Albanian’s sentencing sets up U.S. warrantless wiretap challenge
NEW YORK (Reuters) – An Albanian man was sentenced on Thursday to 16 years in U.S. prison for aiding a Pakistani militant group, clearing the way for a federal appeals court to hear a rare challenge to the U.S. government’s controversial warrantless wi…
Fidel Castro celebrates 89th birthday with leftist allies
HAVANA (Reuters) – Retired Cuban President Fidel Castro celebrated his 89th birthday on Thursday with two of his country’s closest leftist allies from Latin America, a day ahead of a historic visit by the U.S. secretary of state.
Greek ruling party heads toward split before bailout vote
ATHENS (Reuters) – Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras’s Syriza party looked set to split after the leader of its far-left faction called on Thursday for a new movement to fight a bailout deal that lawmakers are due to vote on in the coming hours.
Huge blasts at Chinese port kill 50, injure more than 700
TIANJIN, China (Reuters) – Two huge explosions tore through an industrial area where toxic chemicals and gas were stored in the northeast Chinese port city of Tianjin, killing at least 50 people, including at least a dozen fire fighters, officials and …
Egyptian military plane crashes near Libyan border, four dead
CAIRO (Reuters) – An Egyptian military aircraft crashed near the Libyan border while on a mission against Islamist militants on Thursday, killing four people and injuring another two, the military said.
Kuwait seizes arms, holds suspects in militant plot: local media
KUWAIT (Reuters) – Kuwait authorities seized a huge arms cache smuggled from Iraq and hidden beneath houses near the border, arresting three suspected members of a militant cell that was plotting to destabilize the country, local media said.
U.S., Venezuela talks a ‘work in progress,’: Venezuela diplomat
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Venezuela’s top diplomat in Washington said that after five months of quiet diplomacy, relations between the two adversaries were still tentative, with no real rapprochement yet after a decade of hostility.
Shortages push some Venezuelans to queue overnight for food
MARACAIBO (Reuters) – As dawn breaks over the scorching Venezuelan city of Maracaibo, smugglers, young mothers and a handful of kids stir outside a supermarket where they spent the night, hoping to be first in line for scarce rice, milk or whatever may…
Turkey faces autumn election after coalition talks fail
ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkey faces a snap election this autumn after talks on forming a coalition government broke down on Thursday, increasing uncertainty in the NATO member state as it battles Islamic State insurgents on its borders and Kurdish militant…
Britain says to protest to Ecuador over Assange asylum
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain said on Thursday it would make a formal protest to Ecuador over its decision to provide asylum to WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange in its London embassy and so prevent his extradition to Sweden over alleged sex crimes.
