New group of Iraqi peshmergas enters Syrian Kurdish town
DIYARBAKIR, Turkey (Reuters) – A second group of 150 Iraqi Kurdish peshmerga forces has entered the Syrian border town of Kobani from Turkey to replace a first group helping Kurdish forces fight off a siege by Islamic State militants, peshmerga sources…
Hong Kong student protesters consider pulling up stakes
HONG KONG (Reuters) – One of the main student groups leading pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong said on Thursday it was considering ending more than two months of street demonstrations in the Chinese-controlled city.
Irish PM’s party slumps to third place in opinion poll
DUBLIN (Reuters) – Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny’s Fine Gael party slumped into third place behind Sinn Fein in an opinion poll on Thursday as its popularity collapsed to an 11-year low amid a surge in support for independents.
Fleeing war and crumbling economy, Ukrainians flock to Europe
LONDON (Reuters) – Andriy left his home town in western Ukraine earlier this year on a journey that brought him through the hands of shady traders in Poland to one of the world’s booming markets for illegal immigrants – London.
Pakistani Taliban squeezed by Afghan revolt, U.S. drone strikes
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) – Pakistani Taliban militants holed up in Afghanistan are being squeezed by a series of U.S. drone strikes and a revolt against them, a trend that could disrupt the insurgents’ capability to strike inside Pakistan.
Iran atom deal seeks to plug any gaps on centrifuge R&D: experts
VIENNA (Reuters) – Iran will refrain from expanding its testing of more efficient models of the machine used to refine uranium under an extended nuclear agreement with six world powers, according to U.S. experts with knowledge of the issue.
India’s Modi seeks to draw line under row over minister’s pro-Hindu comments
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi sought on Thursday to draw a line under a row sparked by a minister’s derogatory comments about non-Hindus, urging angry parliament deputies to accept her apology and move on.
Exclusive: Trafigura China employee arrested over alleged oil fraud
BEIJING (Reuters) – Chinese police have arrested an employee of commodity trader Trafigura as part of an investigation into an alleged $32 million gasoline trade fraud, according to an official arrest warrant seen by Reuters.
Zambian court rules Lungu is PF presidential candidate after party rift
LUSAKA (Reuters) – Zambia’s high court has declared defense minister Edgar Lungu the duly elected presidential candidate of the ruling Patriotic Front (PF), after a power struggle that has rocked the party ahead of next month’s election shifted to the …
Six gunmen, three police killed in Russia’s Chechnya, leader says
MOSCOW (Reuters) – At least six gunmen and three policemen were killed in gun battles in which a building was stormed in the Chechen capital Grozny on Thursday, the leader of the turbulent southern Russian region said.
