Russia’s ‘tin pot despot’ Putin behind spy’s London murder, UK inquiry told
LONDON (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin is a “tin pot despot” who, with Kremlin “cronies,” was behind the 2006 poisoning murder of ex-KGB agent Alexander Litvinenko in London, the lawyer for his widow said on Friday.
Under Western pressure, Kosovo to put war crimes court to new vote
PRISTINA (Reuters) – Kosovo’s government asked parliament on Friday to reconsider its rejection of an ad hoc court to try ethnic Albanian former guerrillas for alleged war crimes including organ harvesting, responding to intense Western pressure.
Japan’s Kyushu Electric aims to restart first reactor Aug 10
TOKYO (Reuters) – Kyushu Electric Power Co said on Friday it planned to begin starting up a reactor on Aug. 10, the first attempt to reboot Japan’s nuclear industry in nearly two years after the sector was shut down in the wake of the 2011 Fukushima di…
Russia’s Putin, Turkey’s Erdogan to discuss TurkStream this autumn: Kremlin
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin will meet Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan this autumn and the two will discuss the TurkStream natural gas pipeline project, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters on Friday.
Britain’s Cameron calls emergency meeting over Calais migrant crisis
LONDON (Reuters) – Prime Minister David Cameron convened a meeting of his government’s emergency response committee to discuss what more it could do to tackle a spike in attempts by migrant to enter Britain illegally via the Channel Tunnel from France….
Tokyo Electric executives to be charged over Fukushima nuclear disaster
TOKYO (Reuters) – A Japanese civilian judiciary panel on Friday forced prosecutors to indict three former Tokyo Electric Power (Tepco) executives for failing to take measures to prevent the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster.
Gunmen open fire at Sri Lanka rally, one dead
COLOMBO (Reuters) – One person was killed and 15 wounded on Friday in a drive-by shooting at a Sri Lankan election rally attended by the finance minister, police said, the latest political violence to hit the nation still recovering from civil war.
France, Russia reach Mistral compensation deal: RIA
MOSCOW/PARIS (Reuters) – France and Russia have reached a compensation deal for the cancellation of the delivery of two French-made Mistral helicopter carriers, according to Russian media reports.
Return of Thai protest leader raises fears for fragile calm
BANGKOK (Reuters) – The return to public life in Thailand of a fiery pro-establishment politician risks ending a period of calm and could lead to the delay of an election the ruling military has promised to hold next year, an opposition leader said on …
Blast kills at least five in Nigeria market: police, rescue worker
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters) – At least five people were killed by a bomb in Gamboru market in Nigeria’s northeastern city of Maiduguri on Friday morning, a policeman and a rescue worker said.
