China says missing Panchen Lama is ‘living a normal life’
BEIJING (Reuters) – A young Tibetan who vanished two decades ago after he was chosen by the Dalai Lama as the second-highest figure in Tibetan Buddhism is “living a normal life” and does not want to be disturbed, a senior Chinese official said on Sunda…
U.S. voices concern to Russia over latest military moves in Syria
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Secretary of State John Kerry told his Russian counterpart on Saturday the United States was deeply concerned about reports that Moscow was moving toward a major military build-up in Syria widely seen as aimed at bolstering Presi…
Six killed in Spain when rally car spins out of control
MADRID (Reuters) – Six people were killed and several others injured when a rally car spun out of control at the Coruna rally in the northwestern Spanish region of Galicia on Saturday, the Civil Guard said.
Migration crisis tears at EU’s cohesion and tarnishes its image
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Deep divisions over how to cope with a flood of migrants from the Middle East, Africa and Asia pose a threat to the European Union’s values and global standing and may diminish its ability to act jointly to reform the euro zone and…
Austria and Germany open borders to migrants offloaded by Hungary
HEGYESHALOM, Hungary/MUNICH (Reuters) – Austria and Germany threw open their borders on Saturday to thousands of exhausted migrants from the east, bussed to the frontier by a right-wing Hungarian government that had tried to stop them but was overwhelm…
Britain signals move toward air strikes in Syria
ANKARA/LONDON (Reuters) – Britain moved closer to military action in Syria as a senior minister on Saturday said Europe’s migration crisis had to be tackled at its source and a newspaper said a parliamentary vote on bombing Islamic State militants in S…
At least 47 killed in clashes between Islamic State and Syrian rebels: monitor
BEIRUT (Reuters) – At least 47 fighters were killed in clashes between the Islamic State group and rival Syrian rebels, a monitor said on Saturday, in an area where the United States and Turkey are planning to open a new front against Islamic State mil…
Six killed in Spain when rally car spins out of control
MADRID (Reuters) – Six people were killed and several others injured when a rally car spun out of control at the Coruna rally in the northwestern Spanish region of Galicia on Saturday, the Civil Guard said.
Brazil’s prosecutor seeks to probe into Rousseff’s campaign funds
BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazil’s chief prosecutor requested the Supreme Court authorization to probe President Dilma Rousseff’s 2010 and 2014 campaign financing, newspaper O Estado de S. Paulo reported on Saturday citing unnamed sources.
Kerry tells Lavrov of U.S. concern over Russian moves in Syria
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Secretary of State John Kerry expressed U.S. concern over reports of Russia’s enhanced military build-up in Syria in a telephone call on Saturday with his Russian counterpart, the State Department said.
