Chinese Tiananmen Square dissident says seeking asylum in Taiwan
TAIPEI (Reuters) – A Chinese political dissident who supported Tiananmen Square protesters after the bloody 1989 crackdown on pro-democracy activists is seeking asylum in Taiwan after arriving last month as a tourist and overstaying his permit, he said…
Russia, NATO need new rules to cut risk of war, ex-ministers say
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Russia and NATO must agree common rules to handle unexpected military encounters to reduce the risk of inadvertently triggering a war between Moscow and the West, a group of former foreign and defense ministers said on Wednesday.
Burkina excludes ex-President’s allies from legislative election
OUAGADOUGOU (Reuters) – Burkina Faso’s constitutional council has declared more than 40 people linked to former President Blaise Compaore’s ruling alliance ineligible for an October legislative election.
U.S. plans more Asia-Pacific drills to counter China reclamation
MANILA (Reuters) – The United States plans to increase the number of military and humanitarian drills it conducts in the Asia-Pacific as part of a new strategy to counter China’s rapid expansion in the South China Sea, the Philippine military said on W…
U.S. to work with Sri Lanka on U.N. resolution addressing alleged war crimes
COLOMBO (Reuters) – The United States said on Wednesday it would work together with Sri Lanka’s new government to propose a resolution to a U.N. human rights forum that seeks to come to terms with the painful legacy of a 26-year civil war.
Hoping for domestic reform, Iranian activists back nuclear deal
DUBAI (Reuters) – Iranian pro-democracy activists, lawyers and artists have thrown their weight behind last month’s nuclear deal with world powers, hoping it will lead to a promised political opening that President Hassan Rouhani has so far failed to d…
Yemen’s Al Qaeda denies it held British hostage
DUBAI (Reuters) – The Yemen branch of Al Qaeda denied reports it had been holding a British hostage who the United Arab Emirates said it freed from the group earlier this week.
Conservative rebellion on Greek aid hits Merkel’s support: poll
BERLIN (Reuters) – Support for German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservatives has slipped by two percentage points due to divisions within her parliamentary bloc over a third bailout for Greece and even her own popularity has taken a hit, a poll showe…
‘The wave has reached us:’ EU gropes for answers to migrant surge
ROSZKE, Hungary (Reuters) – A surge in migrants, many of them refugees from Syria, hit Hungary’s southern border on Tuesday, passing through gaps in an unfinished barrier to a Europe groping for answers to its worst refugee crisis since World War Two.
Afghan men in military uniform kill two foreign troops
LASHKAR GAH, Afghanistan (Reuters) – Two men wearing the uniform of Afghan security forces on Wednesday opened fire on NATO troops in the country’s south, killing two before the attackers were shot dead, the foreign forces said.
