip
BERLIN (Reuters) – The head of the World Jewish Congress sharply criticized German Economy Minister Sigmar Gabriel on Wednesday for his recent visit to Iran, accusing him of putting business interests before morals and calling his approach to Tehran na…
