Syrian, Iraqi and other asylum seekers on rise in West: UNHCR
GENEVA (Reuters) – Wars in Syria and Iraq, and instability in other hotspots are driving ever more people to seek asylum in wealthy nations, with requests on track to hit a 20-year high in 2014, the United Nations refugee agency said on Friday.
Four children stabbed to death in southern China: state media
BEIJING (Reuters) – A man killed four primary school students on Friday in the southern region of Guangxi, state media said, in the latest of a series of knife attacks that have unnerved the country.
Australia defense chief apologizes after race-based assault claim withdrawn
SYDNEY (Reuters) – The head of Australia’s Defense Force apologized on Friday after an officer withdraw allegations he had been attacked by two men “of Middle Eastern appearance”, allegations that had fueled tensions during a crackdown by counter-terro…
Eight Mexican military detained over alleged gang shootout
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexico has detained eight military personnel involved in an alleged shootout in June that killed 22 suspected gang members, the defense ministry said in a statement on Thursday.
Islamic State ‘brand’ gains ground among Asian militants
MANILA (Reuters) – A threat by Philippine militants to kill a German hostage in a show of solidarity with Islamic State is the latest sign that the Middle East group’s brand of radicalism is winning recruits in Asia and posing a growing security risk i…
Iran blames ‘errors’ of outsiders for rise of Islamic State
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – Iran President Hassan Rouhani on Thursday blamed the rise of the Islamic State group and other militants on the mistakes of the West and said the solution to stopping them must come from the Middle East.
Germany: We’ve never been so close to nuclear deal with Iran
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Six world power have never been so close to a deal with Iran that would resolve the decade-long nuclear standoff once and for all, but the final phase of the negotiations will be the hardest, Germany’s foreign minister said on Thur…
Gambia urges U.N. inquiry into ‘deliberate’ migrant shipwrecks
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – Gambia’s president on Thursday demanded a United Nations investigation into the “manmade sinking, capsizing” of boats carrying migrants to Europe, saying 500 citizens of his African country had died in such incidents in the p…
U.S. ready to expand South Sudan sanctions to end violence: envoy
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The United States, frustrated with slow progress in South Sudan’s peace process, is ready to expand sanctions against political and military figures unless warring parties end the violence quickly, the U.S. envoy to South Sudan sai…
Brazil election poll shows Rousseff and Silva neck and neck
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff and her main challenger Marina Silva are running neck and neck if the October presidential election goes to a runoff, according to a poll published on Thursday.
