Warplanes hit Tripoli airport before UN talks start
TRIPOLI (Reuters) – Warplanes from Libya’s internationally recognized government carried out air strikes on a Tripoli airport on Thursday just hours before United Nations-backed peace talks were due to start in Morocco.
Baton-wielding Myanmar police force pro-student protesters to flee
YANGON (Reuters) – Baton-wielding police beat demonstrators showing their support for students blocked from marching into Myanmar’s largest city on Thursday, arresting eight and forcing many to flee, activists and witnesses said.
India asks YouTube to remove Delhi rape film
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India has asked YouTube to remove all links to a controversial documentary about the gang rape and murder of a woman in Delhi after banning its broadcast, a government official told Reuters on Thursday.
Russia starts large-scale military exercises in disputed territories
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia’s Defence Ministry said on Thursday that large-scale military exercises had started in southern Russia and in disputed territories on Russia’s borders.
Decades after war, Vietnam and the U.S. battle a legacy of bombs
TRIEU PHONG, Vietnam (Reuters) – Red skull-and-crossbones markers dot the horizon in a barren patch of land in Vietnam where missteps could be fatal.
Japan, China to hold first security talks in four years
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japanese and Chinese officials will hold their first security talks in four years in Tokyo later this month, Japan’s Foreign Ministry said on Thursday, the latest sign of a possible improvement in ties strained by a territorial disput…
Russia starts large-scale military exercises in disputed territories
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia’s Defence Ministry said on Thursday that large-scale military exercises had started in southern Russia and in disputed territories on Russia’s borders.
Turkish fighter jet crashes during training flight, two dead: military
ANKARA (Reuters) – A Turkish warplane has crashed near the central Anatolian city of Konya, killing the two pilots aboard, the military said on Thursday, in the second fatal air accident for Turkey’s armed forces in less than two weeks.
Investors agonize over Indonesia’s floundering anti-graft drive
JAKARTA (Reuters) – Investment bankers and company executives are worried President Joko Widodo’s drive for clean governance is falling apart amid a dispute between rival law enforcement agencies in Southeast Asia’s largest economy.
Sri Lanka threatens Chinese firm with legal action to stop project
COLOMBO (Reuters) – Sri Lanka could take legal action against a Chinese firm for not halting work on a $1.5 billion luxury real estate project until a probe is completed, a government minister said.
