For Germans, worries swiftly follow refugee welcome party
BERLIN (Reuters) – Just weeks after politicians from Germany’s mainstream parties embraced Angela Merkel’s unusually warm welcome for refugees, the tone has turned sober, reflecting growing fears about the scale of looming problems.
Myanmar truce talks hit snag as many groups not ready to sign
YANGON (Reuters) – A ceasefire agreement soon to be signed by Myanmar’s armed rebel groups and the government is likely to fall short of its goals and will exclude a major group, officials involved in the talks said on Wednesday.
With ‘ring of fire’ at EU border, some EU lawmakers want better defense
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – European Union countries should be required to defend each other given the growing conflicts on their borders, center-right EU lawmakers said on Wednesday, urging governments to consider a collective defense policy similar to NATO….
CIA yanks personnel from U.S. Embassy in Beijing: Washington Post
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The CIA has withdrawn a number of its personnel from the U.S. Embassy in Beijing following two massive cyber attacks involving U.S. government employee records, according to the Washington Post.
U.N. rights boss urges Sri Lanka to probe secret jails, missing people
GENEVA (Reuters) – The top U.N. human rights official called on Sri Lanka on Wednesday to investigate reports of secret places of detention and to set up a “credible and independent” body to clarify the fate of people missing since the civil war that e…
Series of bombs in southwest China kills at least seven
BEIJING (Reuters) – A series of package bombs exploded on Wednesday in the southwest China city of Liuzhou, killing at least seven people and injuring 51, state media said.
Nepal bans petrol sales as protest stranglehold tightens
KATHMANDU (Reuters) – Thousands of vehicles lined up at petrol pumps in Kathmandu on Wednesday to beat a looming ban on fuel sales announced by the government as protests against a new constitution strangled supplies from India into the landlocked nati…
U.S. believes Russia has started Syria airstrikes, official says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States believes that Russia has started carrying out air strikes in Syria in the vicinity of Homs, a U.S. official told Reuters on Wednesday, adding that Moscow gave the United States a one-hour advanced notice of its …
Iran’s leader condemns Saudi Arabia over haj crush, demands bodies of Iranian pilgrims
DUBAI (Reuters) – Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei on Wednesday accused Saudi Arabia of hampering the transfer of bodies of Iranian pilgrims killed in a crush at haj last week, adding fuel to a growing spat over the disaster in which nearly 800…
Lebanon arrests 40 Palestinians believed leaving for Europe
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Lebanese security forces arrested 40 Palestinians on Wednesday as they tried to leave by boat from the northern city of Tripoli for a journey toward Europe, the National News Agency said.
