Myanmar’s Suu Kyi calls on supporters to vote for ‘real change’
DEMOSO, Myanmar (Reuters) – Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi on Thursday urged voters to opt for “real change” and back her party in the first general election since the end of military rule, as she took her campaign into the backyard of a cl…
Defying Erdogan, pro-Kurdish MPs march towards Turkish curfew town
IDIL, Turkey (Reuters) – Pro-Kurdish politicians, including cabinet ministers, attempted to march to a town in southeast Turkey on Thursday to protest a week-old curfew there, as their party came under fire from President Tayyip Erdogan and from a cour…
Defying Erdogan, pro-Kurdish MPs march towards Turkish curfew town
IDIL, Turkey (Reuters) – Pro-Kurdish politicians, including cabinet ministers, attempted to march to a town in southeast Turkey on Thursday to protest a week-old curfew there, as their party came under fire from President Tayyip Erdogan and from a cour…
Suspected smugglers shoot dead Turkish soldier at Syrian border: official
ANKARA (Reuters) – Suspected smugglers opened fire from Syria and shot dead a Turkish soldier on Thursday, the second cross-border firefight to have killed a member of the Turkish security forces in as many weeks, a senior government official said.
Israel casts makeshift Cairo embassy as buttress to ties with Egypt
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel has opened its new Cairo embassy inside its ambassador’s residence, saying on Thursday that holdups in finding separate premises as is customary had encumbered an already challenging relationship with Egypt.
China to hold live-fire drills in Taiwan Strait
BEIJING (Reuters) – The Chinese military will hold three days of live-fire drills in the sensitive Taiwan Strait starting from Friday, the government said in a notice issued to warn shipping away from the area.
Exclusive: Russian troops join combat in Syria – sources
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U.S. ‘interference’ toppled me, ex-Guatemalan leader Perez says
GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) – Former Guatemalan President Otto Perez accused the United States on Wednesday of helping to topple him by interfering in the Central American country and endorsing a United Nations-backed anti-corruption commission.
China says senior official visited Interpol to push graft fight
BEIJING (Reuters) – A deputy head of the Chinese Communist Party’s graft watchdog visited Interpol as part of a trip to France to push for greater international cooperation in China’s fight against corruption, state media said on Thursday.
Turkish election ‘becoming impossible’ because of unrest: pro-Kurdish party
DIYARBAKIR, Turkey (Reuters) – Rising violence in southeast Turkey following the collapse of a ceasefire between the government and Kurdish insurgents will make it difficult to hold an election due on Nov. 1, the head of the pro-Kurdish parliamentary o…
