Indian PM Modi to visit Pakistan in 2016 in a thaw in ties
UFA, Russia (Reuters) – Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has agreed to make a landmark visit to Pakistan next year, India’s foreign secretary said on Friday, signaling a warming of ties between the nuclear-armed neighbors after a year of tensions.
Iraq’s top Shi’ite cleric urges neighbors to curb militants
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Iraq’s top Shi’ite cleric Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani said on Friday regional states were not doing enough to stop the flow of militants into Iraq, and warned that the fighters would return one day to threaten their home countrie…
China military to prosecute another senior officer for graft
BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s military will prosecute another former senior officer for corruption, the Defence Ministry said on Friday, part of a sweeping campaign against graft which has already felled dozens of top people, including high ranking milit…
U.N. urges EU to step in and help Greece with migrant crisis
GENEVA (Reuters) – The United Nations refugee agency said on Friday that Greece urgently needs help to cope with 1,000 migrants arriving each day and called on the European Union (EU) to step in before the humanitarian situation deteriorates further.
Boko Haram attacks Buni Yadi in northern Nigerian: military sources
DAMATURU, Nigeria (Reuters) – Boko Haram militants attacked the northern Nigerian town of Buni Yadi in Yobe state late on Thursday and it was unclear how the fighting had ended, military sources said.
China’s Xi pledges security equipment, training for Afghanistan
BEIJING (Reuters) – China will provide Afghanistan with security equipment and training, President Xi Jinping told his Afghan counterpart on Friday, days after Chinese officials observed the first tentative peace talks between Kabul and the Taliban.
Thailand, under fire, says rejected China request to deport all Uighur Muslims
BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thailand sought on Friday to defuse international criticism of its decision to deport nearly 100 Uighur Muslims back to China, saying it had rejected a request from Beijing to return all the Uighur migrants held in its detention cam…
Poroshenko says terrorist threat in Ukraine has “significantly risen”
KIEV (Reuters) – President Petro Poroshenko said on Friday the threat of terrorism had “significantly risen” in Ukraine, describing the country as awash with weapons trafficked from the east where a shaky ceasefire has eased fighting against pro-Russia…
Turkey warns next wave of Syrian refugees may end up in Europe
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkey would struggle to cope with a new influx of refugees from Syria’s civil war, and many of them would likely end up trying to get into Europe, Turkey’s EU Affairs minister warned in comments published on Friday.
Indian prime minister chooses silence as opposition attacks
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi is a skilled orator and prolific on social media, so his studied silence about allegations of corruption and influence trafficking affecting his party has set other tongues wagging.
