Hoping for domestic reform, Iranian activists back nuclear deal
DUBAI (Reuters) – Iranian pro-democracy activists, lawyers and artists have thrown their weight behind last month’s nuclear deal with world powers, hoping it will lead to a promised political opening that President Hassan Rouhani has so far failed to d…
Yemen’s Al Qaeda denies it held British hostage
DUBAI (Reuters) – The Yemen branch of Al Qaeda denied reports it had been holding a British hostage who the United Arab Emirates said it freed from the group earlier this week.
Conservative rebellion on Greek aid hits Merkel’s support: poll
BERLIN (Reuters) – Support for German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservatives has slipped by two percentage points due to divisions within her parliamentary bloc over a third bailout for Greece and even her own popularity has taken a hit, a poll showe…
‘The wave has reached us:’ EU gropes for answers to migrant surge
ROSZKE, Hungary (Reuters) – A surge in migrants, many of them refugees from Syria, hit Hungary’s southern border on Tuesday, passing through gaps in an unfinished barrier to a Europe groping for answers to its worst refugee crisis since World War Two.
Afghan men in military uniform kill two foreign troops
LASHKAR GAH, Afghanistan (Reuters) – Two men wearing the uniform of Afghan security forces on Wednesday opened fire on NATO troops in the country’s south, killing two before the attackers were shot dead, the foreign forces said.
India’s Gujarat state hit by violent caste-related protests
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India deployed paramilitary forces and imposed a curfew in the western state of Gujarat on Wednesday after violence broke out at a protest led by a powerful clan to demand more government jobs and college places.
Poll shows Turkey’s AK Party short of votes needed to form government alone
ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkey’s ruling AK Party is seen falling short of the votes needed to form a single-party government in a snap election on Nov. 1 with 41.7 percent of votes, up from 40.9 percent in the June election, pollster Metropoll found in its …
Distraught Colombians flee Venezuela as border dispute intensifies
ERNESTO GUEVARA, Venezuela (Reuters) – Hundreds of Colombians waded across a border river with fridges, chickens and mattresses on their backs as goats and children followed under the scorching tropical sun, victims of an escalating dispute with Venezu…
Macau arrests 17 in money laundering crackdown as China downturn fears grow
HONG KONG (Reuters) – Police in the global gambling hub of Macau have arrested 17 people this week after raiding pawn shops thought to be easing the illicit flow of money from China, whose slowing economy is prompting authorities to try and curb capita…
China’s Xi vows unceasing fight against Tibet separatism
BEIJING (Reuters) – China will wage an unceasing fight against separatism in its restive mountainous region of Tibet, President Xi Jinping said, as the government repeated it would never accept exiled Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama’s genuine a…
