UK apologises for scheme that let Irish bomb suspect go free
LONDON/BELFAST (Reuters) – A British scheme to inform Irish nationalist militants they were no longer wanted by police was flawed, the government said on Thursday, apologising for a policy that allowed a suspected bomber to walk free earlier this year….
Hezbollah and al Qaeda clash on Syria-Lebanon frontier
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Hezbollah and the Syrian branch of al Qaeda have fought a deadly five-day battle in Syria near the border with Lebanon, a Hezbollah source and a fighter for the Nusra Front said on Thursday.
Sri Lanka to investigate war crimes; appoints foreign experts
COLOMBO (Reuters) – Sri Lanka’s president has extended the terms of a commission investigating missing people and possible war crimes in the country’s 26-year civil war, bringing in foreign experts for the first time to advise on the inquiry, the gover…
Shootout in Pakistan’s Lahore, northwestern bus blast kill nine
LAHORE Pakistan (Reuters) – Two Pakistani policemen and a militant were killed in a shootout in the city of Lahore on Thursday a short distance from the prime minister’s family home, police said.
Seven NATO countries end Black Sea war games
BUCHAREST (Reuters) – Seven NATO countries completed naval exercises in the Black Sea on Thursday, officials said, in a signal of the alliance’s resolve to support east European members who have been unnerved by Russia’s behavior in the Ukraine crisis….
Kosovo lawmakers wrestle for control of parliament
PRISTINA (Reuters) – Lawmakers in Kosovo wrestled for control of parliament on Thursday, as it sat for the first time since an inconclusive June election triggered a constitutional crisis unprecedented in the young state’s short history.
Islamic State seizes gas field east of Syria’s Homs: monitoring group
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Militant group Islamic State seized control of the Sha’ar gas field east of the central Syrian city of Homs after an assault against government forces on Thursday, a monitoring group said.
Cambodia arrests more opposition members after violent clashes
PHNOM PENH (Reuters) – Cambodian police arrested two more opposition members of parliament on Thursday on charges of leading an insurrection, taking to eight the number of government opponents being held on accusations that rights groups say are politi…
Hong Kong’s leader asks China to allow democratic reform
HONG KONG (Reuters) – Hong Kong’s leader formally asked Beijing on Tuesday to allow electoral reform, paving the way for a city-wide leadership election in the free-wheeling Asian financial hub in 2017.
Typhoon takes aim at China after killing 38 in Philippines
MANILA (Reuters) – The Philippines set to work clearing debris, reconnecting power and rebuilding flattened houses on Thursday after a typhoon swept across the country killing 38 people, with at least eight missing, rescue officials said.
