Thai PM plays down concern over tourist murder investigation
BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thai Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha on Tuesday dismissed growing diplomatic concern about a police investigation into the murder of two British tourists in Thailand as a pre-trial witness hearing began.
Iraqi Kurds say they sent arms to Kobani; Syrian Kurds say they didn’t arrive
BAGHDAD/BEIRUT (Reuters) – A senior Iraqi Kurdish official said on Tuesday that Iraq’s Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) had provided military assistance to Syrian Kurdish forces battling Islamic State fighters in the town of Kobani.
Catalonia calls off independence referendum from Spain, will hold ‘consultation’
MADRID (Reuters) – Catalonia has dropped plans to hold a referendum on independence from Spain next month but will instead hold a “consultation of citizens”, the region’s head said on Tuesday.
Syrian Kurds get arms from Iraq, but cannot send them to Kobani
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Syrian Kurds have received a “symbolic” amount of military aid from Iraq’s Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) that is meant for Kobani but is stuck in northeastern Syria because Turkey will not open an aid corridor, a Syrian Kurdish…
Two Thais arrested for trafficking of Bangladeshis, Rohingya
BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thai authorities have arrested two men charged with human trafficking, police said on Tuesday, following the discovery of 134 suspected victims in southern Thailand at a time when the military government is under international press…
Romania president says PM was an undercover spy
BUCHAREST (Reuters) – Romania’s outgoing President Traian Basescu has accused his bitter rival and likely successor, Prime Minister Victor Ponta, of serving as an undercover intelligence officer between 1997 and 2001.
Germany’s Fischer warns of looming political crisis in Europe
BERLIN (Reuters) – Six years ago, weeks after U.S. investment bank Lehman Brothers collapsed, European leaders gathered in Paris to discuss a joint response to the financial earthquake shaking their continent.
Typhoon Vongfong leaves two dead, nearly 100 injured in Japan
TOKYO (Reuters) – A powerful storm that battered Japan with high wind and torrential and killed two people headed off out over the Pacific on Tuesday and was downgraded to a tropical depression.
Woman kills one, injures three in knife attack at Czech school
PRAGUE (Reuters) – An unidentified woman stabbed and killed a 16-year-old male student at a Czech high school and injured three other people on Tuesday, a police spokeswoman said.
U.N. medic dies of Ebola in German hospital
BERLIN (Reuters) – A U.N. medical official who caught Ebola while working in Liberia has died in the German hospital where he was being treated, the clinic in Leipzig said on Tuesday.
