Once on the edge of defeat, Syria’s Assad runs again for president
BEIRUT (Reuters) – It was not so long ago that Bashar al-Assad’s enemies thought he was finished.
France’s Le Pen says she admires Putin as much as Merkel – magazine
BERLIN (Reuters) – Marine Le Pen, leader of France’s far-right National Front, said she admired Vladimir Putin as much as German Chancellor Angela Merkel because the Russian president did not allow other countries to impose decisions on him.
UKIP’s Farage hopes for deal with Italy’s 5-star leader Grillo
LONDON (Reuters) – The leader of Britain’s anti-European Union UK Independence Party (UKIP) said on Sunday he hoped to form an alliance with Italy’s anti-establishment 5-Star Movement in the European Parliament.
Sixteen missing in Russian helicopter crash
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Sixteen people, including the head of Apatit, a fertiliser supplier, were missing and two survived with injuries after an Mi-8 helicopter crashed into a lake in Russia’s northwest Murmansk region, the Emergencies Ministry said on Sun…
Italy PM says Juncker not the only candidate for EU Commission
TRENTO Italy (Reuters) – Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi said a political discussion was needed to decide who would be the next president of the European Commission and that Jean-Claude Juncker was not the only candidate.
Bangladesh, Myanmar at odds over deadly border clash
DHAKA (Reuters) – Bangladesh has lodged a protest with Myanmar over what it called an unprovoked attack against its border guards by Myanmar security forces on May 30, following an earlier exchange of fire in which one Bangladeshi guard was killed.
Iran executes man for links to exiled opposition group: Fars
DUBAI (Reuters) – Iran executed a man on Sunday for links with the People’s Mujahideen Organisation of Iran (PMOI), an exiled Iranian opposition group, the semi-official Fars news agency said.
McDonald’s murder in China sparks outrage
BEIJING (Reuters) – The murder of a woman at a fastfood restaurant in China has sparked a national outcry after it was revealed she was beaten to death for allegedly refusing to give her telephone number to members of a banned religious group.
South Korea urges release of its missionary sentenced to life in North Korea
SEOUL (Reuters) – The South Korean government urged North Korea on Sunday to release a South Korean missionary, Kim Jong Uk, who was sentenced to life with hard labor by a North Korean court on Friday.
Vietnam expects Japan coastguard ships next year: vice defense minister
SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Vietnam expects to take delivery of coastguard ships from Japan early next year, the country’s vice defense minister said on Sunday, as Hanoi looks to boost its defenses amid a territorial row with China in the South China Sea.
