China approves plan for civilian ships to be used by military
BEIJING (Reuters) – The Chinese government has approved a plan requiring civilian shipbuilders to ensure that new ships can be used by the military during an emergency, a state-run newspaper said on Thursday.
Swiss say stray Venezuela golf balls violate Vienna Convention
CARACAS (Reuters) – A dispute has been tee’d off between Switzerland’s ambassador to Venezuela and a neighboring elite golf club, after a banner appeared at the diplomat’s residence warning that golf balls injuring or killing anyone inside would violat…
Latvia says Russia tension worst since Cuban missile crisis
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Russia’s nuclear “sabre-rattling” and refusal to abide by the terms of a ceasefire in Ukraine have dragged East-West relations to their lowest level since the 1962 Cuban missile crisis, Latvian Foreign Minister Edgars Rinkevics said …
U.S. Marine found guilty at retrial in 2006 murder of Iraqi civilian
SAN DIEGO (Reuters) – A U.S. Marine was found guilty on Wednesday of murder in the 2006 slaying of a disabled Iraqi civilian, a killing prosecutors have described as motivated by a desire to send a message to a resistant Iraqi village, a Marine Corps o…
Hungary to fence off border with Serbia to stop migrants
BUDAPEST (Reuters) – Hungary announced plans on Wednesday to build a four-meter-high fence along its border with Serbia to stem the flow of illegal migrants, a move that triggered a swift rebuke from the United Nations Refugee Agency.
Islamic State says shot down Iraqi fighter plane
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Islamic State said on Thursday it had shot down an Iraqi fighter plane north of the city of Ramadi in Anbar Province.
U.S. weighs near-term Assad military retrenchment in Syria
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States and its allies are weighing the possibility that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, under growing military pressure, may soon narrow his focus on defense of more limited areas of the country, the top U.S. general…
Islamic State car bombs kill or injure 50 in Yemeni capital
SANAA/GENEVA (Reuters) – Car bombs killed or injured at least 50 people near mosques and the headquarters of Yemen’s dominant Houthi group in Sanaa on Wednesday, in coordinated attacks claimed by Islamic State.
Hungary to fence off border with Serbia to stop migrants
BUDAPEST (Reuters) – Hungary announced plans on Wednesday to build a four-meter-high fence along its border with Serbia to stem the flow of illegal migrants, a move that triggered a swift rebuke from the United Nations Refugee Agency.
Haitians fear deportation from Dominican Republic as deadline looms
SANTO DOMINGO (Reuters) – Hundreds of thousands of Haitian migrants and Dominicans of Haitian descent faced the risk of deportation from the Dominican Republic on Wednesday as a deadline for enforcement of a new immigration law approached.
