Taiwan president remembers Nationalist victory in Sino-Japan war
HSINCHU, Taiwan (Reuters) – Taiwan’s president said on Saturday it was Nationalist Chinese forces which won the war against Japan as he sought to challenge Beijing’s official line which overwhelmingly focuses on the heroics of the Communist army during and before World War Two.
Russia outraged by Poland’s removal of Soviet war memorial
MOSCOW/WARSAW (Reuters) – Russia said on Saturday it was outraged by Poland’s destruction of a Soviet war monument, warning Warsaw of the “most negative consequences” after what it said was a flagrant violation of an agreement between the two countries…
Defense minister rejected as Taliban battle near Kabul
KABUL (Reuters) – Afghanistan’s parliament rejected a second nominee for defense minister on Saturday, leaving a vacuum that has already lasted nine months, while government forces battled the Taliban just 30 miles west of the capital Kabul.
Migrants disrupt cross-channel tunnel services at Calais
LONDON (Reuters) – Dozens of migrants trying to stow away on vehicles crossing the Channel by tunnel between France and England broke through perimeter fences at Calais overnight, temporarily halting traffic, a Eurotunnel spokesman said on Saturday.
Spain arrests Moroccan accused of distributing Islamic State propaganda
MADRID (Reuters) – Spanish police arrested a Moroccan man in the north eastern city of Badalona on Saturday accused of distributing militant Islamist propaganda across social networks, the Interior Ministry said.
75th birthday of Kazakhstan strongman raises questions on country’s future
ASTANA/ALMATY (Reuters) – Kazakhstan’s veteran leader Nursultan Nazarbayev celebrates his 75th birthday on Monday, in good shape and vastly popular, but the expected fireworks and fanfare mask uncomfortable questions about the future of the second-larg…
Putin tells Obama he wants dialogue based on equality and respect
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin called for dialogue based on equal treatment and mutual respect with the United States on Saturday in a congratulatory message to President Barack Obama marking U.S. Independence Day.
Yemen’s Houthis say Ramadan humanitarian pause under discussion
SANAA (Reuters) – Yemen’s dominant Houthi movement said on Saturday a pause in fighting to last until the end of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan was under discussion with the United Nations to allow for deliveries of humanitarian aid.
Czech tourists robbed and killed in Albanian mountains
TIRANA (Reuters) – Two Czech tourists were shot on an Albanian mountain road on Friday, and the killers rolled their car down a ravine to portray the deaths as an accident, police and eyewitness reports said on Saturday.
Rockets land in Israel, Egypt’s IS affiliate claims responsibility
JERUSALEM/CAIRO (Reuters) – Militants in Egypt’s Sinai peninsula fired rockets into southern Israel on Friday in an incident that caused no casualties but appeared to be linked to fighting between Islamist insurgents and Egyptian security forces.
