Ukraine separatists protest against OSCE mission in east
DONETSK, Ukraine (Reuters) – Around 300 people held a protest against the OSCE in eastern Ukraine on Thursday, picketing a hotel in rebel-held Donetsk in what the security watchdog said was an orchestrated move to restrict its work.
Protests show migrant crisis has reached Italian doorsteps
CASALE DI SAN NICOLA, Italy (Reuters) – Migrants arriving at a new shelter outside Rome needed riot police to protect them from far-right activists and furious residents. In the north, locals vandalized a home to keep asylum seekers from moving in.
Quake-hit Nepal reopens Annapurna circuit after experts give all clear
KATHMANDU (Reuters) – Nepal reopened its most popular trekking trail to tourists on Thursday after international experts said it was safe, three months after two devastating earthquakes led the government to close most hiking routes.Miyamoto Internatio…
Bomb kills four Egyptian soldiers near Rafah: army
CAIRO (Reuters) – An Egyptian army officer and three soldiers were killed on Thursday when a bomb planted by suspected Islamist militants exploded near Rafah, a town on the border with the Gaza Strip, the army said in a statement.
Two Swedes arrested on Syria terrorist crime suspicion
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – Two Swedes were arrested on Thursday on suspicion of terrorist crimes in committing murder in Syria in 2013, the Swedish Prosecution Authority said, adding a third person was arrested in absentia.
Mother of all battles in scarcity-hit Venezuela: having a baby
MARACAIBO, Venezuela (Reuters) – Her belly bulging, Hilda Angarita hauls herself to five different drug stores in the sweltering Venezuelan city of Maracaibo until she finally finds post-cesarean patches.
Police officer killed in southeast Turkey amid escalating violence
DIYARBAKIR, Turkey (Reuters) – A Turkish police officer was shot and killed and a second wounded on Thursday in the mainly Kurdish city of Diyarbakir in the latest in a series of attacks that began with a suicide bombing blamed on Islamic State, securi…
Saudi Arabia says relations with Hamas have not changed after meeting
DUBAI (Reuters) – Saudi Foreign Minister Adel Al-Jubeir said on Thursday a visit to the kingdom last week by a Hamas delegation was religious rather than political and Saudi relations with the Iran-allied Palestinian group had not changed.
Iran eyes $185 billion oil and gas projects after sanctions
VIENNA (Reuters) – Iran on Thursday outlined plans to rebuild its main industries and trade relationships following a nuclear agreement with world powers, saying it was targeting oil and gas projects worth $185 billion by 2020.
Exclusive: Japan eyes British help to sink German bid for Australian submarine
TOKYO/SYDNEY (Reuters) – A Japanese government team is in talks with at least two top British firms to help a Japanese consortium land one of the world’s most lucrative defense contracts, sources in Tokyo said, a $50 billion project to build submarines…
