Dutch government defeats no-confidence motion in parliament
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – The government of Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte easily defeated a vote of no-confidence in parliament on Wednesday called by right-wing opposition politician Geert Wilders.
Russia’s Putin would consider meeting Obama at U.N.
SEVASTOPOL, Crimea (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin will attend next month’s U.N. General Assembly in New York and would “consider constructively” any request for a meeting there with President Barack Obama, Russia’s foreign minister said o…
Free domestic violence hotline launches in Papua New Guinea
LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – A free hotline offering counseling to victims of domestic and sexual violence in Papua New Guinea was launched on Wednesday in response to widespread violence against women and girls.
Saudi-led alliance wins Yemen battles, but peace remains elusive
SANAA/DUBAI (Reuters) – Emirati tanks heave across southern Yemen’s stony wastes and Apache helicopters from a Saudi-led coalition, dubbed “black genies” by local media, rule its skies, helping fighters loyal to the exiled government win the initiative…
Thai police hunt ‘foreign’ man, two others for Bangkok blast
BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thai police said on Wednesday that a suspect captured by CCTV cameras minutes before a bomb exploded at Bangkok’s Erawan shrine was a foreigner, and his appearance suggested he might be from Europe or the Middle East.
Erdogan says Turkey is ‘heading rapidly’ toward new election
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkey is heading rapidly toward a new election and only the “will of the people” can break a political deadlock after the ruling AK Party failed to form a working government, President Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday.
Poland looking into report of Nazi treasure train found
WARSAW (Reuters) – Two people in Poland say they have found a Nazi German train cloaked in mystery since it was rumored to have gone missing near the end of World War Two while carrying away gems and guns ahead of advancing Soviet Red Army forces.
Pakistan military says air strikes kill 25 militants in northwest
BANNU, Pakistan (Reuters) – Military air strikes killed at least 25 suspected militants in northwestern Pakistan on Wednesday, two intelligence officials said, taking to 133 the army’s toll of insurgents in the region this week.
Escaped Yazidi sex slaves need mental health support-aid group
TORONTO (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – A year after their capture by Islamic State militants, escaped sex slaves from the Yazidi minority are reaching northern Iraq, but get almost none of the psychological support they need after their ordeal of rape,…
Bulgaria tries to stem rising migrant influx at its borders
LESOVO, Bulgaria (Reuters) – Bulgaria has beefed up its border police, installed cameras and motion censors, and is extending a security fence that will cover 160 km (100 miles) of its border with Turkey, and yet more and more migrants keep arriving.
