Economy would be key topic at any Japan-China summit: Japan government source
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan needs details of China’s plans for Sept 3. events to mark the anniversary of World War Two before it decides if Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will visit Beijing then for a summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping, a Japanese governm…
Four Ukrainian soldiers killed as fighting tests truce
KIEV (Reuters) – Four Ukrainian servicemen have been killed and 14 wounded in fighting with pro-Russian rebels in the past 24 hours, the Ukrainian military said on Thursday, as a new wave of violence rekindled concerns a ceasefire deal could be crumbli…
Planes collide mid-air in Slovakia show rehearsal, seven dead
BRATISLAVA (Reuters) – Two planes carrying civilian parachutists rehearsing for an air show collided in mid-air on Thursday in Slovakia, killing seven people, a spokeswoman for rescue services said.
Overwhelmed Macedonia holds up migrants in dusty no-man’s land
GEVGELIJA, Macedonia (Reuters) – More than 1,000 migrants and refugees are gathered in a dusty no-man’s land between Greece and Macedonia, held back by Macedonian police overwhelmed by a dangerous crush at a nearby railway station for trains heading no…
Germany’s Egon Bahr, pioneer of Ostpolitik detente during Cold War, dies at 93
BERLIN (Reuters) – Egon Bahr, an eminent German Social Democrat who with late Chancellor Willy Brandt forged a policy of rapprochement with Communist Eastern Europe known as “Ostpolitik” during the Cold War, has died at the age of 93, the party said on…
Australia detains seven men suspected of trying to join militants
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Authorities have detained seven young Australian men as they were attempting to fly to the Middle East, Prime Minister Tony Abbott said on Thursday, over suspicions they wanted to join militant Islamist groups.
North Korea fires shots at South Korea loudspeaker in border zone: media
SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korea fired shots on Thursday towards a South Korean loudspeaker that has been blaring anti-Pyongyang broadcasts in recent days, South Korean media reported.
Sirisena’s party offers to form coalition government in Sri Lanka
COLOMBO (Reuters) – The Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) offered on Thursday to form a coalition government with this week’s winner of parliamentary elections, in a move that will pave the way for President Maithripala Sirisena to restart his stalled ref…
Turkey’s election board proposes November 1 as date for snap polls
ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkey’s High Election Board has proposed November 1 as a date for possible snap parliamentary elections, ruling AK Party officials said on Thursday, paving the way for a break in a political deadlock after the collapse of coalition …
International envoys urge resolution to Somali impeachment effort
MOGADISHU (Reuters) – International envoys urged a rapid resolution to a move by Somali lawmakers to impeach President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud – the latest crisis to threaten the country’s stability as it struggles to rebound from two decades of chaos an…
