Malaysia arrests six people, says they may have aided Bangkok bomber
KUALA LUMPUR/BANGKOK (Reuters) – Malaysia has arrested six people suspected of being part of a human trafficking network and who may have helped a bomber who killed 20 people at a Bangkok shrine last month escape from Thailand, police said on Wednesday…
Orban mobilizes Hungary’s troops, prisoners, jobless to fence out migrants
SAROK, Hungary (Reuters) – Built in a matter of weeks by soldiers, prison laborers and cadres of the unemployed, a vast new wall along Balkan frontiers is a monument to the ruthless efficiency with which Prime Minister Viktor Orban has mobilized Hungar…
Iran leader hits at Israel over al-Aqsa violence
DUBAI (Reuters) – Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei denounced Israel on Wednesday for what he called its “insult” to Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa mosque in connection with Israeli actions at one of Islam’s holiest places.
Ex-Yugoslav foes restore passenger traffic, but trucks still stuck
TOVARNIK, Croatia (Reuters) – A single, narrow border crossing between Serbia and Croatia was opened overnight for passenger traffic, but cargo trucks remained blocked in a deepening dispute between the ex-Yugoslav republics over the flow of migrants a…
Tsipras to back Greek bailout with Tsakalotos as finance minister
ATHENS (Reuters) – Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras appointed two respected bailout negotiators to head his economic team on Tuesday, moving to assure wary European partners that the new government will not backtrack on its cash-for-reform deal.
Kenya security agents find weapons, drugs on Norway-flagged ship -police
MOMBASA, Kenya (Reuters) – Kenyan security agents have found an unspecified amount of weapons and drugs on a Norwegian-flagged ship they intercepted last week, a senior police officer said.
Defense points to flaws in probe over Britons’ Thai island murder
KOH SAMUI, Thailand (Reuters) – Lawyers defending two Myanmar migrant workers on trial for the Thai holiday island murders of two British backpackers sought on Wednesday to expose holes in a police investigation they maintain was botched and intended t…
Rival forces agree deal to avoid violence in Burkina capital
OUAGADOUGOU (Reuters) – The elite soldiers behind a coup in Burkina Faso and regular troops loyal to the government signed an agreement overnight to avoid an outbreak of violence as mediators were due to arrive in the capital, said a traditional leader…
German lawmaker Weber says more fences needed on Europe’s borders: paper
BERLIN (Reuters) – More fences will be needed to protect Europe’s borders, a conservative German politician told a newspaper on Wednesday, sharpening the tone in a debate about how to deal with refugees.
Australian PM ‘concerned’ about asylum seeker detention centers
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said on Wednesday he was “concerned” about the country’s controversial offshore immigration detention centers, although he stopped short of committing his government to reconsidering them.
