Turkey turns inwards as war spreads from Syria to Iraq
ANKARA (Reuters) – As al Qaeda-inspired Sunni militants spread right along Turkey’s southeastern border last month from Syria through Iraq, seizing Turkish hostages as they went, the normally loquacious Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan had little to say.
Thieves in Mexico steal truck with dangerous radioactive load
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Thieves in central Mexico on Thursday stole a pick-up truck carrying dangerous radioactive material, authorities said.
China’s top paper dismisses fears Hong Kong autonomy being eroded
BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s top newspaper on Friday dismissed fears that the autonomy of the former British colony of Hong Kong was being eroded, saying Beijing’s policy had not and would not change, following mass pro-democracy protests earlier in the…
Overpass collapses in World Cup city
BELO HORIZONTE Brazil (Reuters) – An unfinished overpass collapsed in the Brazilian World Cup host city of Belo Horizonte on Thursday, killing at least one person and casting a shadow over a tournament that has suffered repeated construction accidents …
West African authorities adopt common strategy to fight Ebola
ACCRA (Reuters) – West African countries and international health organizations adopted a fresh strategy on Thursday to fight the world’s deadliest Ebola epidemic, which has killed hundreds of people in Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia.
With one eye on Washington, China plots its own Asia ‘pivot’
BEIJING (Reuters) – The Silk Road, an obscure Kazakh-inspired security forum and a $50 billion Asian infrastructure bank are just some of the disparate elements in an evolving Chinese strategy to try to counter Washington’s “pivot” to the region.
World Cup police cooperation nabs Argentine ‘dirty war’ torturer
BRASILIA (Reuters) – Enhanced international police cooperation during the World Cup has led to the arrest of a fugitive wanted for torture and murder during Argentina’s “dirty war” against leftists four decades ago, Brazilian authorities said on Thursd…
Israel boosts forces near Gaza as border heats up
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel beefed up its forces along its frontier with the Gaza Strip and launched air strikes against militant Hamas targets there on Thursday in response to Palestinian cross-border rocket attacks.
Overpass collapses in World Cup city, crushes vehicles
BELO HORIZONTE Brazil (Reuters) – An unfinished overpass collapsed in the Brazilian World Cup host city of Belo Horizonte on Thursday, leaving at least one person dead and casting a shadow over a tournament that has suffered repeated construction accid…
Syria aid access talks widen to full U.N. Security Council
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – Australia, Luxembourg and Jordan circulated a draft resolution to the 15-member U.N. Security Council on Thursday that seeks to boost cross-border humanitarian access in Syria but it was not immediately clear if Russia and Ch…
