Russia’s Putin, Turkey’s Erdogan to discuss TurkStream this autumn: Kremlin
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin will meet Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan this autumn and the two will discuss the TurkStream natural gas pipeline project, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters on Friday.
Britain’s Cameron calls emergency meeting over Calais migrant crisis
LONDON (Reuters) – Prime Minister David Cameron convened a meeting of his government’s emergency response committee to discuss what more it could do to tackle a spike in attempts by migrant to enter Britain illegally via the Channel Tunnel from France….
Tokyo Electric executives to be charged over Fukushima nuclear disaster
TOKYO (Reuters) – A Japanese civilian judiciary panel on Friday forced prosecutors to indict three former Tokyo Electric Power (Tepco) executives for failing to take measures to prevent the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster.
Gunmen open fire at Sri Lanka rally, one dead
COLOMBO (Reuters) – One person was killed and 15 wounded on Friday in a drive-by shooting at a Sri Lankan election rally attended by the finance minister, police said, the latest political violence to hit the nation still recovering from civil war.
France, Russia reach Mistral compensation deal: RIA
MOSCOW/PARIS (Reuters) – France and Russia have reached a compensation deal for the cancellation of the delivery of two French-made Mistral helicopter carriers, according to Russian media reports.
Return of Thai protest leader raises fears for fragile calm
BANGKOK (Reuters) – The return to public life in Thailand of a fiery pro-establishment politician risks ending a period of calm and could lead to the delay of an election the ruling military has promised to hold next year, an opposition leader said on …
Blast kills at least five in Nigeria market: police, rescue worker
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters) – At least five people were killed by a bomb in Gamboru market in Nigeria’s northeastern city of Maiduguri on Friday morning, a policeman and a rescue worker said.
Myanmar president not ruling out second term
YANGON (Reuters) – Myanmar President Thein Sein has indicated willingness to have a second five-year term in office after a parliamentary election in November, citing few younger people capable of continuing his government’s reform agenda.
China says former senior police chief suspected of murder
BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s anti-graft watchdog accused the former police chief of the Chinese region of Inner Mongolia of suspected murder on Friday, saying he would be prosecuted for crimes that include bribery and illegal possession of firearms.
China paper says ‘wicked man wiped out’ after graft probe
BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s top newspaper lauded the decision to prosecute a former senior military officer for graft on Friday, saying in unusually strong language that a “wicked man” had been wiped out by the “anti-corruption sword”.
