France says wing part found on Reunion island definitely from MH370
PARIS (Reuters) – The piece of wing found on the shore of Reunion Island in the Indian Ocean has been formally identified as part of the wreckage of Malaysian Airlines flight MH370, the Paris prosecutor said on Thursday.
Tamil named as Sri Lankan opposition leader for first time since 1983
COLOMBO (Reuters) – Sri Lanka’s parliament on Thursday named an ethnic minority Tamil politician as the main opposition leader for the first time in 32 years, a sign of growing reconciliation after a prolonged civil war. Most of the nation’s population…
Pakistani official to urge Afghans to stop blame for attacks
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Pakistan’s foreign policy chief will meet Afghan leaders on Friday in an effort to ease tensions over attacks by militants who Afghanistan says are based in Pakistan.
Putin’s China visit fails to snag major project financing
BEIJING/MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin’s visit to China produced a clutch of new deals on Thursday, but failed to secure funding for vital infrastructure projects, underscoring the limits to a relationship Moscow casts as a counter…
Suspected Boko Haram gunmen kill five villagers in northern Nigeria
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters) – Gunmen killed at least five villagers in a raid in northern Nigeria’s Borno state on Wednesday before being repelled by government troops, military sources said, an attack that bore the hallmarks of Islamist Boko Haram mi…
New approach to old alliance for Saudi King and Obama
RIYADH (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia’s King Salman will meet U.S. President Barack Obama in Washington on Friday, aiming to push him for more support in Riyadh’s efforts to counter Iran after it agreed to a nuclear deal that will relieve Tehran of some inte…
Bomb attacks across Baghdad kill 12: sources
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – At least 12 people were killed on Thursday in bomb attacks in commercial and residential neighbourhoods across Baghdad, police and medical sources said.
Exclusive: Migrant crisis spurs European interest in Israeli border barriers
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Faced with a surge in migration from the Middle East and North Africa, two European countries are exploring the possibility of erecting towering steel security fences along parts of their borders, similar to Israel’s barrier with …
Two Vice News reporters released in southeast Turkey
DIYARBAKIR, Turkey (Reuters) – Two Vice News journalists arrested in southeast Turkey this week on charges of having links to a terrorist organization have been released, their lawyer and a Turkish government source told Reuters on Thursday.
At least 14 killed as boat overloaded with migrants capsizes off Malaysia
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – An overloaded wooden boat believed to be carrying dozens of Indonesian illegal immigrants sank off the coast of Malaysia on Thursday, killing at least 14 people, among them 13 women, maritime officials said.
