Israeli drone strike in Syria kills two near frontier: Hezbollah’s al-Manar TV
BEIRUT (Reuters) – An air strike by an Israeli surveillance plane hit a car in Quneitra province in southwestern Syria on Wednesday, killing two members of a militia fighting alongside the Syrian military, Hezbollah’s al-Manar TV reported.
Kremlin defends outlawing ‘undesirable’ U.S.-funded pro-democracy group
MOSCOW (Reuters) – The Kremlin on Wednesday defended a move to bar a U.S.-funded pro-democracy group from Russia after it was declared “undesirable”, saying Russians could still get access to such organizations.
Japan shouldn’t cave to foreign pressure on PM war anniversary remarks: aide
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan should not let foreign countries make diplomatic capital out of its wartime past, an aide to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said on Thursday, as the author of a landmark 1995 apology urged Abe not to backtrack as it marks the 70th an…
Zimbabwean men in court over killing of Cecil the lion
HWANGE, Zimbabwe, (Reuters) – Two Zimbabwean men who were paid $50,000 by an American hunter who killed ‘Cecil’, the country’s best-known lion, arrived in court on Wednesday facing charges of poaching.
Special Report: Ukraine struggles to control maverick battalions
KIEV (Reuters) – From a basement billiard club in central Kiev, Dmytro Korchynsky commands a volunteer battalion helping Ukraine’s government fight rebels in the east. A burly man with a long, Cossack-style moustache, Korchynsky has several hundred arm…
U.S., Turkey weigh which Syrian rebels to support in border area
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States and Turkey have not yet agreed which Syrian rebels they will support in a joint effort to help clear Islamic State from an area along the Turkish border, officials said on Tuesday, underscoring uncertainty surro…
Saudi soldier killed in shooting in eastern district: SPA
DUBAI (Reuters) – Unidentified assailants shot dead a Saudi Arabian soldier in the Kingdom’s eastern district of Qatif, the official SPA news agency quoted a police spokesperson as saying on Wednesday.
Gaza destruction comes under forensic lens in Amnesty report
LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – About two weeks into last year’s conflict in Gaza, Palestinian photographer Jehad Saftawi began to tire of venturing into the city every day to take images of the wreckage.
China says recovered 38.7 billion yuan in graft losses
BEIJING (Reuters) – China has recovered 38.7 billion yuan ($6.2 billion) in losses from graft, state media reported, as the leadership pursues a campaign against pervasive corruption.
Merkel’s Bavarian ally says Grexit would cause ‘utter chaos’
BERLIN (Reuters) – A Greek exit from the euro zone would cause “utter chaos” but would have to be accepted if Athens was not willing to implement reforms, Chancellor Angela Merkel’s Bavarian ally Horst Seehofer told German newspaper Die Welt on Wednesd…
