Sanctions push central Europe’s armies further from Russia
BRATISLAVA/SOFIA (Reuters) – A European Union embargo on arms imports from Russia, imposed last year in response to a pro-Russian rebellion in Ukraine, is speeding the demise of central Europe’s remaining military ties to its former overlord.
Thai PM vows no letup in human trafficking crackdown
((This story corrects paragraph three to show prime minister ordered crackdown after discovery of bodies))
Deutsche Bank exec arrested after fatal Hong Kong car crash: source
HONG KONG (Reuters) – Hong Kong police on Wednesday said they had arrested a 48-year-old foreign national on suspicion of dangerous driving and causing death, who was identified by a finance industry executive with knowledge of the situation as a Deuts…
Egypt interior ministry says ‘terrorist attack’ foiled, two attackers killed
CAIRO (Reuters) – Egyptian security forces foiled a “terrorist attack” in Luxor on Wednesday, killing two attackers and wounding a third, the Interior Ministry said in a statement on its Facebook page.
As Suu Kyi visits, China says own laureate won’t be released
BEIJING (Reuters) – China has no reason to change the verdict against jailed Nobel Peace Prize winner Liu Xiaobo, the government said on Wednesday, as Liu’s fellow laureate and Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi arrived for her first visit to C…
No tourists injured at Egypt’s Karnak temple attack: state news
CAIRO (Reuters) – No tourists were injured in an attack on the Karnak temple tourist site in southern Egypt on Wednesday, a senior Interior Ministry security source told state news agency MENA.
Family of Brazilian shot dead by UK police take case to European court
LONDON (Reuters) – The family of Jean Charles de Menezes, a Brazilian electrician shot dead 10 years ago by London police who thought he was a suicide bomber, will launch a bid at a European Court on Wednesday to demand the officers involved face crimi…
WHO team urges South Korea to reopen schools as more close in MERS crisis
SEOUL (Reuters) – A joint South Korean-World Health Organization mission studying an outbreak of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) recommended on Wednesday that schools be reopened, as they were unlikely to spread the disease, just as school boar…
China ‘astonished’ at U.S. criticism on nonproliferation
BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday it was astonished by a U.S. State Department report which raised worries about the Chinese commitment to nonproliferation.
Obama weighs sending several hundred more U.S. troops to Iraq: officials
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Obama administration is considering setting up a new military base in Iraq’s Anbar province and is closing in on a decision to send several hundred more trainers and advisers to help Iraqi forces in the fight against Islamic …
